Drawing

The Drawing Room: Artists and Their Sketchbooks Occupy a New York Gallery

Patrick McGinnis | Posted 05.10.2012

Patrick McGinnis

2012-05-10-screen.pngThe tweeting masses aren't looking for the quiet beauty of a sketch. Drawings, it seems, get lost in all the noise.

Old Bones, New Flesh: Sonnabend's Twomblys

Daniel Maidman | Posted 05.03.2012

Daniel Maidman

Twombly does not exist outside of visual art, like pure Dada, which is essentially conceptual. He subscribes to the visual tradition. This gives him the affinity and perspective to pull a Korine with it, to scrape off the flesh until the bones of grammar emerge.

David Hockney's Bigger Message

Jane Chafin | Posted 04.26.2012

Jane Chafin

Martin Gayford's A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney chronicles discussions between the art critic and artist over a ten year period, giving the reader unique access to this inventive artist's process.

Why Some People Are Better At Drawing Than Others

Posted 04.26.2012

Since the dawn of human art-making, the divide has been clear: There are people who can effortlessly sketch an object's likeness, and people who...

How to Ride a Subway: The Magical Mystery of Martin Wilner

Alexander Adler | Posted 04.24.2012

Alexander Adler

So what if each and every commuter became so productive? Imagine the challenge of focusing and drawing on a crowded subway during rush hour. Each of us has been bumped, grinded against, ridiculed by a passerby moonlighting as a diva, or serenaded by a vet.

Tony Orrico Performance At Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, Mexico City (VIDEO)

VernissageTV | Posted 04.25.2012

VernissageTV

With the exhibition CARBON, the Polyforum Siqueiros in Mexico City presents Tony Orrico's third solo exhibition. Orrico is a visual artist as well as ...

Happy Birthday, Matthew Barney!

Posted 03.25.2012

Happy birthday to one of the most influential multi-disciplinary artists of our time, Matthew Barney. His truly unhinged creativity never ceases to am...

'A Bug's Life' Gets Drawn Out

Posted 03.23.2012

Normally we're so preoccupied with what's going on that we never stop to smell the roses or watch the insects! Come to think of it, insects probably w...

Getting More From Every Day: Reigniting Your Creative Fire

Michael Stanclift, N.D. | Posted 05.23.2012

Michael Stanclift, N.D.

Our creativity as humans is inspiring. When we creatively solve problems or express ourselves in creative ways we spark new life, and ignite ideas in others as well.

Watchlist: Captivating Contemporary Artists

MutualArt | Posted 05.22.2012

MutualArt

2012-03-22-LA_art.jpg A new era of contemporary painting and drawing is upon us, and lately we've found ourselves enthralled by artists who have taken these genres to a whole new level.

Jorinde Voigt

Posted 03.22.2012

Jorinde Voigt creates the world that we cannot see. Besides complicated algorithms and natural phenomena, the young artist's inspirations are worn loo...

Pacific Standard Time Shines the Spotlight on a Veteran Artist: An Interview With John M. White

Jane Chafin | Posted 05.01.2012

Jane Chafin

White's work has always been cross-disciplinary, seamlessly blending object-making and performance. In today's art world, there's nothing unusual about that, but when White was getting his MFA at Otis Art Institute in the late '60s, it was almost unheard of.

Mysteries In The Back Yard

Posted 02.18.2012

Somewhere between the banal and a bacchanal, Rob Matthews finds his inspiration. His drawings depict haunting symbols mingling with the neighborhood, ...

Sophie Blackall Illustrates Missed Connections (VIDEO)

Posted 02.08.2012

"I've been here twelve years and feel like I've barely scratched the surface," says Sophie Blackall, a New York-based illustrator who has recently ach...

Yüksel Arslan's 'Artures' (VIDEO)

VernissageTV | Posted 04.04.2012

VernissageTV

The Kunsthalle Zurich is now presenting for the first time a selection of over 200 works since 1959 outside of Turkey. The exhibition has its focus on Arslan's Artures, works on paper using a unique technique with special paints.

How To Draw A Horse

Posted 03.31.2012

Drawing doesn't come naturally to all of us, and there are tons of tutorials out there to help get the ball rolling, but in every step-by-step there s...

First Lines

Amy Bernays | Posted 03.18.2012

Amy Bernays

I wanted something about the viewer and viewed: knowledge and innocence, old and young, knowing and not knowing. This is all complex lines and fine...

Kia Makarechi

Artist's Daily Doodles Will Put A Smile On Your Face

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 01.13.2012

Tanner Almon is everywhere. The Brooklyn-based artist-cum-tumblr-celebrity's most prominent blog, mydailyjournalthing features a daily scan of Alm...

PHOTOS: 10 Awesome Space Illustrations from the 1870's

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Searles | Posted 01.12.2012

Today's giant telescopes offer amazing views of distant worlds. But it doesn't take modern technology costing millions to capture the awesome beauty a...

PHOTOS: Incredible Envelope Portraits

Posted 01.10.2012

London-based artist Mark Powell has produced these striking drawings despite only using the most basic of materials: ink and paper. His recent series ...

WATCH: Artist Draws Portrait With 3.2 Million Dots

Posted 02.05.2012

It is customary when looking at a piece of art to examine closely and observe the small details of creation. The weight and brevity of the brush strok...

The Magic of Mistakes

Amy Bernays | Posted 01.14.2012

Amy Bernays

The mistakes make the rhyme of creative bent. The drawer's inaccuracies take the visage away from just image and turns into a signpost for your heart; that turns the image away from the original source and into Art.

Drawing for Young Learners

Dr. Rebecca Palacios | Posted 12.31.2011

Dr. Rebecca Palacios

As a teacher of young children for more than 30 years, one of the things that I valued most was children's drawings. What incredible imagination and creativity young children have!

Mega-Architect's Unexpected Hobby

Jacob Slevin | Posted 12.26.2011

Jacob Slevin

More and more I've become fascinated with architects' alternative forms of creative expression, those lying outside the boundaries of their core work....

PHOTOS: Matthew Barney's Ancient Symbols

Posted 11.25.2011

Matthew Barney's latest exhibit, "DJED," at the Gladstone Gallery explores Egyptian conceptions of the afterlife that Barney first tackled in his 2010...