MinnPost’s reporting is free every single day, but it isn’t free to produce. Join 4,800 members with a donation right now. The core takeaway from “Drawing Lessons” is anyone can draw. Set during the ...

Though separated by more than the chasm of centuries, avant-garde action painting and old-master drawing share one compelling attraction: the you-are-there appeal of looking over the artist’s shoulder ...

Earlier this year, a woman in Pennsylvania bought a nude charcoal sketch for $12 at a local art auction. Something about the depicted woman’s downward gaze, the hang of flesh around her waist seemed ...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to learn to draw. And for as long I can remember, I’ve been failing to learn to draw. I just couldn’t get the hang of it; every time I put pencil to paper, ...

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, "Belphagore" (1734), brush and black ink, gray wash, heightened with white gouache, on blue paper; 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (image via public domain, all images courtesy Getty ...