Although the market for hand-drawn portraits largely collapsed following ... They were inspired by classic picture-drawing automatons, and made a 21st-century version to be used in museums or ...

artist Emma Majury demonstrates the technique of drawing a self-portrait. She applies different drawing materials and techniques to create an image which is in proportion and enhances it with ...

Try different media and effects to show this. Once you've done your firstself-portrait,there are lots of other types of drawing you can try too. Change your point of view. If you've already done a ...

If you compare this sketch with Francesco Melzi's portrait of Leonardo, you can see strong indications that this too is a depiction of the artist," says Mr Clayton of the Royal Collection Trust.

A previously unseen self-portrait was discovered when conservators at the Bowes Museum in County Durham removed the back board of another one of his paintings. The sketch has become part of a ...