Got a new Apple Pencil? Once the initial novelty wears off, you might find that it spends most of its time magnetically clipped to the side of your iPad Pro or, worse, stuck in the back of a drawer.

Apps that offer creative outlets, particularly those including quick sketching and guided drawing, are becoming a practical ...

Sketching is an expressive activity that enables people to manifest their emotions and artistic imagination. It is a talent that can be honed through practice, however, employing the right instruments ...

For the last 20 years, I’ve worked almost exclusively with digital tools for commissioned jobs. At the beginning, I would be sketching my art on paper, scanning, and then colouring with Photoshop.

Everyone has their own way of decompressing. Mine is drawing. Specifically, it’s drawing to the soothing sounds of Bill Callahan with a Modelo Especial or a cup of mint tea by my side. Like yoga or ...

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The lowly pencil is not an elite or showy artistic medium. It doesn't have oil paint's gravitas, or plaster's endearing gauche. Instead, the pencil is accessible, plebeian and utilitarian. If put in ...

When the iPad arrived in 2010, it was hardly viewed as a creative tool. Tablets were for browsing the Web, watching video and cruising Facebook – not art. While other developers built games, news ...