The most realistic pencil drawings, or hyperrealistic pencil drawings, can sometimes be hard to believe. But a skillful use of shading and the representation of extremely fine details in pencil really ...

From early cave painters to Pablo Picasso to Roberto Longo, artists have long loved the expressive potential of a soft charcoal pencil or crayon. Each sweep of charcoal offers intense black color and ...

The mastery of materials is fundamental to the artistic process and the career goal of any artist in their chosen medium. Every method requires a different skill set and can evoke different reactions ...

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RISON -- Artist Crystal Jennings often has company in the sunroom studio of her home in Cleveland County. While she's working away on one of her large, hyper-realistic charcoal drawings in one corner, ...

In our late capitalist age of industrial fabrication and reproducible art, Myron Stout stands out as a reclusive figure who was never lured by these strategies. With monkish devotion, he produced a ...

SAXTONS RIVER — Main Street Arts Gallery in Saxtons River is pleased to present “Pencil Me In,” a selection of graphite drawings by Vincent DiBernardo, from July 6 to Sept. 1. The artist’s reception ...