Academy
April 8, 2025

Want To Start Drawing With Colored Pencils? This Beginner’s Guide Makes It Easy

As with any new endeavor, learning how to draw with colored pencils can be intimidating. After all, there are so many different brands of pencil to choose from, an overwhelming variety of paper qualities and weights, and an arsenal of extra gadgets geared specifically towards colored pencil drawing. But don’t worry: My Modern Met Academy has a new class, Colored Pencil for Beginners, that teaches you the basics of realistic drawing.

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Health
April 7, 2025

More People Are Being Prescribed To Go to Museums and Showing Positive Results Around the World

A museum visit can do wonders for you, even if you don't consider yourself an art connoisseur. After some institutions around the world have launched programs in which doctors prescribe a trip to the museum, mounting evidence shows that the benefits are real. In turn, this has prompted the creation of even more programs of this kind to help people treat many conditions, from anxiety to high blood pressure.

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Art
April 7, 2025

LA Artist Transforms Real Cars Into Something Straight Out of a Comic Book

California-based artist Joshua Vides recently gave a Honda Civic EF hatchback, a Mercedes-Benz SL500, and a Porsche 911 a head-turning comic book makeover. These life-sized “cartoon cars” took the spotlight at Vides’ solo show, Check Engine Light, which revved up the art scene in Los Angeles last month. Vides covered each car in white vinyl and then hand-painted them with black accents, bringing the eye-catching Pop Art look to life.

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Good News
April 6, 2025

Four Best Friends Create the Ultimate “Friendhood” After Moving Into Houses on the Same Street

Close female friendships are like a chosen family. There’s something special about feeling truly understood and supported by your people. Four women in Atlanta, Georgia, know that feeling all too well. They’re so close, in fact, that they decided to move onto the same street, creating the kind of tight-knit community most of us can only dream about. Sarabeth Stine, Erinn Cottman, Kelly Holbin, and Kristi W.

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