Your first exercise is a classic creative task used to encourage something called divergent thinking, where you generate multiple solutions to a problem instead of zeroing in on a single one. It’s a ...

When you're trying to communicate or understand ideas, words don't always do the trick. Sometimes the more efficient approach is to do a simple sketch of that concept—for example, diagramming a ...

With that in mind, I've picked out nine art exercises that you might find useful to break drawing habits you've developed so ...

Another great exercise to change how your draw is to try keeping your pen or pencil on the page. Make your first mark ...

"I’d say that abstract expression represents a kind of freedom for me, and likewise, for the audience, there's freedom in how ...

Apply random lines, scribbles and splashes. And aim to move your whole arm, perhaps even your whole body, to help you loosen up. Water-reactive crayons or pens, or the best watercolour pencils are ...

Mary Abbott modeled for Vogue and moved among icons like de Kooning. Now, her bold work is the subject of an overdue New York ...

The Michener Art Museum is welcoming a new exhibition this Memorial Day Weekend. From nationally recognized ceramic artist ...

In the work of artists I admire, all the training and discipline come out in an act of letting go: a splotch of ink, a ...

Simply sign up to the Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In the grandly layered Large Library at Goodwood House in West Sussex, Charles Gordon-Lennox is casting his mind back to ...

Abstract: Line art is arguably one of the fundamental and versatile modes ... to solve the pipeline we modify the Quick-draw dataset and obtain supervised training for converting a line drawing into a ...

The weather cooperated, the sellout crowd witnessed a competitive draw against San Antonio FC and the day proceeded without any major hiccups. It was about as good as an inaugural home-opener ...