Our critic offers advice on painting rounded forms with soft edges to create realistic portraits. by Dawn Whitelaw A Spanish Song Acrylic on canvas panel. The artist has created a dramatic composition with a very appealing combination of interesting textures...

Our critic discusses the importance of shadows and foregrounds when considering a painting’s composition. by John Budicin Sunset Edith The artist needs to consider how the shadows are placed in this painting. The interior shadows seem a bit dark...

In the winter 2006 issue of Workshop magazine, we offered an inside look into Montana painter Ned Mueller's plein air workshops. Here, we showcase his figurative and landscape paintings as well as a few drawings. Norwegian Summer 2006, oil, 11 x 14...

Through February 10, Alla Prima Fine Art, in St. Petersburg, Florida, will feature this exhibition of works by Gene Costanza, Dobson Cundiff, Larry Moore, Deborah Paris, and Lori Keith Robinson. Crossing Borders—East and West Meet in Florida Through...

This exhibition, featuring more than 48 works by Charles Rosen, will be featured at the Michener, in New Hope, Pennsylvania, through January 28. Form Radiating Life: The Paintings of Charles Rosen Through January 28 James A. Michener Art Museum The Michener...

While on location at the Forbes Trinchera Ranch, in Colorado, Ruth L. Beeve used watercolor and water-soluble oil to capture a variety of subjects. Back in her California studio, she uses those studies as the basis for more ambitious graphite drawings...

Christopher Hart explains how he drew this typical trendy young woman with a simple technique that always produces a pleasing, sharp look for cartoon characters with a graphic flair. Step 1 The female, 20-something cartoon torso is built on two basic...

Depicting features is only the beginning. Putting life into a head drawing requires assimilating it with the rest of the body, capturing an attitude—and much more. by Dan Gheno Study for the Angel in Madonna of the Rocks by Leonardo, silverpoint...