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 ...

Once upon a time, pencil art was merely seen as a form of doodling, sketching or just the first phase of creating a ‘real’ work of art. An artist might outline his or her concept of what they planned ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Because they are erasable, pencils are often the first tool creative people use when sketching out a ...

Salavat Fidai is working proof that artists need not create large pieces to make a name for themselves. Much of what he creates is no bigger than the tip of a pencil — literally. Under the glow of a ...

Keegan Hall stood just outside the west end zone at Husky Stadium and flashed Washington’s trademark “Dubs Up!” salute as he waved to a cheering crowd of more than 65,000 fans. Flanked by his wife, ...

Artist Tara Geer, known for her raw, almost sculptural charcoal drawings, has been on a roll this year. Her large-scale works were the focus of a compelling Guild Gallery show in downtown New York ...

A New York art dealer tipped me to Tara Donovan's debut solo show during my visit there in spring 2003. He had not seen it himself, he said, but it had ignited quite a buzz. And justly so, for Donovan ...

While the internet is busy generating Studio Ghibli images on ChatGPT using artificial intelligence, one artist decided to ditch the trend and go back to basics. Instead of simply asking for an ...