Photography was officially introduced to the world in 1839, but several inventors had been tinkering with some form of it since the 1790s. This formative period in photography’s history coincided with ...

People always ask me if I draw anything other than nature,” said Addie Willsrud. “I literally don’t know what else I would ...

The beauty of nature has always inspired artists whether it’s the colours of a sunset or the intricate detail of a flower, seedpod or lichen. But do artists and illustrators whose work concentrates on ...

With the return of sunlit evenings, warmer days and sprouting gardens, now is the perfect time for budding artists to celebrate the signs of spring through art. The new season brings about ...

“It’s very complicated.” Ross Frank was on the phone the other day trying to explain, concisely, cogently, the “difficult history” of Plains Indian ledger drawings and how it couldn’t be anything but ...

THE subject of this book is a very fascinating one and deals with the development of children's drawings from the first ill-defined scribbling of the infant through the formalised drawings of older ...

Solely by luck did Leo Thomas “Teo” Prinster happen to have a Polaroid camera sitting in his car. It was Aug. 10, 1972. Prinster, son of one of the founding members of Colorado grocery chain City ...

Create observational drawings that depict the natural environment and learn to use charcoal powder, willow charcoal, compressed charcoal and charcoal pencils to create realistic and expressive artwork ...

Earlier this year, a woman in Pennsylvania bought a nude charcoal sketch for $12 at a local art auction. Something about the depicted woman’s downward gaze, the hang of flesh around her waist seemed ...