Young students learn charcoal art from Han Cuiqiong at her workshop in Haikou, Hainan province. Photos by Huang Yiming / China Daily Making traditional portraits is not only a family business, it ...

Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and charcoal portrait artist Han Cuiqiong is busy in her studio in Qilou Old ...

John Singer Sargent, “Daisy Fellowes,” c. 1920, charcoal on paper. Private collection, Columbus, Georgia. Photo by Jim Cawthorne. The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will present a ...

At the height of his success as a portraitist, John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) astonished the transatlantic art world by suddenly abandoning oil painting in 1907. For the rest of his life, he explored ...

Can you produce attractive charcoal portraits of people in a very short time frame? If not, you may want to take some courses so you can, as people portraits created from charcoal drawings is one of ...

A nude charcoal drawing of Lady Gaga by singer Tony Bennett went up for auction on Ebay this week, with all proceeds going to both singers' charities. 14 December 2011 • 12:12am Charcoal portrait of ...

Making traditional portraits is not only a family business, it symbolizes a way of life for old Haikou. Han Cuiqiong is determined to stop it from slipping away in the rush toward modernity In an age ...