Masters drawings

AP Studio Art – DaVinci Hands Work on observational composition. Know about preliminary work (figure studies). Advanced Drawing – Janet Fish Work on compositional approaches. Know about…

Head of a boy in a cap, looking up to the left, his left hand to his cheek

A stunning new exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford shines new light on the Renaissance Master’s language of drawing​

A selection of works on paper by some of the world's greatest artists which will be on display at Oxford's Ashmolean museum to mark its 330th birthday

The artist known used the medium to shape the human form

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

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

Descent from the Cross

In the fall 2006 issue of Drawing, we explored how the best lessons in value, light, and form are clearly visible in John Singer Sargent's drawings. We present a excerpt from the article that discusses

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo 1696-1770, Four Figures: A Winged Female with a Cornucopia, Two Others, and a Youthful Male Figure (Apollo?), IV, 137