Charles Steffen, “Untitled” (1995), graphite and colored pencil on taped ... expression in his self-portrait, should inspire compassion in anyone for the diligent artist.

I don’t draw anymore; I put my pencil and paper down decades ago ... presents a personal challenge. The artist takes on a portrait without a deadline ticking, and every artist in the room ...

This left him with a confidence and fluency in capturing immediate reality with pencil, pen or brush that today’s young artists can only dream about. This major show of Hockney’s portrait ...

First, she pencils out a sparse line-art face, then tries to imagine how ... and drew hyper-realistic colored pencil portraits throughout high school. She picked up embroidery on her own as ...

Ensign’s colored-pencil portrait shows her reaching forward toward ... the ornamental fish frequently seen in Asian art. Ensign sees koi as a symbol of perseverance, a quality she said ...

Caitlyn Snelling, a self-taught artist, has gained renown ... an extra one,” Snelling recalled. Drawing portraits of Chiefs players in colored pencil started as a decorating necessity at the ...