New York City in March was, well, quiet. The typically raucous sounds of the city had been reduced to ambulance sirens and a lone car driving up and down the streets blasting “New York, New York” and ...

It's six o'clock on a Friday night, and Hannah Lindsey, a sophomore in Columbia College, is lying nude on a pile of cushions. Pencils scratch paper and charcoal smudges on sketchbooks as the Columbia ...

Want to build your mental muscles up a bit? Drawing from life, or figure drawing, no matter what your skill level, can help you hone your observation skills. There are several ongoing sessions in the ...

The room is quiet and still. The lights dim, casting shadows that dance among the easels. A model steps into the center, letting his robe fall away. Dean Reynolds, a professor at the School of Art, ...

Drawing Action Poses in Comics explores the techniques artists use to capture energy, movement, and emotion through dynamic figure drawing. From anatomy and gesture lines to foreshortening and ...

I tested a highly flexible pose figure to see if it actually helps improve dynamic figure drawing. This quick comparison shows how much it can change the way you sketch poses. Is it worth using in ...

The first time Dave Cairns stripped his robe in front of a class full of students he was nervous — and he wasn’t the only one. “The first time was for a group of five or six artists in the basement of ...