From the father of American animation, J. Stuart Blackton, this mixture of a silent film and stop-motion animation, brings the viewer in front of a large easel, as the artist sketches the portrait of a fine gentleman in quick and bold strokes. As if by magic and much to our surprise, the two-dimensional objects on the canvas escape into our world, assuming a real form, as the facial expressions on the man in the picture succeed one another. Indeed, this is an enchanted drawing.
—Nick Riganas