Master artists

Painting of a bust-length woman looking over her shoulder and wearing a headdress and a large pearl earring.

Détail de « Léon Delafosse », par John Singer Sargent (ca. 1895/8). (Detail of “Léon Delafosse”, by John Singer Sargent (ca. 1895/8).)

Often derided as staidly traditional, John Singer Sargent in fact provided a glimpse of the modern world. Ahead of a major new exhibition, Sarah Churchwell surveys the sensational portraits that caught the imagination of painters and authors alike

Three insightful tips from Drawing magazine on how to draw faces and heads, two of the most challenging subjects to master for any artist.

Lessons from 10 master draftsmen, including Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Dürer, and Kollwitz.

"A room without books is like a body without a soul." —Marcus Tullius Cicero Well, 2020 is a bit more than half over and though businesses are starting to slowly reopen—most under new guidelines and restrictions in response to Cover-19—things are hardly back to normal. No movie theaters (yet—and