Drawing is hard. Even after a lesson with a New Yorker cartoonist, I get spooked by the simplest drawing exercises. If you’re also easily scared off, but you want to get better, try these basic ...

Our guide to how to draw on the iPad starts with the basics, from pairing your Pencil to picking the right apps.

Maryam Mirzakhani, the late Stanford University math professor whose work involved “describing the geometric and dynamic complexities of curved surfaces,” tackled tough mathematical ideas by doodling ...

Draw what you see, not what you think what you see, is probably a recommendation that you've heard a lot if you're a beginner artist, but it can be harder than it might sound. It also raises questions ...

If you’ve ever held a plank, paused at the bottom of a squat or pressed your palms together in front of your chest, you’ve ...

Sketching is a form of visual thinking that exercises the mind and body, and it’s easy to turn your tablet into a portable art studio. By J. D. Biersdorfer “Any one who can learn to write, can learn ...

An award-winning app, courtesy of the folks behind Khan Academy, Draw and Tell boasts a whole bunch of digital tools—crayons, paint brushes, stencils stickers and more—that encourage kids to ...