You can do this project in any size. The example in this post is done on 6″ x 9″ black paper for a quick art lesson! Draw a twisty abstract line with glue or different organic shapes.

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 ...

The late artist Ruth Asawa regularly drew the bouquets people gave her. Years later, some of the sketches made it back to those who gave flowers.

and asked arts students to make abstract drawings depicting six fundamental emotions: anger, disgust, fear, sadness, joy, and wonder—first using only pencils, then using colorful pastel crayons.

The participants – men and women of all ages – sit at two tables with pencils and black markers ... when they discovered that the act of drawing abstract patterns with the constraint of ...