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

I take the hand of my student, who grasps the willow charcoal — soft, not medium — and together we look at the figure model. "It’s best not to hold the charcoal like a pencil,” I say, “so you can use ...

Northwestern State University Assistant Professor of Art Edgar Cano presented a figure drawing workshop at Manifest Gallery, a contemporary arts center in Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 20-22 where he led ...

Learn how to make your own charcoal drawing sticks for art charcoal sticks to create works of art using a new paint can, a campfire, and some small sticks. To make your own charcoal drawing sticks the ...

When I went to art school, the idea was that if you were going to be an artist, you had to paint with oil paints on canvas. I discovered I was very bad at that, so it was an enormous relief to ...

i got inspired by the "arise magazine" where there was a black and white photograph of this model - i did my own representation using charcoals and pencil and loved the contrasting effect of her skin ...