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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Soo Youn Kim
The depth of time and the holy heptagon
Soo Youn Kim
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 23 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch
£1,143
Season colors__Summer Autumn 2018
Soo Youn Kim
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
£1,152
Moon Calendar 2014_Chindo, South Korea
Soo Youn Kim
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 100 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
£1,152
Time flows with holy heptagon_160722
Soo Youn Kim
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
£1,295
04Solution_chronological time_260422
Soo Youn Kim
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
£1,063
Time flows with holy heptagon_22042
Soo Youn Kim
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
£1,242
Time flows with holy heptagon_Reflection_140921
Soo Youn Kim
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
£1,420
Time flows with holy heptagon_040322
Soo Youn Kim
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
£1,152
Edgar Quispe
Francesc Genovés
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Francesc Genovés
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£496
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Francesc Genovés
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
£496
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Francesc Genovés
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£496
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Francesc Genovés
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£496
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Francesc Genovés
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£496
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Francesc Genovés
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£496
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Francesc Genovés
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£496
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Francesc Genovés
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£496
Antoine H2o
Hopione..
Antoine H2o
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
£197
Bows
Bonus Dream style
Bows
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 42 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch
£179
Tilman
AlexZ
Shui Qiu
Spiritual Realm 3
Shui Qiu
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£829 £705
The Same Day
Shui Qiu
Fine Art Drawings - 180 x 95 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 70.9 x 37.4 x 0 inch
£7,879 £6,697
The Land of Hongmeng
Shui Qiu
Fine Art Drawings - 144 x 367 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 56.7 x 144.5 x 0 inch
£26,797
Smart Cat
Shui Qiu
Fine Art Drawings - 69 x 69 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.2 x 27.2 x 0 inch
£2,073 £1,762
Reincarnation
Shui Qiu
Fine Art Drawings - 180 x 48 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 70.9 x 18.9 x 0 inch
£3,981
Visitors from Outside
Shui Qiu
Fine Art Drawings - 180 x 48 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 70.9 x 18.9 x 0 inch
£3,981
Pray for
Shui Qiu
Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£3,732
Spiritual Realm 1
Shui Qiu
Fine Art Drawings - 144 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 56.7 x 22 x 0 inch
£4,020
Amandine Urruty
Outside
Amandine Urruty
Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 91 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 35.8 x 1.6 inch
£3,573
Ariadna Dane
Basal Elements. The cycle
Ariadna Dane
Painting - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
£875
Still (Basal Elements)
Ariadna Dane
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
£875
Niobe (Organic Wreath Series)
Ariadna Dane
Painting - 105 x 82 x 1.3 cm Painting - 41.3 x 32.3 x 0.5 inch
£1,900
Basal Elements - Transience
Ariadna Dane
Painting - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
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Jordi Maragall
Untitled
Jordi Maragall
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£1,340
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Jordi Maragall
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£1,340
Untitled
Jordi Maragall
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£1,340
Untitled
Jordi Maragall
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£1,340
Untitled
Jordi Maragall
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£1,340