Charles Steffen, “Untitled” (1995), graphite and colored pencils on taped paper, 18 x 26 1/4 inches (45.72 x ∼66.68 cm) (all photos Natalie Weis/Hyperallergic) In 1950, the year after he began his ...

Lisa Webskowski began her career drawing faces of suspects wanted by the law. While working as a St. Cloud Police Department sketch artist, she would listen to harrowing details given by victims to ...

BASEHOR, Kan. — Caitlyn Snelling drew a picture of former Kansas City Chiefs safety Dan Sorenson a few years ago. It was in the signature colored-pencil style she’s become known for throughout large ...

Think that’s a photo? Look again. Using only colored pencils, 20-year-old art student Heather Rooney creates stunningly life-like portraits. She’s captured the faces of friends, characters and ...

We stopped in our tracks when coming across these celebrity family portraits done in colored pencil–yes, colored pencils. From Nic Cage in "Raising Arizona" to Jon Hamm in "Mad Men," we noticed the ...