This artwork focuses on a girl looking into a mirror, capturing every tiny shift of light and shadow to create a lifelike ...

Let’s be honest, drawing portraits is one of the most frustrating things in art. You think you’ve nailed the proportions, ...

Meghan Dinsmore’s Art III students most recent projects will find their homes across the globe in the hands of Russian schoolchildren. Dinsmore’s students are participating in the Memory Project, a ...

Portrait of Temple Grandin” by David Lenz, oil on canvas, 2022. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired ...

When the word portrait is mentioned, many immediately think of oil paintings of faces. The National Portrait Gallery is committed to expanding visitors’ ideas of portraiture through its programs, ...

WASHINGTON — They arrive at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., with one mission. “Where are the Obamas?” one of the ladies asks. The information desk attendant directs ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The official presidential portraits of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama were unveiled Monday at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Galllery in Washington, D.C., and the images ...

WASHINGTON – The Smithsonian’s presidential portraits are feeling the selfie love. The new paintings of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, attracted big crowds to the National ...