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
Chantal Westby
Le bien et le mal (1)
Chantal Westby
Painting - 122 x 91 x 5 cm Painting - 48 x 35.8 x 2 inch
€2,400
Global Warning
Chantal Westby
Fine Art Drawings - 6.6 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 2.6 x 6.1 x 0 inch
€100
Le bien et le mal (2)
Chantal Westby
Painting - 122 x 91 x 5 cm Painting - 48 x 35.8 x 2 inch
€2,400
Reminder
Chantal Westby
Fine Art Drawings - 6.6 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 2.6 x 6.1 x 0 inch
€100
End Fossil ! Fuels !
Chantal Westby
Fine Art Drawings - 6.6 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 2.6 x 6.1 x 0 inch
€100
Manuel Marteles
El Dios / The God
Manuel Marteles
Painting - 50 x 58 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 22.8 x 0.8 inch
€3,800
Pareja / Couple
Manuel Marteles
Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 21.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 8.5 inch
€1,000
Amor ciego / Blind Love
Manuel Marteles
Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 21.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 8.5 inch
€1,000
Desesperanza / Hopelessness
Manuel Marteles
Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 21.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 8.5 inch
€1,000
Desnudo con árbol / Nude with a Tree
Manuel Marteles
Painting - 50 x 58 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 22.8 x 0.8 inch
€3,800
Emily Redd
Invincible
Emily Redd
Fine Art Drawings - 86.4 x 63.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 25 x 0.1 inch
€2,800
Untitled 2 22
Emily Redd
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 14 x 0.1 inch
€193
Untitled 3 22
Emily Redd
Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 48.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 19 x 0.1 inch
€348
Bricks
Emily Redd
Fine Art Drawings - 26.7 x 62.2 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.5 x 24.5 x 0.1 inch
€241
Cliffs
Emily Redd
Fine Art Drawings - 45.7 x 61 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€314
Corridor
Emily Redd
Fine Art Drawings - 20.3 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8 x 14 x 0.1 inch
€193
Spring rain
Emily Redd
Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch
€217
Fire not lost
Emily Redd
Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 21 x 0.1 inch
€285
Miguel Ybáñez
Magda Bolumar
La nueva (Carpeta "La luna presente")
Magda Bolumar
Print - 70.1 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
€348
C. Creciente (Carpeta "La luna presente")
Magda Bolumar
Print - 70.1 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
€348
C. Menguante (Carpeta "La luna presente")
Magda Bolumar
Print - 70.1 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
€348
La llena (Carpeta "La luna presente")
Magda Bolumar
Print - 70.1 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
€348
Tierra (Carpeta "Los cuatro elementos")
Magda Bolumar
Print - 50 x 66 cm Print - 19.7 x 26 inch
€338
Rafa Forteza
Karim Benchebra
L'échange
Karim Benchebra
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€1,900
Serenity II
Karim Benchebra
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€1,600
Mariposa
Karim Benchebra
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€1,600
Joker
Karim Benchebra
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,100
Owl
Karim Benchebra
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,700
Skull, snake and rose
Karim Benchebra
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,200
Julio Ramon Serrano Moreno
Landscape with reeds
Julio Ramon Serrano Moreno
Fine Art Drawings - 45.7 x 61 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 24 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
Vague landscape
Julio Ramon Serrano Moreno
Fine Art Drawings - 45.7 x 61 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 24 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
Wall of silence
Julio Ramon Serrano Moreno
Fine Art Drawings - 58 x 76 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.8 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
€1,300
Obelisk
Julio Ramon Serrano Moreno
Fine Art Drawings - 52 x 61 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.5 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€1,800
#Sugar Cubes on sugar dreams
Julio Ramon Serrano Moreno
Fine Art Drawings - 52 x 76 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.5 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
€1,300
Romantic ideals drawing no 2
Julio Ramon Serrano Moreno
Fine Art Drawings - 58 x 76 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.8 x 29.9 inch
€3,500
Mountain and stars
Julio Ramon Serrano Moreno
Painting - 121 x 152 x 4 cm Painting - 47.6 x 59.8 x 1.6 inch
€16,000
Ledentelier
De Force et de Dentelle
Ledentelier
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Khépri
Ledentelier
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Voiles d'été
Ledentelier
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Manta
Ledentelier
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
2 battements d'elle
Ledentelier
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Chamade
Ledentelier
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,800
Corail
Ledentelier
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,600
Rhett Boland
Openness to vulnerability
Rhett Boland
Painting - 92 x 61 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 24 x 1.6 inch
€3,797
Marlow's thoughts (in his dark heart)
Rhett Boland
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
€2,361
A boardroom decision
Rhett Boland
Painting - 110 x 78 x 4 cm Painting - 43.3 x 30.7 x 1.6 inch
€3,810
Pronounce the unpronounceable
Rhett Boland
Painting - 105 x 190 x 1 cm Painting - 41.3 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
€6,399
Invalidating environment
Rhett Boland
Painting - 90 x 185 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 72.8 x 0.4 inch
€5,737
An indirect disclosure
Rhett Boland
Painting - 90 x 155 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 61 x 0.4 inch
€6,300
Michael Burgess
Portrait of Albert Schweitzer
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 74 x 65 x 2.54 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.1 x 25.6 x 1 inch
€900
Wild Birch - Forest
Michael Burgess
Photography - 36 x 51 x 1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch
€960
Christ - Stations of the Cross, Number XI
Michael Burgess
Print - 46 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€1,200
Lion skull
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 71 x 62 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 24.4 x 0 inch
€1,200
Life - Cycles dying sunflower
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 69 x 53 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.2 x 20.9 x 1.6 inch
€1,300 €1,105
Calm - Rain on Pond
Michael Burgess
Photography - 25 x 56 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 22 x 0 inch
€700
Dante's Inferno - Passage from The Divine Comedy
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 53 x 46 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.9 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
€551 €469
Pen & ink wash drawing
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 77 x 56 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30.3 x 22 x 1.2 inch
€622 €529
Janusz Tworek
Judgmental
Janusz Tworek
Fine Art Drawings - 58 x 58 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.8 x 22.8 x 1.6 inch
€1,915