Drawing

June 29, 2026

This Woman With Memory Loss Started Drawing at 88 Years Old and Became an Exhibiting Artist

It’s never too late to start making art. With some luck, you may even awaken the hidden Picasso within you, like 89-year-old Christine Hazell did. Living with memory impairment issues, her daughter suggested she take up drawing by copying photographs with some colored pencils left behind by her grandchildren. The mission was simple: give her a pastime, while simultaneously helping her reconnect with images she has started to forget.

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May 4, 2026

Artist Captures Rich History of Europe’s Ornate Architecture in Meticulous Drawings

Inspired by Europe’s richly ornate architecture, British illustrator Liam Hipple meticulously captures iconic landmarks and aerial cityscapes in extraordinary detail. He works with ink on watercolor paper, building each complex composition through intricate crosshatching and line work. Every facade, rooftop, and statue is captured with perfect precision, revealing the artist’s appreciation for his architectural subjects. Over the course of two years, Hipple created his most ambitious drawing yet: the Paris Composite Project.

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March 15, 2026

In Denmark, You Can Now Discover a Secret Treasure Trove of Basquiat’s Head Drawings

At 7 years old, Jean-Michel Basquiat endured a bad car accident, ultimately leaving him hospitalized. While recovering, his mother gifted him a copy of Gray’s Anatomy, a comprehensive textbook spanning anatomical, surgical, and clinical topics. Thus began the artist’s fascination with the human body, a subject that would prove essential to his work. There was, however, one specific aspect of the body that interested him more often than others: the head.

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December 22, 2025

Artist Has Been Drawing a Dense, Evolving Architectural World for Eight Years

The artist known as Margritt is constructing an entire world, one stroke at a time. Using a pencil, fine-tipped pen, and her imagination, she creates expansive artworks as part of her ongoing series titled Futur/amas. “The work in Futur/amas is structured around perspectives, vanishing points, and complex architectural composition,” Margritt explains to My Modern Met.

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