The most realistic pencil drawings, or hyperrealistic pencil drawings, can sometimes be hard to believe. But a skillful use of shading and the representation of extremely fine details in pencil really ...

Understanding control and layering is what truly unlocks the potential of soft pastels in portrait drawing, and this artwork ...

It all started with Pearl. In Michelle Staub's home studio, a wall showcases three portraits, all of the 9-year-old cat, but each is more complex and realistic than the last. They aren't photos or ...

Her hair tightly pulled back with silk ribbon, her cheeks pale, and her lips bare, Countess Pace Rivola Spini appears awkward or overwhelmed by her extravagant dress, bulging with heavy, colorful silk ...

Xu Weixin徐唯辛is one of the most brilliant contemporary figurative realist painters in China. Scholars consider his work “leading-edge art.” Yet although he is well-known in China, his name and works ...

After selling the first artificial intelligence generated artwork earlier this year, deep learning algorithms are now tackling portraits — of made-up people that don’t exist. In a research paper, ...

A 19th-century family portrait that was altered to cover an enslaved teenager has been restored to its original version. The painting, initially etched on canvas, is now set to hang in the ...