Draw what you see, not what you think what you see, is probably a recommendation that you've heard a lot if you're a beginner artist, but it can be harder than it might sound. It also raises questions ...

We move during the rest of our week in Haiti from one group of health professionals and community leaders to another. It is a slow progress through the traffic jams in Port-Au-Prince's rubble-narrowed ...

Drawing is hard. Even after a lesson with a New Yorker cartoonist, I get spooked by the simplest drawing exercises. If you’re also easily scared off, but you want to get better, try these basic ...

Claire Watson Garcia knows the look. She has seen it for about 30 years. “They stop at the door, peer around, and say, ‘Is this the class for the utter, total, complete beginner ... ,’ and before they ...

Picture this: Someone you love is "counting on you" to do something, but you don't want to do it. Do you do it or not? How do you say "no" and still feel like a good person? It's all about knowing — ...

Begin with a proper sketch book. Draw in ink. Finish each drawing you begin, and keep every drawing you finish. No erasing, no ripping out a page, no covering a page with angry scribbles. What you ...