Artists use simple lines to convey complex ideas about clothing and beauty. Pencil drawings of fashion models help beginners learn key drawing skills ... splashes of color, exaggerated proportions ...

Abe, who goes by the name of "Nagagutsu o Haita Neko" (Booted cat), worked on a colored pencil sketch of a cat on a piece of B5-sized paper in the two-day live drawing event. He used colored ...