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
Anya
Eduarda Tavares
Bubblegum
Eduarda Tavares
Fine Art Drawings - 50.6 x 35.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.9 x 14 x 0.4 inch
€1,100
Dreaming of faraway lands
Eduarda Tavares
Fine Art Drawings - 35.5 x 50.8 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 20 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
Waves of blue
Eduarda Tavares
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 56 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 22 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Swirling
Eduarda Tavares
Fine Art Drawings - 59.4 x 42 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,300
Water
Eduarda Tavares
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
€500
Iva Ivanova
Hollypop 2
Iva Ivanova
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€250 €225
Hollypop 3
Iva Ivanova
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€250 €225
Hollypop 6
Iva Ivanova
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€250
Hollypop 4
Iva Ivanova
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€250
Hollypop 5
Iva Ivanova
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 x 0 inch
€250
Hollypop 7
Iva Ivanova
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€250
Jose Manuel Merello
Niño de la Malvarrosa
Jose Manuel Merello
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€1,600
Bodegón eléctrico (Print)
Jose Manuel Merello
Print - 29 x 42 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€300
Girl with animals
Jose Manuel Merello
Fine Art Drawings - 21.5 x 13.5 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.5 x 5.3 x 0 inch
€500
Girl and horse
Jose Manuel Merello
Fine Art Drawings - 21.5 x 13.5 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.5 x 5.3 x 0 inch
€500
Pureza
Jose Manuel Merello
Fine Art Drawings - 21.5 x 13.5 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.5 x 5.3 x 0 inch
€500
Don Quijote de La Mancha
Jose Manuel Merello
Fine Art Drawings - 13.5 x 21.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.3 x 8.5 inch
€500
López del Espino
Fluorine Slave portrait.
López del Espino
Painting - 160 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,500
Rembrandt drawing
López del Espino
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 24 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
€250
Slave boy breaking chains
López del Espino
Sculpture - 100 x 25 x 40 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 9.8 x 15.7 inch
€7,000
Nicolás Beltrán
Momento 5 (Moment 5)
Nicolás Beltrán
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€4,500
Refracción (Refraction),
Nicolás Beltrán
Painting - 105 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
€8,000
No tocar (No touch)
Nicolás Beltrán
Painting - 125 x 111 x 2 cm Painting - 49.2 x 43.7 x 0.8 inch
€7,500
Hoel Gwern
Geogram
Hoel Gwern
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 14 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 5.5 x 0.1 inch
€180
Stàn Bert Singer
Anna patiently
Stàn Bert Singer
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch
€5,400
La affascinante
Stàn Bert Singer
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch
€42,500
Before the annunciation - the window
Stàn Bert Singer
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€19,500
Enzhe Where are you
Stàn Bert Singer
Painting - 53 x 39.5 x 3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 15.6 x 1.2 inch
€35,000
Anna waiting
Stàn Bert Singer
Fine Art Drawings - 49.4 x 33.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.4 x 13.2 x 0.4 inch
€5,400
Stan Bert Singer
Stàn Bert Singer
Fine Art Drawings - 41.8 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch
€5,400
Anna waiting for me at sofa
Stàn Bert Singer
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€5,400
Koljo Mishev
Archers II
Koljo Mishev
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 23 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 9.1 x 0.8 inch
€230
Maryam Hatami
N 05, De la série: Corps Différents
Maryam Hatami
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
Sculpture lumineuse A101, Miroir
Maryam Hatami
Design - 70 x 65 x 40 cm Design - 27.6 x 25.6 x 15.7 inch
€3,200
Sculpture lumineuse A102
Maryam Hatami
Design - 58 x 27 x 38 cm Design - 22.8 x 10.6 x 15 inch
€2,900
Sculpture lumineuse A103
Maryam Hatami
Design - 52 x 50 x 37 cm Design - 20.5 x 19.7 x 14.6 inch
€2,700
N 04, De la série: Corps Différents
Maryam Hatami
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
N 06, De la série: Corps Différents
Maryam Hatami
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
Badriot
Anastasia Vasilyeva
Green Old Schoolboard with math Science Art Collection
Anastasia Vasilyeva
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.8 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.7 inch
€2,050
Before and After, Science art on paper, Triptych Manuscript
Anastasia Vasilyeva
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 90 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
€774
The Beauty of Chaos 02
Anastasia Vasilyeva
Painting - 50 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
€747
Warped reality - Conceptual science art collection
Anastasia Vasilyeva
Painting - 130 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
€2,500
Shopping in Megacity, New York
Anastasia Vasilyeva
Painting - 50 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
€850
Water Rebirth
Anastasia Vasilyeva
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
€800
Remember? From Science Art Collection
Anastasia Vasilyeva
Painting - 60 x 80 x 1.8 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch
€2,000
Exception handling
Anastasia Vasilyeva
Painting - 60 x 80 x 1.8 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch
€1,500