Xanti Schawinsky, “The Aviator (Faces of War)” (1942), mixed media, watercolor and black pen on paper, 28 7/8 x 21 inches (73.4 X 53.4 cm) (all works courtesy of and copyright the Xanti Schawinsky ...

Art students work for years to learn to create good portraits that capture the likeness of a subject. Even among trained artists, it takes a special talent to draw faces accurately. This problem ...

In 1979, Betty Edwards published the book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, which remains the preeminent book on the subject of drawing for beginners. In the book, Edwards argues that there are ...

Let’s try an experiment: Draw a face. Nothing fancy, just an oval with eyes, nose, mouth, some hair. What you’ve produced probably looks like a cartoon Neandertal. Just about everyone tends to draw ...

New Yorker cartoonist Jason Adam Katzenstein already taught you how to do “gesture drawing,” one of the most basic artistic techniques. In the new video above, he focuses on faces, showing how the ...

Learn the basics of drawing realistic faces with just a pencil and paper. This tutorial breaks down facial proportions, guidelines, and shading techniques to help beginners improve their portrait ...

James Gilbert, "My Sense of Humor is Complicated by My Personality" (2019), wood, stain, lacquer, pigmented wax, found chair, 44 x 36 x 28 inches (all photos by Kevin Todora, courtesy the artist and ...