Pencil drawings of fashion models help beginners learn key drawing skills. They teach how to draw the human form, create textures, and show movement. Fashion model sketches also let artists play ...

Artist Erwin P. Lewandowski of Alpena received the First Place Award at the Connecting the Lines Winter Exhibition last week.

In fact, it's not even a photo of a blob of paint. It's a colored-pencil drawing. CJ Hendry: I just kind of sit here and doodle around and just draw a little bit. Narrator: That's CJ Hendry.

Whether drawing realistic or abstract subjects, an understanding of tone, the variations of light and shade, is important. A variety of pencils are required to create a tonal study. The B range is ...