The most realistic pencil drawings, or hyperrealistic pencil drawings, can sometimes be hard to believe. But a skillful use of shading and the representation of extremely fine details in pencil really ...

The Arts Council of Greater Palatka will host a colored pencil art workshop "Back to Nature Journal" from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 21 at the Larimer Arts Center, 216 Reid St., Palatka. Geared toward ...

Even in chilly upstate New York, nature artist Carol Coogan tries to sketch outdoors whenever she can. Carol writes and illustrates a weekly column for my local newspaper called "Backyard Naturalist." ...

With a few basic tips you can begin to draw the creatures around you, and remember the joy they bring. By Clare Walker Leslie If you enjoy watching birds floating by or chipmunks scampering across ...

The lowly pencil is not an elite or showy artistic medium. It doesn't have oil paint's gravitas, or plaster's endearing gauche. Instead, the pencil is accessible, plebeian and utilitarian. If put in ...

Lloyd Rees struggled to become the artist of renown. The spectre of death shook his ambition, in a world already indifferent to his painting. Pencil drawing would divine his psychological road back to ...