Editing Scratchboard (section)

== Artists ==
Illustrators who have worked in the scratchboard medium include [[Michael McCurdy]],<ref name="McCurdyPW">{{cite news |title=Michael McCurdy obituary |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/70715-obituary-michael-mccurdy.html |accessdate=6 October 2016 |work=Publishers Weekly |date=21 June 2016}}</ref> [[Peter Blake (artist)|Peter Blake]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/dec/21/the-12-cartoons-of-christmas-by-quentin-blake-judith-kerr-posy-simmonds-and-more#img-5|title=The 12 cartoons of Christmas – by Quentin Blake, Judith Kerr, Posy Simmonds and more |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=21 December 2015}}</ref> [[Virgil Finlay]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Virgil Finlay: Master of Dark Fantasy Illustration |url=https://thesefantasticworlds.com/virgil-finlay-master-of-dark-fantasy-illustration/ |website=These Fantastic Worlds |access-date=10 September 2023}}</ref> [[John Schoenherr]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Remembering John Schoenherr |url=https://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/04/12/remembering-john-schoenherr/ |website=Slice of SciFi |access-date=10 September 2023 |date=12 April 2010}}</ref> [[Jos Sances]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desmarais|first=Charles|date=May 3, 2019|title='The Whale' is an immense topic at Richmond Art Center |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/the-whale-is-an-immense-topic-at-richmond-art-center |access-date=10 September 2023 |publisher=San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide}}</ref> [[Sven Rayen]] and [[Scott McKowen]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.commarts.com/insights/illustrator-scott |title=Scott McKowen - Illustrator |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005123452/http://www.commarts.com/insights/illustrator-scott |archive-date=2013-10-05 |magazine=Communication Arts |access-date=10 September 2023 }} </ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quillandquire.com/reviews/review.cfm?review_id=6712 |title=A Fine Line: Scratchboard Illustrations by Scott McKowen |website=Quill and Quire |date=17 December 2009 |access-date=10 September 2023}}</ref> The comics artist [[Jacques Tardi]] used scratchboard to illustrate [[Jules Verne]]'s [[science fiction]] in the style of 19th century woodcuts.<ref>{{cite web |last=Weldon |first=Glen |title='The Arctic Marauder': A Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma Wrapped in ICY DEATH |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/04/06/135139790/the-arctic-marauder-a-mystery-wrapped-in-an-enigma-wrapped-in-icy-death |website=Pop Culture Happy Hour |publisher=[[NPR]] |access-date=12 September 2023 |date=6 April 2011}}</ref>  illustrated in scratchboard the adult non-fiction book, ''[[Why Fish Don't Exist]]'' by Lulu Miller. 

In 2011, the International Society of Scratchboard Artists was launched to help promote scratchboard art, and to educate the public about the medium. The organization holds an annual exhibition of scratchboard art.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scratchboardsociety.com/ |title=Home |website=scratchboardsociety.com}}</ref>