Leonardo Da Vinci, detail of Compositional Sketches for the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child (recto), 1480–85. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1917 (17.142.1) A study by ...

Two exhibitions reveal how, for the great Renaissance artists, drawing was both a tool for making paintings and a form of self-expression. By Michael Prodger King Charles is a very lucky man. Largely ...

The pieces that are displayed in the exhibition are sourced from the Royal Collection, which, with near 2,000 sheets, possesses one of the world’s largest collections of Renaissance drawings. Drawing ...

A trio of Renaissance masters look over each other’s shoulders in Florence 1504, while a parallel show of drawings from the Royal Collection gets to the very heart of their art It’s 25 January 1504, ...

London: An artist friend recently said to me that anyone can draw, "it's just a matter of paying attention." The techniques with which the hand reproduces what the eye sees are old ones, and explained ...