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
Joël Kermarrec
Sans titre
Joël Kermarrec
Fine Art Drawings - 62 x 48 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.4 x 18.9 x 0 inch
£715
Fond noir noeud rouge
Joël Kermarrec
Painting - 82 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 32.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,608
Espace Pétrifié & courir avec la tache jaune du bonheur au fond
Joël Kermarrec
Painting - 115 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.3 x 35 x 0.8 inch
£3,216
Robbie Cornelissen
The space of absence
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 27 x 0.1 inch
£1,393
Cloud (Planet)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
£1,161
Cloud (Atlantic tropical cyclons 1954-2021)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
£1,393
Cloud (red)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
£1,161
God is in the details
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 21 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
£995
Cloud (Angel)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
£1,393
Underworld (red)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 24 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
£1,576
Places (underworld)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 33 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 13 x 0.1 inch
£1,510
Akira Inumaru
Hymne d'enfants
Akira Inumaru
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
£625
Jardin des lumie?res Roses et Pierres 4
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 30 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
£715
Jardin des lumie?res Roses et Pierres 3
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 30 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
£715
Jardin des lumie?res Roses et tulipes 1
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
£1,608
Fernando Alday
Hampstead Head
Fernando Alday
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
£3,752
Catalunya 1
Fernando Alday
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 39.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 15.6 inch
£223
Religious Forest II
Fernando Alday
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
£2,858
Chahrazed Fekih
Abeille I (3)
Chahrazed Fekih
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
£107
... C’est Naturel !
Chahrazed Fekih
Photography - 20 x 10 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.9 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
£447
Abeille I (4)
Chahrazed Fekih
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
£107
Abeille II
Chahrazed Fekih
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
£116
Abeille I
Chahrazed Fekih
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
£107
Métamorphose I
Chahrazed Fekih
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
£1,697
Red ladybug
Chahrazed Fekih
Fine Art Drawings - 40.5 x 59.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.9 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
£1,518
Nino Devdariani
Gallery of Shoes N1
Nino Devdariani
Fine Art Drawings - 86 x 62 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.9 x 24.4 x 0 inch
£2,590 £2,202
Gallery of Shoes N3
Nino Devdariani
Fine Art Drawings - 86 x 62 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.9 x 24.4 x 0 inch
£2,590
Gallery of Shoes N2
Nino Devdariani
Fine Art Drawings - 86 x 62 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.9 x 24.4 x 0 inch
£2,590
Mikato
Nino Devdariani
Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 43 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 16.9 x 0 inch
£1,786
Planet
Nino Devdariani
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 61.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 24.2 x 0 inch
£1,786
A Children's Dream
Nino Devdariani
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 83.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 32.9 x 0 inch
£1,608
Grand Parents N1
Nino Devdariani
Fine Art Drawings - 86 x 62 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.9 x 24.4 x 0 inch
£1,786
Grand Parents N2
Nino Devdariani
Fine Art Drawings - 86 x 62 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.9 x 24.4 x 0 inch
£1,786
Sve Gri
Invisible Patterns. Spiral. Ceramic Sculpture, Woman
Sve Gri
Sculpture - 29 x 35 x 6 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 13.8 x 2.4 inch
£697
Playful Spirit. Fresh imprint of the impulse abstraction
Sve Gri
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
£375
Monochrome abstract painting. Warm Vibration.
Sve Gri
Painting - 59.6 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.5 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£500
Gestural abstract painting. Shining Vibration
Sve Gri
Painting - 59.6 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.5 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£500
Gestural abstract drawing. Vibration.
Sve Gri
Fine Art Drawings - 59.6 x 42 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.5 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£482
Three black lines. Abstract brush drawing.
Sve Gri
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 46 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 18.1 x 0 inch
£527
Streamlet. Abstract monochrome brush drawing.
Sve Gri
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 46 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 18.1 x 0 inch
£527
Intuitive Gestural Drawing. Abstract Minimalism. Space Below.
Sve Gri
Fine Art Drawings - 59.6 x 42 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.5 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£500
Alonas Stelmanas
Factory
Alonas Stelmanas
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
£348
Meadows near Kaunas I
Alonas Stelmanas
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
£616
Fields near Kaunas
Alonas Stelmanas
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
£616
Baurjan Aralov
Schnappschuss 1706
Baurjan Aralov
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
£1,072 £911
No Title, Coronus
Baurjan Aralov
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
£447 £380
Drunken Stories
Baurjan Aralov
Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
£1,518 £1,291
Mom I'm Buiyng a Bike
Baurjan Aralov
Painting - 70 x 53 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch
£1,072
Winter Landscape
Baurjan Aralov
Painting - 100 x 53 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch
£1,340 £1,139
No Title, Interieur Series 3
Baurjan Aralov
Painting - 59.5 x 69.5 x 4 cm Painting - 23.4 x 27.4 x 1.6 inch
£1,152
Edward Zelinsky
Panoply
Edward Zelinsky
Fine Art Drawings - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 x 0.2 inch
£435
Beast
Edward Zelinsky
Fine Art Drawings - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 x 0.2 inch
£435
They watch
Edward Zelinsky
Fine Art Drawings - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 x 0.2 inch
£456
Cirque du jus de betterave
Edward Zelinsky
Painting - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.8 cm Painting - 22 x 30 x 0.3 inch
£270
Tilted Landscape
Edward Zelinsky
Fine Art Drawings - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 x 0.1 inch
£265
Susan Wooler
XXXL Abstract Antarctica (Diptych)
Susan Wooler
Painting - 100.1 x 199.9 x 4.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
£5,886
Summer tree
Susan Wooler
Fine Art Drawings - 27.9 x 38.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 15 x 0.1 inch
£91
XXL Stillwater Reflections
Susan Wooler
Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 4.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£2,519
XXL Solace of Dawn
Susan Wooler
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,059
XXL Tranquil Shores
Susan Wooler
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,081
XXXL Morning istm
Susan Wooler
Painting - 80 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
£1,039
XXL late afternoon sunset
Susan Wooler
Painting - 75.9 x 102.1 x 2 cm Painting - 29.9 x 40.2 x 0.8 inch
£901
XXXL A beautiful escape
Susan Wooler
Painting - 80 x 119.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.8 inch
£1,034
David Sipko
Homer's Head
David Sipko
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
£245