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
Lilu Fischer
Collage 4
Lilu Fischer
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€2,645
Abstract anonymous
Lilu Fischer
Painting - 100 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
€7,105
Kunst Schubert
Summerfeeling 1
Kunst Schubert
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€1,035
Teo Asensio
Untitled
Teo Asensio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
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Untitled
Teo Asensio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
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Untitled
Teo Asensio
Fine Art Drawings - 52 x 65.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.5 x 25.8 x 0 inch
€6,000
Untitled
Teo Asensio
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 52 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 20.5 x 0 inch
€6,000
Untitled
Teo Asensio
Fine Art Drawings - 52 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.5 x 25.6 x 0 inch
€6,000
Untitled
Teo Asensio
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€6,000
Marcoleptique
Le Troll des Calanques
Marcoleptique
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 43 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 16.9 inch
€800
Connexion Marseillaise
Marcoleptique
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 23.6 inch
€1,350
Le cardinal des deux Sèvres
Marcoleptique
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 28 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 11 inch
€500
Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille
Marcoleptique
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 27 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 10.6 inch
€550
Dernier Jour de Louis XVI à Versailles
Marcoleptique
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 9.4 inch
€550
Gav Banns
Dunham Massey National Trust Outbuildings painting
Gav Banns
Painting - 39.9 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€880
Autumn trees by the river
Gav Banns
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 9 x 0.1 inch
€163
Neuilly Parc Paris, Park Saint-James, Impressionism, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Gav Banns
Painting - 38.1 x 46 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
€893
Arc de triomphe du Carrousel Paris impressionism
Gav Banns
Painting - 33 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13 x 16 x 0.1 inch
€856
Tree in Spring Leaves Radiating the Sun impression
Gav Banns
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€563
Hay Bale Field across the Reservoir, England
Gav Banns
Painting - 23.9 x 33 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.4 x 13 x 0.1 inch
€223
Impressionist cliffs and ocean
Gav Banns
Painting - 30 x 19.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.8 x 0.1 inch
€438
Shallow forest pond impressionist painting on wood
Gav Banns
Painting - 21.1 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
€361
Muge QI
Les couleurs de l’eau, N°8
Muge QI
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€400
Les couleurs de l’eau, N°7
Muge QI
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€400
Les couleurs de l’eau, N°5
Muge QI
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€400
Les couleurs de l’eau
Muge QI
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
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Zoe Elizabeth Norman
Wuthering Heights
Zoe Elizabeth Norman
Painting - 61 x 51.1 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch
€1,954
Hidden Blossom
Zoe Elizabeth Norman
Painting - 45 x 59.9 x 3.6 cm Painting - 17.7 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch
€1,254
Evening Poppy Meadow
Zoe Elizabeth Norman
Painting - 39.9 x 39.9 x 3.6 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch
€713
Morning on the Norfolk Broads, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Zoe Elizabeth Norman
Painting - 90.9 x 90.9 x 3.6 cm Painting - 35.8 x 35.8 x 1.4 inch
€4,990
Willow tree reflections
Zoe Elizabeth Norman
Painting - 75.9 x 101.1 x 3.6 cm Painting - 29.9 x 39.8 x 1.4 inch
€4,990
Welsh River
Zoe Elizabeth Norman
Painting - 61 x 90.9 x 3.6 cm Painting - 24 x 35.8 x 1.4 inch
€3,119
Barbara Kroll
Portrait with a beard
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 9 x 1 inch
€292
Portrait with hand on chin
Barbara Kroll
Painting - 48.3 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19 x 15 x 1 inch
€875
Nude with red hair
Barbara Kroll
Painting - 49.8 x 39.9 x 2 cm Painting - 19.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€875
Tako Chanchaleishvili
Blue Scene
Tako Chanchaleishvili
Painting - 24.5 x 36.5 x 2 cm Painting - 9.6 x 14.4 x 0.8 inch
€750
Decoration
Tako Chanchaleishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 41 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 16.1 x 0 inch
€550
Motives Of Abkhazia
Tako Chanchaleishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 13.8 x 0 inch
€550
Georgian Motifs
Tako Chanchaleishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 14.5 x 22 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
€750
Women From Retro
Tako Chanchaleishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 x 0 inch
€650
Letters Of A Traveler
Tako Chanchaleishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 36 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 14.2 x 0 inch
€650
Massimo Petrucci
La Repubblica
Massimo Petrucci
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€500
L'Alitalia e la Cultura
Massimo Petrucci
Print - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Print - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
€250
Louise Abbéma
Old Lady with Dog
Louise Abbéma
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 16.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 6.5 x 0 inch
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Maral Djenazian
Women series I
Maral Djenazian
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,530
Floral Elixir series on paper I
Maral Djenazian
Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 28 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 x 0 inch
€1,530
Floral Elixir series on paper II
Maral Djenazian
Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 28 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 x 0 inch
€1,530
Floral - Elixir series on paper III
Maral Djenazian
Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 28 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 x 0 inch
€1,530
Women series II
Maral Djenazian
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,530
Women series IV
Maral Djenazian
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,530
Courage
Maral Djenazian
Fine Art Drawings - 44 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.3 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€1,690
Floral elixir series on paper IV
Maral Djenazian
Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 28 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 x 0 inch
€1,530