At its November meeting in Mills River, N.C., the Appalachian Pastel Society featured a demonstration by Karen Margulis, a well-known Atlanta artist who writes the blog Painting My World. As about 30 ...

Kathy Davis is an artist living in Sykesville. When she was in sixth grade, she recalled being bored in class and doodling on her white sneakers. She got in trouble for that. Davis was not encouraged ...