Through his career he produced over 24 books; while for charity he produced his annual rugby calendar as well as selling numerous original sketches.

Exhibited artistic talent as a child, selling drawings and sketches locally into his teenage years.

Artists sell sketches of city architecture.

In addition to selling his paintings, van Dongen also gained an income by selling satirical sketches to the newspaper Revue Blanche.

The show includes an autograph area, as well as the Artists' Alley where comics artists can sign autographs and sell or do free sketches.

He was trying to gain a place in the fashion environment; attending shows, making contacts with the media and selling sketches.

"When they get into it with that apple peel, I could just cry," said Mr. Cox, an artist who sells sketches of Mayberry characters.

The group is selling the bottles and sketches to collectors and perfume companies for $100 to $9,000 to raise money to refurbish its Brooklyn studio.

"But maybe she sold other sketches, or found a way to paint in secret, and then sold her work so Dad wouldn't find out."

Mr. Wesson sold sketches for a studio that created designs for stylists and textile manufacturers.