This live art-making class is inspired by a Greek terracotta flying female figure. In this session, we will learn the foundations of drawing a figure. The Museum partners with the Arts Council of ...

To find his subject, artist Phil Schorn looks for leaves. The more colorful and intricate-looking they are, the better. That’s because, for Schorn, art is in the details. His colored pencil drawings ...

This live art-making class is inspired by this Maya ceramic sculpture of a dignitary that dates to about 600–800 BCE. In this session, we will focus on drawing the details on a figure. The Museum ...

When many people think of art, they tend to think in terms of watercolor, oil or even charcoal. However, the depth of color and painting effects able to be achieved with colored pencils have won over ...

Meng Xianglei, who majored in industrial design at the Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University, has a large following of fans after teaching himself and others how to draw with colored ...

All summer at the Strathmore Mansion in North Bethesda, you may find gallery-goers huddled around a small, photorealistic depiction of a fruit in a plastic bag. “Hold on,” one of them may whisper, “is ...

While talking to a bunch of artists I admire for a piece about the best drawing pencils, it became clear that, for the most part, the relationship between artist and drawing tool is as personal as ...