An exceptionally skillful draftsman and cartoonist, he draws on paper with finely pointed pencils and pens, making comical, metaphorically provocative images in which goofy avatars are absorbed into the bewildering flux of psychic experience.
After his father's death in 1739, he worked in the family business at Churchyard Works, Burslem, becoming exceptionally skillful at the potter's wheel and, in 1744, an apprentice to his elder brother Thomas.
Neither oversimplified nor overstuffed, this exceptionally skillful tour of the physical world covers the basic principles and still has room for profiles of some of the more engaging scientists, like Isaac Newton, who (literally) stuck a needle in his eye.
The battle scenes are extraordinarily convincing, sometimes taking on the appearance of silent newsreels of the era, but in sharper focus, and the choreography, involving thousands of participants, is exceptionally skillful.
Though exceptionally skillful, drawings by Al Hirschfeld, the longtime contributor to The New York Times, and by David Levine, who for many years drew large-headed, Ingres-like portraits for The New York Review of Books, do little to stir the pot.
Susan has an international reputation for being an exceptionally skillful meditation teacher.
