Add a pot beneath the tree by drawing an upside-down trapezoid shape.

There I was, making sure my art-loving 8-year-old was drowning in the markers, paints and craft projects he craved, while ignoring his most straightforward request: “I want to learn how to draw.” By ...

I’m usually opposed to both book destruction and the use of clichés but exceptions may have to be made for the new picture book from the Minnesota Historical Society, “How to Draw a Tree.” The book is ...