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…
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Christian Frederiksen
Wintery Hare
Christian Frederiksen
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 15 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.2 inch
£728
Bow River Headwaters
Christian Frederiksen
Painting - 40 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
£988
Takakkaw Falls
Christian Frederiksen
Painting - 30 x 22 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.7 x 0.4 inch
£764
North Side of Lasqueti
Christian Frederiksen
Painting - 19 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 7.5 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
£692
Dandelion World
Christian Frederiksen
Painting - 10 x 15 x 0.5 cm Painting - 3.9 x 5.9 x 0.2 inch
£656
Entangled Wildflowers
Christian Frederiksen
Painting - 20 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
£1,950
Mineko Yoshida
Enlightenment,
Mineko Yoshida
Painting - 133.4 x 133.4 x 0.5 cm Painting - 52.5 x 52.5 x 0.2 inch
£1,366
Pink Chaise Series No.3
Mineko Yoshida
Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
£249
Magenta Frolic
Mineko Yoshida
Painting - 133.4 x 152.4 x 0.5 cm Painting - 52.5 x 60 x 0.2 inch
£1,703
Quinacridone Magenta
Mineko Yoshida
Painting - 152.4 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 60 x 70 x 0.1 inch
£860
Anthony Roaland
Portrait of a Boy
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£341
Man lying down
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 41 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 16.1 x 0 inch
£341
Sleeping
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 64 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 25.2 x 0 inch
£306
Portrait of a Boy
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£341
Portrait of a Boy
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 41.5 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.3 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£431
Portrait of a boy
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 41.5 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.3 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£440
Portrait of a boy
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 62 x 46 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.4 x 18.1 x 0 inch
£252
The boy on the motorcycle
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 12.6 x 0 inch
£431
Audrey Faivre
Est-ce que l’art a le pouvoir de changer les sentiments ?
Audrey Faivre
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
£846
Rêver de toi
Audrey Faivre
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 inch
£279
Giorgi Kukhalashvili
Saint Michael’s Battle in The Spirit
Giorgi Kukhalashvili
Painting - 220 x 300 x 6 cm Painting - 86.6 x 118.1 x 2.4 inch
£34,147
Black Sea Beach
Giorgi Kukhalashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 41.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.3 x 0 inch
£2,516
From the Divine Comedy
Giorgi Kukhalashvili
Painting - 94 x 131 x 4 cm Painting - 37 x 51.6 x 1.6 inch
£8,357
War and Peace by Tolstoi
Giorgi Kukhalashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 14.5 x 23 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.7 x 9.1 x 0 inch
£1,707
The Birth of the New World
Giorgi Kukhalashvili
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£5,571
Aasiri Wickremage
What awaits us
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
£1,797
Nothing life objects
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 29 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£135
Tanner Rhines
Glass House
Tanner Rhines
Fine Art Drawings - 75.2 x 101.6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.6 x 40 inch
£26,958
Fortunato Depero
Bitter Campari - l'aperitivo
Fortunato Depero
Fine Art Drawings - 24.3 x 21.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 8.6 inch
£8,087
La rivista del popolo d'Italia
Fortunato Depero
Fine Art Drawings - 30.6 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 8.3 inch
£6,290
Visioni simultanee. Terra + cielo
Fortunato Depero
Fine Art Drawings - 44.5 x 59.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.5 x 23.5 inch
£40,437
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Cubic Feet Empaquetages
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
£4,044
Wrapped Snoopy House Collage
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 61.2 x 54.9 cm Print - 24.1 x 21.6 inch
£14,288
Christo (1935-2020) Project for the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, 1970. Signé
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 48 x 68 x 2 cm Print - 18.9 x 26.8 x 0.8 inch
£4,493
Lithographie Le Pont Neuf
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 25 x 19 x 0.1 cm Print - 9.8 x 7.5 x 0 inch
£2,246
Wrapped Reichstag
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Photography - 66 x 98 x 0.5 cm Photography - 26 x 38.6 x 0.2 inch
£8,986
Allied Chemical Tower, Packed, Project for No. 1 Times Square
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 71.1 x 55.9 cm Print - 28 x 22 inch
£3,795
Gérard Titus-Carmel
Sans-titre
Gérard Titus-Carmel
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
£1,348
Sans-titre
Gérard Titus-Carmel
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
£1,348
Walasse Ting
Adam Nidzgorski
Sans titre
Adam Nidzgorski
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 20 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
£584
Sans titre
Adam Nidzgorski
Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 29 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11.4 x 0.2 inch
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