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Mara
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 20 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
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Sans-titre
Pierre Alechinsky
Fine Art Drawings - 27.5 x 18.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.8 x 7.3 inch
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L'Ange de Léonard
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch
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Wasted Love. Drawings From the covid diaries series
Megha Joshi
Fine Art Drawings - 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
True Story. Drawings From the covid diaries series
Megha Joshi
Fine Art Drawings - 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Portrait McCaffe
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 8.3 inch
$114
Pacific Sugar
Chloe Marsters
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 28.7 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.3 x 0.4 inch
$966
Bilboquet (Kindergarten)
Michael Bastow
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
$6,252
Femme au Turban Violet
Sophie Duplain
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
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Anima Angeli
Sabine Danzé
Fine Art Drawings - 95 x 80 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 37.4 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
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Les Yeux Couleur d'Ambre
Sophie Duplain
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
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La Femme aux Yeux Bleus
Sophie Duplain
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
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Self-Portrait 24.40
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
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Dans la forêt, entendre des arbres chanter
Amor de Agua
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 14.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.8 inch
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Sans-titre
Alekos Fassianos
Fine Art Drawings - 31.8 x 21.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.5 x 8.6 inch
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La divine Hellade I
Alekos Fassianos
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 24.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 9.8 inch
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Portrait of his Wife
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 43.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 17.1 x 0 inch
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Les deux Dames sans nom
André Ferrand
Fine Art Drawings - 63 x 48 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.8 x 18.9 inch
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Une chose très singulière
Jacques Villeglé
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 14.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 5.8 inch
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Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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The wings of love II
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Autoportrait
Xavier Albert Fiala
Fine Art Drawings - 32.7 x 30 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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Sans-titre
Pierre Alechinsky
Fine Art Drawings - 27.5 x 18.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.8 x 7.3 inch
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Matéo
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 70 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
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La femme a joué tous ses rôles
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
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Fougère amazone
Aurélie Trabaud
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
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Peur
Michaël Brack
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
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Juliette
Frederic Weisz
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 55 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
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Sienne mon amour nº1
Leiga
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 32 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 12.6 x 0.4 inch
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Miss Tapsy
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 47.5 x 37 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.7 x 14.6 x 0.1 inch
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La Traviata - Rodolpe - 4e Acte
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 37 x 28 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.6 x 11 x 0.1 inch
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Sans Titre
Jean-Baptiste Dumont
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
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The flight
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
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Faces and hands VI
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Vincent Van Gogh
Eduardo Arroyo
Fine Art Drawings - 32.2 x 25.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.7 x 9.9 inch
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Carmen Amaya, Waldorf Astoria
Eduardo Arroyo
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 24.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.6 inch
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Untitled
Alexandre Taillandier
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 33 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 13 x 0.4 inch
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Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
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Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
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King Henry
Paul Richard Mason
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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The farmer
Paul Richard Mason
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.4 x 0 inch
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Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
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Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
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Head Text Series
Peter Greenaway
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 8.3 x 0 inch
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Winged Figure VI, mixed media drawing
Kathleen Ney
Fine Art Drawings - 55.9 x 38.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 15 x 0.1 inch
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Portrait #2
Jéko
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
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Femmes 10
Arancha Tejedor
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
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Soit sérieux un peu
Jéko
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
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Petit homme grands rêves
Jazzu
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 inch
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The girl from Ipanema
Julien Cuny
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
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Une envie de croquer la pomme si forte
Valerio Adami
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 36 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch
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La lutteuse mexicaine 3
Sandra Paris
Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.2 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
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Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 200 x 150 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
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Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 200 x 150 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
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Andromaque
Alekos Fassianos
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 x 0.4 inch
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Portrait
Alekos Fassianos
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 25 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.8 x 0 inch
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The Childhood
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
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Carmen Amaya, Waldorf Astoria III
Eduardo Arroyo
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 inch
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Carmen Amaya, Waldorf Astoria II
Eduardo Arroyo
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 inch
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Carmen Amaya, Waldorf Astoria I
Eduardo Arroyo
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 inch
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Sans titre
Pierre Alechinsky
Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.3 x 6.3 x 0 inch
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Jean Baudrillard
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 29.2 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch
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Georges Charrier, enfant de cœur cassé
Gaston Chaissac
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 7.9 inch
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Les oiseaux cachés
Anne Bachelier
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 24 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
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Wet illusion
Nef
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
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Blue bombreros
Nina Urushadze
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 41 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.1 x 0.2 inch
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Jeune fille à la perle
Nef
Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 14 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.5 x 5.5 x 0 inch
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Portrait Drawing for Sale
Portraiture has existed for many centuries. The Greeks produced portraits for funeral and religious rituals; they aimed to “bring back to life those who have passed away." In the Roman era, portraits were often reserved for the ruling figures of society; for example, a warrior would have his portrait painted to illustrate his bravery during a battle. In Europe, it is only during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance that Italian and Flemish painters started to practice the art of portraiture.
In the 14th and 15th centuries, painters created works commissioned by wealthy patrons. Painters sketched out preliminary freehand drawings, which were often then approved by the patron, before beginning to work on their oil paint or, later, watercolor. Facial features were sometimes improved to the detriment of realism, although some painters were known for their ability to reproduce their models' expressions. Some artists worked in great detail while others focussed more heavily on trying to capture the real personality of their model.
For much of its history, portrait not only told a story but it also conveyed a message of power, promoting a well-controlled image to the wider population and establishing the sitter's authority through its circulation. For example, Florentine elites would use paintings and drawings as a mean of controlling their image and establishing their authority. Portraits were a way for someone to live on long after their death. Today we find the faces of aristocracies and the European bourgeoisie in many museums, immortalized by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci or Rembrandt.
The results obtained through drawing depended largely on the tools and materials used. Red chalk was very popular (especially at the beginning of the 16th century) to represent the facial features and the warmth of the skin, while charcoal produced harder lines and pastel created a softer, colorful touch. Artists adapted their technique depending on the subject and the emotion they wanted to convey. The commercialisation of pencils in the nineteenth century made it a popular medium for artists and amateurs alike. Pencil art became more popular and the tool was often used for sketching portraits.
One thing is certain; capturing facial expressions is a demanding art form and the art of portraiture requires a lot of practice. Drawing a face down to its finest details may take hours to obtain the desired result: a protruding jaw, the shape of a skull, thick brows, smiling eyes, dilated pupils… Even more difficult, are children's portraits? It can be difficult to get them to stay still for long. The artist has to be skilled enough to immortalise these men, women and children full of life.
Gradually, sketched portraits became less and less realistic but increasingly daring and experimental in terms of colour. On Artsper, discover drawings by Jean Cocteau, Julien Calot, Alice de Miramon, Philippe Pasqua, Sabine Danzé, Bahareh Navabi and Stéphanie Stindel.
To draw a realistic portrait, start with a good reference photo, pay attention to proportions, use shading to create depth, and focus on capturing the subject's unique features. Practice regularly and don't be afraid to make mistakes.
When choosing materials for portrait drawing, consider the surface texture, color, and weight of the paper, as well as the type and quality of the pencils or charcoal. Opt for high-quality materials that allow for precision and detail, and experiment with different combinations to find what works best for your style and technique.
When drawing a portrait, it's important to avoid common mistakes such as not paying attention to proportions, neglecting to capture the subject's unique features, and using too much or too little shading. Additionally, it's important to take breaks and step back to assess the overall composition.