HAMAMATSU--From one angle, it’s a glass bottle of Coca Cola lying on a piece of paper. But when seen from the side, there is just a thin sheet of paper with nothing on it. The illustration, drawn with ...

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 ...

Making use of colored pencils could instill your artwork with liveliness and vitality. Whether you’re a beginner in coloring or a professional artist, utilization of colored pencils adds a flexible ...

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 ...

Dive into the art of creating realistic glass effects using colored pencils on black paper with this detailed drawing tutorial. It explains step-by-step shading, highlights, and reflections to achieve ...

Remember the joy of getting a fresh new pack of colored pencils when you were a kid? The artistic possibilities! You were going to make masterpieces with those things, weren’t you? Unfortunately, ...

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 ...