Artists working in drawing
Alberto Giacometti said that “drawing is the basis of everything" – and indeed, when it comes to art, drawing is a key starting point: for painting, for learning how to represent the world, even for sculpture in order to understand how forms fit together…
For a long time, drawing was not considered an art form in its own right. Instead it was simply part of an artist's training or the preparatory stages for creating a final artwork. Over time, drawing has gradually showed itself to be an complex and diverse discipline that is worthy of attention.
Artists and theorists specialised in drawing focussed on this practice to redefine it and expand its scope. What was before mostly referred to with the prefix “preparatory" took on a variety of forms and clearly demonstrated that the medium should be considered as an important part of the visuals arts.
Drawing has always been a part of the history of art, from the very first instance of visual art in prehistoric caves to the 21st century. It has continued to evolve depending on the time period and place, just like painting and sculpture. However, it was in the 19th century, when drawing began to be recognised as a medium in its own right that it became even more diverse.
Drawing forms the basis of many artistic practices, including designers, architects, stylists, graphic artists, and illustrators, but above all, it is also a real means of artistic expression in the same way as other forms of visual arts.
Visual artists were able to raise it to the rank of an artistic discipline by exploring new and varied drawing techniques and by using different media.
Whether done with Indian ink, gouache, watercolour, pen, pencil, marker pen or charcoal, drawing is, like any other artistic practice, subject to standards and classified according to a number of artistic movement. Drawings can be described as abstract, figurative, graphic, geometrical, and hyper-realistic.
On Artsper, you'll find artists specialised in drawing who work in a wide range of styles and embody the diversity that is present in contemporary drawing: you'll discover Mario Kolaric's minimalist works, Izumi Kato's intriguing portraits, Eduardo Arroyo's sketches, or Ernest Pignon-Ernest's street art style…
Discover the styles & movements
Vikenti Komitski
Feel Free to Fall
Vikenti Komitski
Fine Art Drawings - 47 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.5 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$1,284
Always Here, Never There
Vikenti Komitski
Print - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$927
Casserole with Kinder Surprise
Vikenti Komitski
Sculpture - 34 x 30 x 20 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 11.8 x 7.9 inch
$3,684
Breath to Breath Connected from Blue Drawings
Vikenti Komitski
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 40.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 15.9 x 0 inch
$1,284
Christine Zanella
Being is love / 431
Christine Zanella
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,094
Being is love / 434
Christine Zanella
Painting - 9.5 x 9.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 3.7 x 3.7 x 0 inch
$179
Being is love / 435
Christine Zanella
Painting - 10 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting - 3.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch
$179
Being is love / 433
Christine Zanella
Painting - 9.5 x 9.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 3.7 x 3.7 x 0 inch
$179
Beingis love/ 365
Christine Zanella
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$726
Beingislove / 313
Christine Zanella
Painting - 25.4 x 25.4 x 0.1 cm Painting - 10 x 10 x 0 inch
$726
Being is love / 421
Christine Zanella
Painting - 25.4 x 25.4 x 0.1 cm Painting - 10 x 10 x 0 inch
$871
Being is love / 425
Christine Zanella
Painting - 25.4 x 25.4 x 0.1 cm Painting - 10 x 10 x 0 inch
$781
Christos Kalfas
Radeau
Christos Kalfas
Fine Art Drawings - 67 x 103 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.4 x 40.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,791
La culture de nos ambitions
Christos Kalfas
Painting - 90 x 100 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 inch
$4,465
Retrouver les bons souvenirs
Christos Kalfas
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,674
Genny Puccini
Orange-Purple and Blue Surface
Genny Puccini
Painting - 120 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$1,786
16 - Whiting
Genny Puccini
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$949
8 - Turquoise and red
Genny Puccini
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$949
15 - Turquoise
Genny Puccini
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$949
1 - Black Red Yellow
Genny Puccini
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$982
Polychrome Surface 766
Genny Puccini
Painting - 75 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,228
Brown and orange surface
Genny Puccini
