Drawing is hard. Even after a lesson with a New Yorker cartoonist, I get spooked by the simplest drawing exercises. If you’re also easily scared off, but you want to get better, try these basic ...

Line art exercises and tutorials are a great way to sharpen your skills in this minimalist and challenging art form. Line art often requires an amount of planning for a successful composition plus ...

Draw what you see, not what you think what you see, is probably a recommendation that you've heard a lot if you're a beginner artist, but it can be harder than it might sound. It also raises questions ...

Sketching is a form of visual thinking that exercises the mind and body, and it’s easy to turn your tablet into a portable art studio. By J. D. Biersdorfer “Any one who can learn to write, can learn ...

Claire Watson Garcia knows the look. She has seen it for about 30 years. “They stop at the door, peer around, and say, ‘Is this the class for the utter, total, complete beginner ... ,’ and before they ...

Are you thinking about drawing? Michelle Cochran is back at the Winona Arts Center for a three-day basic drawing workshop on March 31, April 7, and April 14 from 5:30-7:30 ...

Author Michael Seary has written a how-to-draw book with instructions on how to produce a reasonable likeness of an object. He calls this art and the draftspeople who draw in this manner, artists.