When you draw these mugs, or that receipt or a favorite book, tchotchke or family photo, you’re not only drawing an object, you’re memorializing the story behind it.

Almost any object can be broken down into shapes: a circle, a square, a rectangle. A mug is two ovals connected by vertical curved lines. The handle is a large half circle with a smaller half ...

To finish off our family portrait mug, my little one signed her name on the bottom of the mug and I added the year. 4. With the family portrait complete, allow your mug to dry on the counter for ...