Charles Steffen, “Untitled” (1995), graphite and colored pencils on taped paper, 18 x 26 1/4 inches (45.72 x ∼66.68 cm) (all photos Natalie Weis/Hyperallergic) In 1950, the year after he began his ...

The first Friday in January was an especially frigid, dark and icy one in Anchorage. But those who made it to the new exhibit at the International Gallery of Contemporary Art were treated to a skilled ...

This video presents a realistic portrait drawing created entirely with pencil using fine shading techniques. Each face is carefully developed with smooth gradients and precise line work.

A SOMERSET mum will spend 100 days creating a portrait of David Attenborough in honour of his 100th birthday. Hannah Norman, an artist and member of the MIB International Minehead Group (Mums in ...

“Look at the face. With the glasses on his forehead, he is very peaceful and sleeping,” said curator Mark Waskow, pointing to a portrait, graphite on paper, hanging at Studio Place Arts in Barre. The ...

Usually when drawing a portrait, artists like Alyssa Wentzel can ask their models to move this way or that and capture the shifts in mood in real time. One of Wentzel’s recent portraits, however, was ...