MinnPost’s reporting is free every single day, but it isn’t free to produce. Join 4,800 members with a donation right now. The core takeaway from “Drawing Lessons” is anyone can draw. Set during the ...

Drawing relies on the simplest of means: a surface and a mark. It is an immediate activity. Marks can be made without elaborate preparation or equipment. Charcoal and cotton rag paper, a stick and ...

My college art instructor asked me that question nearly 40 years ago and I remember his words as if they were said yesterday. I was obviously the least “talented” person in his class and he was ...

The Etch a Sketch is a brilliant teacher of the impermanence of human existence: you painstakingly turn those awkward knobs left and right, tweaking and adjusting to get just the right angle for your ...