Getting started drawing with charcoal is a longstanding rite of passage for anyone thinking of becoming a real artist. Since charcoal is so flexible in how it can be used to convey a sense of light and contrast, it is...

Italian painter Caravaggio looms as one of the most important and influential of the early European masters. His name is synonymous with a particular style of painting known as chiaroscuro (which uses shadows, shading and light to create particular effects),...

In May 2018, the famous Sotheby’s New York auction house broke its own record for the most expensive painting ever sold at auction with the sale of a Modigliani nude for $157 million. But that is not even close to...