Drawing is hard. Even after a lesson with a New Yorker cartoonist, I get spooked by the simplest drawing exercises. If you’re also easily scared off, but you want to get better, try these basic ...

This piece explores a simple yet powerful drawing exercise that is often overlooked but has the potential to transform creativity and problem-solving skills. By engaging in freeform sketching and ...

Draw what you see, not what you think what you see, is probably a recommendation that you've heard a lot if you're a beginner artist, but it can be harder than it might sound. It also raises questions ...

Maryam Mirzakhani, the late Stanford University math professor whose work involved “describing the geometric and dynamic complexities of curved surfaces,” tackled tough mathematical ideas by doodling ...

Author Michael Seary has written a how-to-draw book with instructions on how to produce a reasonable likeness of an object. He calls this art and the draftspeople who draw in this manner, artists.

Photoshop isn't just for photos. In this lesson, we're going to take a look at Photoshop's ability to create vector graphics with the pen tool. Learning to draw with the Pen Tool is one of those ...