Painting - 100 x 75 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,228
Purple and yellow abstract surface
Genny Puccini
Painting - 75 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,228
Corné Akkers
Park Hoog Oostduin 14-09-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 24.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.5 x 0.1 inch
$320
The Meeting -15-02-22
Corné Akkers
Painting - 59.9 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$6,284
Clingendael 31-08-22
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 24.1 x 31 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.5 x 12.2 x 0.1 inch
$336
Art Deco Nude 20-08-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 24.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.5 x 0.1 inch
$322
Darja Collin 27-09-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 24.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.5 x 0.1 inch
$322
Solarized Roundism 01-07-22
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 21.1 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,598
Ode to Tamara de Lempicka 31-03-22
Corné Akkers
Painting - 60.2 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 23.7 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$5,884
Rusalka, Free floating in Ukrainian waters 28-02
Corné Akkers
Painting - 59.9 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$6,231
Alberto Ziveri
Students
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 18 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.7 x 7.1 x 0 inch
$558
Piano Listeners
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 13.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 5.3 x 0 inch
$558
The Atelier
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$558
Portrait
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0 inch
$558
Painter
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0 inch
$447
The Night
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$335
Man at Rest
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 9.45 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 2.5 x 3.7 x 0 inch
$502
The Portrait
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0 inch
$447
Jean Dubuffet
Activation XXXIX
Jean Dubuffet
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.3 inch
$36,837
Femme nue et femme vêtue
Jean Dubuffet
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 21.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 8.5 inch
$36,837
Les vaches
Jean Dubuffet
Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 32 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 12.6 inch
$50,232
Affiche - Coucou Bazar - Grand Palais
Jean Dubuffet
Print - 76 x 53 cm Print - 29.9 x 20.9 inch
Sold
Sergio Barletta
Portrait of Guelfo Bianchini
Sergio Barletta
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 32 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch
$670
Totem
Sergio Barletta
Fine Art Drawings - 71 x 50 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$614
Collage
Sergio Barletta
Fine Art Drawings - 35.5 x 25.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 9.9 x 0 inch
$558
Paloma Castello
Rita Hayworth, The Castelloland Series
Paloma Castello
Photography - 69.9 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,250
Goddess Circe. Amphora
Paloma Castello
Sculpture - 50 x 34.3 x 34.3 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 13.5 x 13.5 inch
$1,600
Tallulah Bankhead
Paloma Castello
Fine Art Drawings - 41.9 x 29.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch
$500
Goddess Artemis. Stamno
Paloma Castello
Sculpture - 39.9 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$1,600
Helios. Neon Light Box. Wall Sculpture
Paloma Castello
Sculpture - 61 x 46 x 15 cm Sculpture - 24 x 18.1 x 5.9 inch
$1,500
Nostalgia. Neon Light Box Wall Sculpture
Paloma Castello
Sculpture - 61 x 46 x 15 cm Sculpture - 24 x 18.1 x 5.9 inch
$1,500
Venus. Neon Light Box. Wall Sculpture
Paloma Castello
Sculpture - 61 x 46 x 15 cm Sculpture - 24 x 18.1 x 5.9 inch
$1,500
La Mer Poseidon. Neon Light Box Wall Sculpture
Paloma Castello
Sculpture - 61 x 46 x 15 cm Sculpture - 24 x 18.1 x 5.9 inch
$1,500
Gersony Silva
Pigment, sweat and nothing else... III
Gersony Silva
Photography - 120 x 79 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,233
Pigment, sweat and nothing else...
Gersony Silva
Print - 120 x 79 x 1 cm Print - 47.2 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,233
Há lados I (1)
Gersony Silva
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 15 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,451
Witold Pyzik
Ocean
Witold Pyzik
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,009
Gamine au parapluie jaune
Witold Pyzik
Painting - 80 x 65 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25.6 x 2 inch
$3,349
A taton
Witold Pyzik
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$2,009
La mer se retire
Witold Pyzik
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,009