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Re di denari
Fortunato Depero
Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 43.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.4 x 17.1 inch
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Our Symphony Of Love III
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 72 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.3 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Stolen portrait 6
Guy Denning
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 8.3 inch
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The Fairy Of Spring 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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Costume
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 13 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.1 x 0 inch
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Sans titre 2
Pierre Alechinsky
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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Scenography
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 9.8 x 0 inch
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Screaming Woman
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 17.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 6.9 x 0.1 inch
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Coco Chanel in Paris
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 9 x 0.1 inch
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Some underground party, ...just guessing
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 84 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.1 x 23.6 x 0 inch
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Portrait
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 22 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0 inch
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Homme noir et blanc
Pascal Marlin
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Couple noir et blanc
Pascal Marlin
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
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Femme noir et blanc
Pascal Marlin
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Femme noir et blanc
Pascal Marlin
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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The Infinity of Love - Adam and Eve III
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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Sharing The Secrets Of Love
Kirill Postovit
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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Aucun homme n'a reçu de la nature le droit de commander aux autres
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 11.5 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.5 x 5.9 inch
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La femme doit veiller sur le bonheur de son époux
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.5 inch
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The Infinity of Love - Adam and Eve II
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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The Infinity of Love - Adam and Eve I
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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A Boy With A Golden Fish
Kirill Postovit
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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Rainy Day
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0 inch
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The Fairy Of Spring I
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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Femme au Chapeau
Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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Andromaque : La voici. Je te laisse avec ta fiancée !
Alekos Fassianos
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 19 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 7.5 x 0.4 inch
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Drê (Dlê). La salive
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.5 x 4.3 inch
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Pink is the new blue
Nef
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 6.3 x 0 inch
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Portrait of Woman
Dimitri Godycki Cwirko
Fine Art Drawings - 43 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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Perspectives
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 22.5 x 27.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.9 x 10.8 x 0.1 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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The Pensive Man
Michel Ciry
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 23 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch
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Voltaire obscur
Bruno Mallart
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 22 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 8.7 x 1.2 inch
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Portrait of Artist's Son Antonio
Fausto Pirandello
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
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Sans titre (1)
Alexandre Taillandier
Fine Art Drawings - 55 x 46 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
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L'esprit des arbres et la femme
Amor de Agua
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 14.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.8 inch
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Personnage
Pascal Marlin
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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Personnage
Pascal Marlin
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 12.6 x 0 inch
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Greeting Card with Drawing
Anna Salvatore
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 9.4 x 0 inch
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Personnages
Leonor Fini
Fine Art Drawings - 40.5 x 31 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.9 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch
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Tête de femme 1
Valérie Hadida
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 58 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22.8 x 0 inch
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It Reminds Me of Brontes's 'Wuthering Heights'
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 84 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.1 x 23.6 x 0 inch
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Art Contemporain
Alexandre Granger
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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Man in a Bowler Hat vs Pigeon
Laurina Paperina
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 20 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
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Tête de femme 2
Valérie Hadida
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 55 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 21.7 x 0 inch
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Red sombreros
Nina Urushadze
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
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Untitled
Alekos Fassianos
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 49 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch
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C'est un secret
Jéko
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 32.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 12.8 x 0.1 inch
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Alpes
Clara Castagné
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 75 x 3.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 29.5 x 1.4 inch
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Don Quichante
Antony Squizzato
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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Inflated to head size
Raymond Loewy
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 43 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 16.9 inch
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The Queen Of Swords (La Reine D'Epee)
Kirill Postovit
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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L'entretien de la blessure
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 23.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 9.3 inch
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Hey Joe
Miguel Angel Lozano Bonora
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
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Poésie 32
Yanne Kintgen
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 20 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
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Portrait 2015
Anastasia Kurakina
Fine Art Drawings - 49.5 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.5 x 27.6 x 0 inch
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La Florentine
Deville-Chabrolle
Fine Art Drawings - 52 x 61 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.5 x 24 inch
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Ancêtre
Richard Laillier
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 15 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
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Yurei
Richard Laillier
Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 10 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.5 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch
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Silent Soul (06)
Richard Laillier
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 13 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 5.1 x 0.4 inch
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Suaire
Richard Laillier
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 14 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.5 x 0.4 inch
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L'élu du mariage
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
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Profil d'homme
Georges Bru
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 17.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 6.9 x 0 inch
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Amaru
Walter Barrientos
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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Zaounon fut de race blanche
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
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Ces serpents qui sifflent dans nos têtes
Maud Dabs
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
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Space darts
Raymond Loewy
Fine Art Drawings - 32.5 x 40.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.8 x 15.9 inch
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Portrait de Jean Genet
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 50.5 x 31 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.9 x 12.2 inch
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A girl of the sun
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 34.5 x 23.7 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.6 x 9.3 inch
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Presbitero (uomo-matita)
Fortunato Depero
Fine Art Drawings - 24.4 x 17.7 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 7 inch
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Oncle Fétide
Tim Burton
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
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Jeune femme
Ayako David Kawauchi
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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Coffee In Prague
Kirill Postovit
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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In Love
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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Our Symphony Of Love II
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 41 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 16.1 x 0 inch
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The Dream of Adam and Eve
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch
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Lady In Blue
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 38 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 15 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.