BELFAST, Maine (WABI) - From prehistoric Venus figurines to Michelangelo’s David, artists have tried to capture the natural beauty of the human form for thousands of years. In Belfast, a weekly class ...

A few minutes before today's advanced figure drawing class begins, students slowly file into a classroom at Ringling College of Art and Design. Like chefs preparing their stations, the students go ...

Capturing the likeness of a human being in just a few hours is one of the hardest tasks attempted by an artist. Yet “Go Figure,” an exhibit of 55 paintings and drawings at the High Road Gallery in ...

WALNUT CREEK — At a Nov. 17 Big Cat Quick Draw event at the Bedford Gallery, the only thing not moving at lightning pace is Tango, a 6-year-old, 90-pound adult cheetah capable of running 70 miles per ...

Traveling from as far away as China, realist painters vie with one another in a weeklong contest. In a contemporary art world awash in -isms, realistic figure painting may seem like a quaint throwback ...