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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
$3,795
Dancing in front of the Opera House
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$547
Dancing in the Grass around a Fire
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$547
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
$5,581
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
$3,349
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
$3,349
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
$5,581
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
$5,581
Feeding The Birds
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$3,003
A girl awaiting the train
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$3,003
Costume
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.5 x 4.6 x 0 inch
$670
Personnage au discours fumeux
Georges Bru
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 9.4 inch
$1,395
Mikato
Nino Devdariani
Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 43 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 16.9 x 0 inch
$2,233
Healing Greenland, Chunja & the dog
Shin Seung-Hun
Fine Art Drawings - 72 x 77.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.3 x 30.5 x 0 inch
$1,116
Personnage avec cartouche
Georges Bru
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 16 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 6.3 inch
$1,317
Personnage à l'air froissé
Georges Bru
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 20 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,172
Two lovers
Badriot
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 21 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
$1,674
Healing Greenland, Chunja and The Monkey Brothers
Shin Seung-Hun
Fine Art Drawings - 72 x 77.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.3 x 30.5 x 0 inch
$1,116
Healing Greenland, Teddy Bear Mask
Shin Seung-Hun
Fine Art Drawings - 72 x 72 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.3 x 28.3 x 0 inch
$1,116
The Heavenly Maids Scatter Blossoms
Qing-Yan Li
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$1,842
Happy Double Flying
Qing-Yan Li
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$1,842
Giraffe Drinking Water
Qing-Yan Li
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$1,842
Flying Apsaras Dance
Qing-Yan Li
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$1,842
Flying Apsaras Crossing Mountains
Qing-Yan Li
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$1,842
Mensch III
Olivier Furter
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,340
If I Want to Die, I Must Die at Your Hands
You Wu
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 33 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 13 x 0 inch
$893
A Companion Like a Tiger
You Wu
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 33 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 13 x 0 inch
$893
Carrie Bradshaw in the kitchen with a hat
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 22.9 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$700
Portrait of a Believer
Matthew Rose
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 1 inch
$558
Theatre
Shota Imerlishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 86 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 33.9 x 0 inch
$2,233
Red Cube
Shota Imerlishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$2,233
Happiness is not Far Away
Li Qingyan
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$893
Let's Go Horseback Riding
Li Qingyan
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$893
Makinâ Bacon at the Fl. State Fair
Mike King
Fine Art Drawings - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$1,309
The Gaze
Peter Hofmann
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,116
Enigma
Michael Alan
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 27.3 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 10.75 x 0.04 inch
$3,795
Danseur Ref BDNW8111
Lutka Pink
Fine Art Drawings - 53 x 43 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.9 x 16.9 inch
$1,395
Untitled
Francesc Genovés
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$620
Untitled
Francesc Genovés
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$620
Pensive
Erdna André
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$558
Venenum Neptunium
Orphné Achéron
Fine Art Drawings - 40.5 x 29.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.9 x 11.6 inch
$1,284
Venenum II
Orphné Achéron
Fine Art Drawings - 40.5 x 29.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.9 x 11.6 inch
$1,284
Nurse and patient
Ray Smith
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 37 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 14.6 x 0 inch
$1,116
Neighbours
Shota Imerlishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$3,349
Untitled
Joaquín Xaudaró
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 14 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 5.5 x 0 inch
$2,233
Untitled
Joaquín Xaudaró
Fine Art Drawings - 19.5 x 15.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.7 x 6.1 inch
$2,233
Untitled
Joaquín Xaudaró
Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 15.5 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.3 x 6.1 x 0 inch
$1,116
Untitled
Joaquín Xaudaró
Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 15.5 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.3 x 6.1 x 0 inch
$1,116
Comerciante de 'betas y fils' / Rope and thread dealer
Joaquín Xaudaró
Fine Art Drawings - 11.5 x 9.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.5 x 3.7 inch
$1,005
Untitled
Joaquín Xaudaró
Fine Art Drawings - 11.5 x 9.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.5 x 3.7 inch
$1,005
Bruto / Brute
Joaquín Xaudaró
Fine Art Drawings - 11.5 x 9.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.5 x 3.7 inch
$1,005
Cómico / Comedian
Joaquín Xaudaró
Fine Art Drawings - 11.5 x 9.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.5 x 3.7 inch
$1,005
Sabio / Wise Man
Joaquín Xaudaró
Fine Art Drawings - 11.5 x 9.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.5 x 3.7 inch
$1,005
Untitled
Joaquín Xaudaró
Fine Art Drawings - 11.5 x 9.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.5 x 3.7 inch
$1,005
Noble Woman
Erhard Klepper
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 27 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,005
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
$10,046
Untitled
José Manuel Menéndez Rojas
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 97 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 38.2 inch
$3,126
Sienna Portrait Sculpture 1977
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 3.9 inch
$4,353
Portrait 2
Davide Cicolani
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Grand portrait 3
Davide Cicolani
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
$1,507
Grand portrait 2
Davide Cicolani
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
$1,507
Grand portrait 1
Davide Cicolani
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,507
Silent Soul (01)
Richard Laillier
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 10 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch
$670
Jean, portrait de Doudou
Monsieur Térez
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 25.6 inch
$279
Lovers
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$368
Our Symphony Of Love I
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 41 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$469
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Serie Terra Retrato en fondo beige
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$964
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
$1,785
The beauty of dance XII
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,898
The Last Museum Guard at the Last Museum on Earth
Hernan Bas
Print - 49 x 35 cm Print - 19.3 x 13.8 inch
$1,340
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
$1,200
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.