Two objects that touch stop being two objects. That one fact decides a still life before the pen is anywhere near the paper.
A painter once took every label off his own shelf so the tins would stop being tins. The problem was never the subject.
Dots cannot be counted by the eye, only weighed. That one fact turns a pen and a flat evening into a finished drawing.
A bouquet looks flat because every flower is facing you. Turn one away and the whole jar gains a room to stand in.
A wall seen from across the road shows you no marks at all. It shows you where it stops. That is the whole of texture, and 47 swatches prove it.
A cut stone looks like the hardest thing on the page. It is ruled lines and flat tones, and the lamp does all the choosing.
In 1704 a man counted the ways two floor tiles can sit together. He got 64. You need one ruler and one diagonal line.
A canopy is not a surface. It is a shape with holes in it, and the holes go in first. 21 trees in pen and ink, bark to foliage.
The hard edges of 1920s design were cut out of metal, not drawn by hand. Which is why a straight edge beats a steady hand every time.
Lino does not reward a careful line. It rewards a decision. 109 designs bold enough to survive the first cut, and one sheet to start from tonight.