In the Before Times, I had occasionally gone to life-drawing classes: part social activity, part attempt to improve drawing skills. I would say I sort of enjoyed them; I liked the atmosphere, the ...

I think I can remember my first ever life-drawing class in college during my foundation year of drawing theory. A bright high-ceilinged room surrounded by white-papered windows. Talking Heads were on ...

Dan Santat and the late Jerry Pinkney draw from life (literally) in their memoirs for young readers. By David Small According to an apocryphal story, the 19th-century French illustrator Gustave Doré ...

Life drawing meetups involve a model posed nude in the centre of a room, while artists sketch, paint or draw them from all angles. In this graphite drawing, Stratford, P.E.I., artist Irwin Riddell ...

The writer learns to step away from life filtered through a camera and catches memories with pencil and paper. By Susanne Masters Mountains, clouds, shadows receding; a few minutes of pencil on paper ...

It’s been four days since the FedEx guy dropped off my new iPad—four days during which I wanted to put the device through its paces and write up a comprehensive review. Well, that didn’t happen. I ...