Cornelis Cort was an engraver and draughtsman from the Netherlands who lived the later years of his life in Italy. He spent his career engraving artists' paintings onto copper and, in doing so, invented a technique that changed European printmaking. Today we're taking a closer look at his life, his method, and why Titian couldn't do without him. Let's go!

Orkney’s Italian Chapel is a remarkable building and a testament to the craftsmanship of the people who built it and worshipped there. It was built by hand and from repurposed materials during World War Two by a group of Italian prisoners of war (POW’s) interred on the islands. We heard about this intriguing building and had to see it for ourselves; read on to find out more!

We recently visited Surgeons' Hall Museum in Edinburgh, home to one of the world's oldest surgical institutions. From the recreated Anatomy Theatre to the infamous Burke and Hare collection and the surprising Sherlock Holmes connection, the History of Surgery Gallery is one of the most remarkable museum experiences in Scotland.

If you've always wanted to draw superheroes but didn't know where to start, this book was made for you. How to Draw Superheroes and Comic Characters by Vault Editions breaks down dynamic superhero figures, iconic genre characters, and original designs into a clear, structured process — built for beginners and designed to get results fast. Today we're taking a closer look at what's inside. Let's go!

Joseph Maclise, a surgeon and illustrator, published an extraordinary book that elevated medical illustration. Today we're learning about his book, Surgical Anatomy, and studying some truly mesmerising studies of the human body as you've never seen them before.

In 1601, a Jesuit priest in Antwerp published a book of 100 allegorical engravings designed to communicate complex ideas. It was part illustrated guide, part work of art, and it remains one of the most visually inventive books of the entire Baroque era. Today we're taking a closer look at Jan David's Veridicus Christianus and the extraordinary images at its heart. Let's go!

Discover Paulus Pontius, the Flemish engraver who turned Rubens' paintings into prints seen across seventeenth-century Europe, and later worked with Van Dyck and Jordaens

What would make a 52-year-old woman sell 255 of her own paintings, board a ship with only her daughter for company, and sail to a rainforest on the other side of the Atlantic? For Maria Sibylla Merian, the answer was simple: she needed to study insects. 

Decades before the birth of cinema, a Belgian physicist built a spinning disc that convinced the human eye it was watching motion. That device, invented in late 1832, was the phenakistoscope, and it remains one of the earliest true forerunners of animation and cinema. Today we're taking a closer look at how it worked and examining some beautiful examples.