Creativity unfolds naturally in this freehand portrait drawing, where intuition, observation, and artistic confidence guide ...

Meghan Dinsmore’s Art III students most recent projects will find their homes across the globe in the hands of Russian schoolchildren. Dinsmore’s students are participating in the Memory Project, a ...

"I do not draw. I cannot draw. I will never draw," writes Judy Bolton-Fasman. (Getty Images) I do not draw. I cannot draw. I will never draw. My stick figures are abstract abstractions. No neurons ...

WASHINGTON — They arrive at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., with one mission. “Where are the Obamas?” one of the ladies asks. The information desk attendant directs ...

Understanding control and layering is what truly unlocks the potential of soft pastels in portrait drawing, and this artwork ...

Got a new Apple Pencil? Once the initial novelty wears off, you might find that it spends most of its time magnetically clipped to the side of your iPad Pro or, worse, stuck in the back of a drawer.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The official presidential portraits of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama were unveiled Monday at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Galllery in Washington, D.C., and the images ...

WASHINGTON – The Smithsonian’s presidential portraits are feeling the selfie love. The new paintings of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, attracted big crowds to the National ...

Although the market for hand-drawn portraits largely collapsed following the invention of photography, there’s something magical about watching an artist create a lifelike image using nothing but a ...

Feb. 13 (UPI) --The Obamas unveiled their official portraits Monday in Washington, D.C., and as with any artistic endeavor that bucks tradition -- especially one so austere as the U.S. presidency -- ...