The Two Nautical Instruments in North Square

The Two Nautical Instruments in North Square

One April in Boston The Two Nautical Instruments in North Square Recently installed public art gives visitors a glimpse of Boston’s past and draws inspiration from the children’s book One April in Boston by Ben Edwards  | 01.17.20 In colonial Boston, the North End was...
Seeing the Future A Gift We All Possess

Seeing the Future A Gift We All Possess

One April in Boston Seeing the Future—A Gift We All Possess Setting goals can help turn our visions for the future into reality—but only if we have the courage to take action each day and never quit by Ben Edwards and Cortney Skinner | 01.14.20 Can we see into the...
My Journey – Student to Working Illustrator

My Journey – Student to Working Illustrator

One April in Boston My Journey—Student to Working Illustrator A career with twists and turns that always circled back to a fascination with and a love for history by Cortney Skinner | 01.06.20 Completing the illustration course at the Art Institute of Boston did not...
Howard Pyle Was My Great-Grand Teacher

Howard Pyle Was My Great-Grand Teacher

One April in Boston Howard Pyle Was My Great-Grand Teacher The art of Illustration is a skill passed down directly or indirectly from illustrators of the past by Cortney Skinner | 01.03.20 Illustrators are pictorial storytellers. In order to do their work, they also...
Making Silhouettes for One April in Boston

Making Silhouettes for One April in Boston

One April in Boston Making Silhouettes for One April in Boston Profile Shades—An ancient art brought into the present by Cortney Skinner | 12.16.19 When I was first approached in 1999 by Ben Edwards to do some illustrations for his upcoming book, One April in Boston,...
Creating the Cover Art for One April in Boston

Creating the Cover Art for One April in Boston

One April in Boston Creating the Cover Art for One April in Boston Traditional vs. Digital Painting—How my methods have evolved over the past two decades by Cortney Skinner | 12.11.19 It was about 20 years ago when Ben Edwards commissioned me to create some...