A pencil glides across the page, revealing only one side of a human face—detailed eyes, a soft cheekbone, and subtle shadows that hint at the unseen half. The sketch captures both presence and mystery ...

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 ...

People find it extremly difficult to draw faces from memory. A new study asked whether using simplified line drawings of faces can improve the accuracy of drawing from memory.