When the word portrait is mentioned, many immediately think of oil paintings of faces. The National Portrait Gallery is committed to expanding visitors’ ideas of portraiture through its programs, ...

The National Portrait Gallery is exploring a less familiar aspect of the artist’s work through his archive and recently ...

Mequitta Ahuja’s “Mocoonama” mixes media to create a process of construction that speaks to the subject as well. Enamel, acrylic, and glitter on stamped and collaged vellum, 2011. Courtesy of the ...

Nobody’s born an artist. Sure, some people show talent early on, but even the most gifted ones need time and plenty of practice before things start to click. And sometimes, those early attempts are ...

My favorite project to do with students each year is the surrealist self-portrait. In this unit of study, we practice skills in realistic portraiture — understanding face proportions, drawing facial ...

One of Britain’s foremost portrait painters is the subject of a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, opening ...

Artists Mequitta Ahuja, Mary Borgman, Adam Chapman, Ben Durham, Till Freiwald, and Rob Matthews expand the narrow boundaries that once defined drawing and portraiture. Probing the intersection between ...

There are some simple rules and guides for drawing faces that will help to get proportions correct. When drawing a portrait of a person facing forward, these guides can help to make the work accurate: ...

There are some simple rules and guides for drawing faces that will help to get proportions correct. When drawing a portrait of a person facing forward, these guides can help to make the work accurate: ...

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