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Summer on the Côte d'Azur
Kristina Malashchenko
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 31 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 12.2 x 0 inch
€450
Bulle percée
Franck H Perrot
Fine Art Drawings - 57 x 76 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 29.9 inch
€400
Englobé dans l'oeil
Franck H Perrot
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 57 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22.4 inch
€400
Coiffure du Mali
Christiane Bernais
Fine Art Drawings - 41.5 x 31.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.3 x 12.4 inch
€400
Dans la froideur de l'hiver
Christiane Bernais
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 24 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
€390
Étude pour la figure “La Paix”
Henry de Waroquier
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 29.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,000 €900
Dans un ciel ensoleillé, un nuage gris-blanc figurant une mère portant son enfant et un homme couché sur le dos
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 49 x 39 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.3 x 15.4 x 0 inch
€1,200
With Little Cupid
Lilit Soghomonyan
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€430
Farandole folâtre sans tutu, sans tralala n°1
Gopal Dagnogo
Fine Art Drawings - 200 x 130 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 78.7 x 51.2 x 0.1 inch
€4,500
Ballet Series V
Miguel Angel Lozano Bonora
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€790
Ballet Series III
Miguel Angel Lozano Bonora
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€690
Ils sont nus
Isabelle De Luca
Fine Art Drawings - 66 x 86 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 33.9 x 0.1 inch
€1,000
T'espero
Alexandra Sans Massó
Fine Art Drawings - 37 x 27.8 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.6 x 10.9 x 0.1 inch
€300
Cian - Airositat
Alexandra Sans Massó
Fine Art Drawings - 39.5 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.6 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
€300
Potser sí
Alexandra Sans Massó
Fine Art Drawings - 39.5 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.6 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
€300
Berger I
Alexandra Sans Massó
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 39.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 15.6 x 0.1 inch
€300
Berger II
Alexandra Sans Massó
Fine Art Drawings - 39.5 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.6 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
€300
Berger III
Alexandra Sans Massó
Fine Art Drawings - 39.5 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.6 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
€300
Magenta - Vagueries
Alexandra Sans Massó
Fine Art Drawings - 39.5 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.6 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
€300
Untitled (4)
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
€5,500
Untitled (2)
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
€5,500
Ballet Series IV
Miguel Angel Lozano Bonora
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€690
Ballet Series I
Miguel Angel Lozano Bonora
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€690
Love story
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 55 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
€520
Colin Maillard
Francis Bellanger
Fine Art Drawings - 49 x 28 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.3 x 11 x 0.1 inch
€1,400
N° 827 La ci darem la mano.
R. Cavalié
Fine Art Drawings - 62 x 45 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.4 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€200
N° 611 Il y avait de la buée.
R. Cavalié
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
€220
comme l'offrande du soir h 5
Emilie Chauvel
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
€500
Juliette
Guy Delaroque
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€700
Alice
Guy Delaroque
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€700
La Femme Brune
Sophie Duplain
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
€440
Impossible behaviour - 12
Galya Popova
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
The Nude
Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 23 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch
€300
Lovers
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0 inch
€450
Version rock
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€215
Homme de profil
Isabella Kretzdorn
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 46 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€950
Ivan Ojos Abiertos
Salustiano
Fine Art Drawings - 75 x 45 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 17.7 inch
€4,800
In Good Company
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 18 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch
€860
Femme et son ombre
Zafi
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,400
Tropic # 28
Pascal Marlin
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€190
Tender Love III
Lilit Soghomonyan
Fine Art Drawings - 57 x 77 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 30.3 inch
€1,600
Tender Love II
Lilit Soghomonyan
Fine Art Drawings - 57 x 77 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 30.3 inch
€1,600
Que lit-elle ?
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
€2,900
Etude pour une allégorie de la justice
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 101 x 64 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.8 x 25.2 inch
€30,000
Femme au visage vert
Zafi
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,600
Erotic Scene
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 10.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.5 x 4.1 x 0.1 inch
€700
The Couple
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
€600
The Couple
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 20.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.1 x 0.1 inch
€740
Ministry of Truth
Matthew Rose
Fine Art Drawings - 53 x 36 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.9 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch
€1,800
Untitled
Francesc Genovés
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€555
Nitrogen Explosion
Danylo Movchan
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
€400
Looking at them thinking of them
Gabrielle Rul
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 23 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch
€400
Dittico tratto da la delicatezza delle radici che emersero
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
€730
Pupille
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
€500
libertà (a)morale (2 works)
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 59.4 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
€900
La delicatezza delle radici che emersero (2 works)
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 80 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
€690
Leap Of Faith
James Shipton
Fine Art Drawings - 180.1 x 150.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 70.9 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
€1,591
Sans titre
Ayako David Kawauchi
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 1.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
€900
Géraldine
Lorette Le Brestec
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
€800
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
€1,553
Three Graces Together
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 84 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.1 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€490
Black and Blue
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€490
Balancing Act
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€490
Back
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€490
Thinking in Silence
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€490
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
€3,000
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
€3,000
Extimité
Philippe Huart
Fine Art Drawings - 96 x 67 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 37.8 x 26.4 x 0.4 inch
€4,000
Intimité
Philippe Huart
Fine Art Drawings - 96 x 67 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 37.8 x 26.4 x 0.4 inch
€4,000
Nu
Marcel Gromaire
Fine Art Drawings - 64.5 x 49.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 19.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
Nurse and patient 2
Ray Smith
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 37 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 14.6 x 0 inch
€1,000
L'envol
Ray Smith
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 37 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 14.6 x 0 inch
€1,000
Plénitude
Jeanne Saint-Chéron
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 42.5 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 16.7 x 0.2 inch
€850
Le gri-gri à plumes
Jeanne Saint-Chéron
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 42.5 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 16.7 x 0.2 inch
€750
Six cylinder
Gouzy
Fine Art Drawings - 49 x 39 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.3 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch
€700
Self obsessed
Gouzy
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 29 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch
€600
Pareja / Couple
Manuel Marteles
Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 21.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 8.5 inch
€1,000
Emotion of skin
Badriot
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 21 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
€800
Cérémonie/ suffocation (noire)
Philippe Huart
Fine Art Drawings - 134 x 92 cm Fine Art Drawings - 52.8 x 36.2 inch
€5,000
Sans titre
Franciszek Starowieyski
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 47.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 18.7 inch
€4,000
Untitled
Francesc Genovés
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€555
1971 Femme au bouquet de fleurs Lady with flowers
Jean Marzelle
Fine Art Drawings - 12.5 x 11 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.9 x 4.3 x 0.2 inch
€895
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The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,166 €991
Scarface - The World is Yours
Belart Collective
Print - 101 x 77 x 4 cm Print - 39.8 x 30.3 x 1.6 inch
€2,490
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
€1,599
Her Softness
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,500 €915
The beauty of dance XII
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
Portrait #2. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
€1,166
L'envole I - préchauffage
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 93 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 36.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
€2,200
The Last Museum Guard at the Last Museum on Earth
Hernan Bas
Print - 49 x 35 cm Print - 19.3 x 13.8 inch
€1,200
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.
What are some tips for drawing a realistic portrait?
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.
How do you choose the right materials for portrait drawing?
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.
What are some common mistakes to avoid when drawing a portrait?
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.