Starting your figure drawing with basic shapes makes it easier to draw more sophisticated lines on top. Here, I've drawn the ...

Learning to draw has long been seen as a skill that only naturally gifted artists can have, yet the desire to create remains universal. However, because of this belief, many beginners stall at the ...

Ari Chand works for Heritage College Lake Macquarie, the school pictured in the banner image. Drawing plays a big role in our cognitive development. It can help us learn to write and think creatively, ...

Drawing depends first on really seeing what’s in front of you, contour drawing can help train your hand to follow your eyes. By Diane Olivier Over the years, people develop a manner of “seeing” that ...

What is it that makes us, as human beings, so special—so unique among all the other living beings we know of? What skills do we need to realize our potential, making life more meaningful and ...

If you’re someone, like me, who looks at the pictures in an article before reading the words, you might have been surprised this time to find a map and a page of signatures. Maybe you even said to ...

From the Lascaux caves to the notepad doodle, we have always been drawn to draw. On the eve of the UK’s first art fair dedicated to drawing, we celebrate the freest and first of all art forms Art ...