Living Creatively with Denise Laurin

In my younger days, I truly believed there would be no more wars. I grew up in the post-WWII decades, and even with the Viet Nam War...

Over the past few months, I have begun exploring animals as subjects for drawing, partly because I was teaching a course on "Drawing...

I have often reflected on the idea that the world is set up to distract us from ourselves. We have our "to do" lists, places to be, our...

The other day while reading Artist's Magazine's special edition, “The Best of Drawing,” I felt inspired to verbalize why drawing is so...

The other day I heard a story about a theater major whose counselor told him to switch to Plan B because acting wasn't a "thing" anymore....

Some time ago, we experienced water damage and our wood floor had to be sanded down and re-stained as a result. All of the furniture had...

I don't know if Henri Fuseli intended to visualize his own demons in this 1781 painting titled "Nightmare," but he certainly captured the...

The most wonderful feeling I have ever experienced as an artist is the sensation that my hand is moving effortlessly over the surface, as...

Mind-mapping is a visual alternative to list-making. It engages both the left and ride sides of the brain. I first encountered the...

When creativity is flowing, we feel in the groove, ideas seem to arise effortlessly, and time stands still. The best way to unblock our...

For over twenty years I did not pick up a brush to paint or do much academic-style drawing. My fondest wish as a young artist was to draw...