from Little League carpool duty to analyzing portfolios to folding the laundry and bringing home the bacon

where they are vulnerable to roving gangs

When Ned's apple begins to rot

with shapes and templates that are simple to master

Elizabeth Gaskell

Ballpoint Art Family Life Fiction from Little League carpool dutyBallpoint drawing has evolved into a thriving art form since the pen emerged as a writing tool in the 1940s, when the Hungarian journalist and inventor Lszl Br fled war torn Europe and began manufacturing the pens in Argentina. Throughout the 1950s and '60s, as the ballpoint became cheaper and more accessible, Alberto Giacometti, Jean Dubuffet, Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon, Nam June Paik, Louise Bourgeois, and many others, sketched with the pens. Today,