The NeoLucida, a simple optical drawing tool, is set to disrupt the way artists work. It’s a widely held belief that the Old Masters were exactly that: masters, such as da Vinci and Vermeer, who ...

I have three very good reasons to write this post. One is that the camera lucida is just a kick-ass gadget, the kind of thing that all you creative iOwning folks out there will presumably love. Second ...

Anyone who enjoys sketching and would like to be able to capture and outline of the subject they are painting or drawing a little quicker may be interested in a new piece of equipment created by the ...

Technology and art are ancient bedfellows. For centuries, artists have used technologically advanced tools to create and improve their masterpieces. Though the optical aids that were used hundreds of ...

As long ago as 1807 – and possibly up to 200 years earlier – many artists used an optical device known as a camera lucida to help them in sketching subjects. A controversial theory even suggests that ...

Artist David Hockney once stirred up controversy by asserting that many of the great Dutch masters—folks like Vermeer and Ingres—had relied on optical drawing aids to create their masterpieces. Now ...

It would be cool to have the ability to eyeball something sitting in front of you then draw it with some semblance of accuracy, but I’ll be damned if that kind of hand-eye coordination isn’t tough to ...

The NeoLucida, a simple optical drawing tool, is set to disrupt the way artists work. A Spinning Wheel That Brings Renaissance Sketches To Life Pablo Garcia’s Profilograph transforms a handful of 16th ...