When it comes to charcoal paper, what you seek is a mid-weight, slightly textured paper that will not only hold up under thicker drawing pigments but also allow the material itself to truly shine.

At 82, Helen Rae is as prolific as ever, interpreting fashion ads into her own singular vision. Toilet paper holders convey a political message. Line drawings made in a meditative state convey a ...

When Tim Gallenbeck saw an Etch A Sketch at a thrift store for 99 cents in 2013, he picked it up for his daughters. He ended up being the one to play with it, and now he creates intricate art using ...

Evanston artist and sculptor Indira Johnson offered Chicago Cultural Center visitors an opportunity to engage in an intricate community art project aiming to promote peace, unity and blessings on ...

“Attentive Blooms: Future Transformations” at Bryant Street Gallery is a solo show of pieces by Sarah Morejohn, featuring intricate drawings such as “Orange Berries.” Courtesy Sarah Morejohn/Bryant ...

At first look, Kate Clark’s discomfiting human-animal hybrids and Andrea Dezsö’s intricate drawings and paper objects, now on view in a dual exhibition at the Newcomb Art Museum, couldn’t be further ...

Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe, "Wakari (Sweet fruit of the jungle)" (2019) (all photos by Roberto Ruiz, all images courtesy Ana Mas Projects, Barcelona) Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe’s drawings condense nature into a ...

The human body is complex. Arteries, nerves, systems. When Amy Avila was learning anatomy, she knew she was a visual learner. So the student nurse anesthetist began sketching out what she was learning ...

An 1851 ink-and-watercolor gift drawing titled A Type of Mother Hannah’s Pocket Handkerchief by Polly Jane Reed, a Shaker in New Lebanon, New York. Andrews Collection, Hancock Shaker Village, ...

On a recent visit to the Museum of Science in Valencia, Spain, I saw an exhibit of original drawings by Santiago Ramon y Cajal, the great Spanish neurobiologist. They took me on a distinctive inward ...