ST. PAUL, Minn. – As we emerge from a winter that squatted on our psyches, we all need places to draw resolve. Greg Lecker found his getaway -- sketchpad in hand -- at Como Park's Marjorie McNeely ...

Pencils and paintbrushes rise when Kelly removes her robe and perches on a wooden platform one recent Sunday morning. Each artist in the small group at the Arts & Design Society of Fort Walton Beach ...

Alida Pepper was staring down depression. Stuck in her apartment in San Francisco, she worried that all the plans she’d made were about to unravel. For months, Pepper, a full-time life drawing model, ...

Taking the time to sketch your belongings can help capture moments and memories. By Kate Bingaman-Burt Find an old receipt in your wallet. Feel that thin paper on your fingers, and look at the inky ...

At the start of Robin Black's exquisite debut novel, "Life Drawing," we learn that the narrator's husband, Owen, has died, though we don't know the details. "The story ends," Gus, which is short for ...

Armed with a wand and funky spectacles, Beatrice Steinert steps into a world of lush green mounds and bright blue dots. “To me, this is literally sitting right here,” she says, as she strokes ...

The Saggy Baggy Elephant, Gingerbread Man, Shy Little Kitten, Naughty Bunny, and – of course – Little Golden Books’ mascot Poky Little Puppy are among the timeless characters who make encore ...

David Hockney “Self Portrait” (1954), collage on newsprint, 16 1⁄2 x 11 3⁄4 inches (© David Hockney, photo by Richard Schmidt; Bradford Museums & Galleries, Bradford, UK, all images courtesy National ...