Every good design should start with a sketch. The problem, as everyone knows, is that computers are killing sketching. Or are they? To begin with, it’s questionable whether there really has been a ...

Flash mobs for dancing, for singing and even for playing music have been documented in viral videos, but a new movement has people gathering together in San Francisco to create a different kind of art ...

Data Points is a new series where we explore the world of data visualization, information graphics, and cartography. Complex ideas begin as simple drawings. And data-visualization—the use of visual ...

Ever have a brilliant idea but struggle to put it on paper? Concept sketching is the key to turning your abstract thoughts into tangible visuals. This guide will teach you the fundamentals of concept ...

It’s a complaint many an art teacher is all too familiar with. Perhaps you had the same thought upon discovering that our topic this month is astronomical sketching. Sketching at the eyepiece isn’t as ...

The idea of documenting a trip through art isn’t a particularly new one. Aboard Captain Cook’s second voyage to the Pacific was oil painter William Hodges; artist Edward Adrian Wilson accompanied ...

Readers shared their drawings and explained how it changed the way they observe birds. By The New York Times Throughout the summer birding project, we have been encouraging new birders to try ...