This article introduces the canon of proportion.
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This article analyzes how artists render proportional portraits in their own artistic styles.
This article explores how artists experiment with the canon of proportion.
This article analyzes Picasso's iconic work The Old Guitarist.
Hands-on studio art project to help students use what they've learned about proportion to render a portrait.
This debate invites students to consider whether portraits must be realistic representations of their subjects.
An interview with Frank Corl about being a medical illustrator.
Scholastic Art & Writing Award-winning artist Daniel Lemke discusses how fashion is the subject of his award-winning painting.
A short news story about Dasic Fernández's street mural in Chile.
A short news story about Lisa Lloyd's paper sculptures.
A short news story about Gerardo Feldstein's distorted figural sculptures.