A pencil and paper is all it takes. Most people pack a sketchbook, but even that is not necessary: one urban sketcher, Julio Brenes, uses disposable paper coffee cups as his canvas. “Urban sketching ...

Whether drawing realistic or abstract subjects, an understanding of tone, the variations of light and shade, is important. A variety of pencils are required to create a tonal study. The B range is ...

In fact, it's not even a photo of a blob of paint. It's a colored-pencil drawing. CJ Hendry: I just kind of sit here and doodle around and just draw a little bit. Narrator: That's CJ Hendry.