For artists, few objects are as challenging to capture as the human form. To render the figure on canvas or paper requires mastery of contouring, shading, perspective, proportion and countless other ...

I started breaking down human anatomy into simple forms to improve my figure drawing. In this first part, I focus on basic ...

This study examined the effects of two- and three-dimensional visual referents upon selected aspects of representational human figure drawing by first-year public high school students. Three intact ...

Some five hundred years ago, Leonardo da Vinci sketched what he believed was the perfectly proportioned male body. Now, scientists have compared the 'Vitruvian Man' with nearly 64,000 physically fit ...

If your walls are covered in your child’s drawings, they may be worth a closer look. Because artistic talent early in life provides an indicator of intelligence later on, scientists have found.

WASHINGTON — It is rare for a museum to lend the heart of its most prized collection to another museum, but the Albertina in Vienna has done just that by shipping almost a hundred watercolors and ...

Your college art history textbook needs a new first chapter. The earliest known drawing in human history – a red, cross-hatched pattern that looks somewhat like a hashtag – has been unearthed on a ...

‘The human body is the most magnificent piece of art.” How many medical students have heard this phrase uttered by an anatomy professor or a neurologist in awe of the human brain? Like most platitudes ...