The internet loves a good optical illusion, and the latest mind-blowing images are from Nigerian artist Chiamonwu Joy, whose charcoal drawings have caused jaws to drop all around the world. Joy, who ...

Robert Longo, "Untitled (American Eagle)" (2017) charcoal on mounted paper, 70 1/16 × 96 inches (Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Collection) On view now at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Robert ...

Artist Tara Geer, known for her raw, almost sculptural charcoal drawings, has been on a roll this year. Her large-scale works were the focus of a compelling Guild Gallery show in downtown New York ...

The mastery of materials is fundamental to the artistic process and the career goal of any artist in their chosen medium. Every method requires a different skill set and can evoke different reactions ...

Artifacts unearthed in Pompeii have offered insight into how citizens of the ancient Roman city lived, cooked, ran for office, and made cement. But what of its youngest residents? Well, recent ...

Willem de Kooning, “Untitled” (1966). Charcoal on paper, 10 x 8 inches. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Jan Christiaan Braun in honor of Rudi Fuchs ...

Rob Harris is an Australian charcoal artist whose work explores connection, protection, and stillness within the natural world. What truly defines the work, however, is the collaboration behind it.

Can you produce attractive charcoal portraits of people in a very short time frame? If not, you may want to take some courses so you can, as people portraits created from charcoal drawings is one of ...

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will present a once-in-a-lifetime assemblage of 50 charcoal drawings by American expatriate artist John Singer Sargent. One of the most celebrated and ...