Can you produce attractive charcoal portraits of people in a very short time frame? If not, you may want to take some courses so you can, as people portraits created from charcoal drawings is one of ...

The Ultimate Guide to Drawing Any Portrait” offers a comprehensive roadmap for artists of all skill levels to master ...

At the height of his success as a portraitist, John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) astonished the transatlantic art world by suddenly abandoning oil painting in 1907. For the rest of his life, he explored ...

Charcoal can be messy, but is worth persevering with. It is less precise than pencil but gives a darker, richer tone. Charcoal is a good medium for creating marks quickly and works well as an ...

While London was being rebuilt after the Blitz, Frank Auerbach began work on a series of charcoal portraits that would revitalise post-war British art. In keeping with his surroundings, he adopted a ...

A charcoal drawing housed in another art collection for more than 150 years may have been a sketch for the Mona Lisa, a French art expert says. The charcoal portrait of a nude woman, known as the ...

PARIS (Reuters) - A French art expert believes a charcoal drawing kept in a collection for more than 150 years may be a preparatory sketch made by Leonardo da Vinci of the Mona Lisa. The ...

At the height of his success as a portraitist, John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) astonished the transatlantic art world by suddenly abandoning oil painting in 1907. For the rest of his life, he explored ...