Bas-relief, pronounced bah-relief and also known as low-relief, originally stems from Italian phrase bass-relievo. Essentially this is a sculpture that is always projecting from its surrounding surface. The projection is subtle, and the modeled form is never undercut. Bas-relief is just one type of many in this style. It’s worth pointing out that we...

Colored pencils are one of the most approachable artistic media. In most cases, all you need to get started drawing with colored pencils are the pencils themselves and a piece of paper. What actually is a colored pencil? Colored pencils are composed of a core of colored pigments protected by wood casing. While graphite pencils...

As you know, the theme of this month’s Smart Art Box is the wonderful art movement known as Pop! It took the art world by storm in the 1950s and 1960s, in its celebration of popular culture. One of the ways that pop artists such as Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns rethought the everyday things...