I take the hand of my student, who grasps the willow charcoal — soft, not medium — and together we look at the figure model. "It’s best not to hold the charcoal like a pencil,” I say, “so you can use ...

Starting your figure drawing with basic shapes makes it easier to draw more sophisticated lines on top. Here, I've drawn the ...

Vida Sofia, a local model and artist, unpacked her supplies on the rooftop pool area of the Hotel Greystone on South Beach on a Wednesday afternoon. Before the sun set, she carefully organized the ...

Just as musicians practice with scales and études, visual artists have always sharpened their chops with figure drawings. But practice doesn’t mean drudgery. The 25 untitled figure drawings by John ...

One by one, five artists file into a small studio space on the second floor of a multitenant building at 707 N. Cedar St. on the edge of Kendall Yards. Each carries their preferred art medium: ...