KYOTO--Alarmed at decreasing opportunities to wear kimono in modern Japan ... With each production process such as planning, design sketching, gluing and brush dyeing undertaken by specialized ...

"I love it. It's my favorite thing to do," Goldenberg said. This type of flash mob with pencils is called "urban sketching." It's a global movement turning sidewalks into studios, parks into popup ...

Some travelers are picking up a creative pastime, sketching, in order to slow down and fully appreciate their destinations. “Urban sketching has completely changed the way I travel around the ...

Many travellers snap pictures during their trips, but others find that slowing down to illustrate a place helps them appreciate it in a more meaningful way. Back in the 1800s, French artists like ...

By Will Heinrich I’d always suspected as much, but the exhibition “Kimono Style: The John C. Weber Collection” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has confirmed it for me: The kimono is one of ...