The Artist Konstantin Somov was born in 1869 in Saint Petersburg, Russia to an educated and wealthy family. His father was the senior curator at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, then the capital of Russia. So the young Somov saw art all around when he was young, and from a young age he wanted…

Change is uncomfortable, and that’s a fact. We can learn to live with it and be more stimulated than resistant to it. But it is always uncomfortable. I was really thinking of this in the context of sending a greeting card. The fact that you can hold a greeting card adds stability in an unstable…

Greeting card designers are always on the lookout for ideas. They are always thinking about ideas when they are out with a camera or a sketchbook. Sometimes it’s hard not to think greeting card designs. Andy Rouse is a well-known wildlife photographer. He gave a talk some years ago about photographing polar bears. He explained…