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Everyday life Drawing for Sale

Drawing is undoubtedly one of the oldest forms of human expression. Even in the prehistoric times, humans used drawings to represent the world around them. Drawing has been central not only to artists learning how to capture reality but also for fashion designers wanting to sketch out designs, or architects and engineers needing to create detailed images of buildings or machines. Overtime, drawing has hugely diversified. Innovation by artists and those using drawings for non artistic purposes has resulted in the existence of a wide variety of techniques.

Genre drawing depicts everyday life with ordinary people. Although it changed overtime, even with the first prehistoric drawings we can see aspects of the daily life of men and women represented on the walls of their caves.

In Antiquity, wealthy Romans also used painted mosaics to illustrate their lives and actions in their homes, examples of this were found at the Villa Casale in Sicily (listed as UNESCO World Heritage).There is also some evidence that Romans used metalpoint (generally silver although gold, copper or lead could also be used) on paper or parchment coated with gum powder and coloured pigments to produce artworks.

Artists have always been inspired by their environment and have never ceased to represent the world around them. Drawing forms the basis of artists' understanding of the human body and the world around them. They will first learn to look carefully at the world around them. They might choose to capture simple things around them: a still life or a child playing. With colored pencils, charcoal drawings, chalks or pastels, artists have immortalized the scenes around them from ordinary actions to extraordinary festivities.

Many great masters were fond of genre scenes and everyday life drawings. While these drawings often took the form of preliminary sketches, they could also be artworks in themselves. For example, in the 17th century Rembrandt produced a substantial portfolio with hundreds of drawings, including many depicting scenes of everyday life. For example, “Saskia in Bed", a drawing in pen and brown ink, represents a nurse watching over his wife who lies ill in bed.

Everyday life drawings have evolved throughout art history but still have valued place within the visual arts, particularly in modern and contemporary art. In fact, it is one of the first courses offered to budding artists at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. As Giacometti famously stated, “If we master a bit of drawing, everything else is possible."

Artsper offers a wide selection of drawings representing realistic, figurative or abstract scenes of everyday life. Explore works by famous contemporary artists as well as drawings by new emerging talents like Soufiane Ababri, Virginie Barré and Shadi Alzaqzouz.

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Fine Art Drawings, Rétro, Isabelle Hirtzig

Rétro

Isabelle Hirtzig

Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$158

Fine Art Drawings, Coney Island, Michael Alan

Coney Island

Michael Alan

Fine Art Drawings - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 14 x 0.04 inch

$3,600

Fine Art Drawings, Apam, Jonathan Kwegyir Aggrey

Apam

Jonathan Kwegyir Aggrey

Fine Art Drawings - 55.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 x 1 inch

$3,600

Fine Art Drawings, Wedding, Nino Devdariani

Wedding

Nino Devdariani

Fine Art Drawings - 85 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$3,510

Fine Art Drawings, Dementia, Nino Devdariani

Dementia

Nino Devdariani

Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 80 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 31.5 x 0 inch

$3,510

Fine Art Drawings, Flies, Nino Devdariani

Flies

Nino Devdariani

Fine Art Drawings - 62 x 86 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.4 x 33.9 x 0 inch

$3,510

Fine Art Drawings, Séraphin, Dominique Pourchet

Séraphin

Dominique Pourchet

Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$228

Fine Art Drawings, Apparition, Gilbert Pastor

Apparition

Gilbert Pastor

Fine Art Drawings - 75 x 59.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 23.4 x 0 inch

$3,510

Fine Art Drawings, Farmers, Paul Emile Colin

Farmers

Paul Emile Colin

Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$351

Fine Art Drawings, Les ballons, Damien Berrard

Les ballons

Damien Berrard

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

$292

Fine Art Drawings, Sea Gods, Giorgi Kukhalashvili

Sea Gods

Giorgi Kukhalashvili

Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$7,839

Fine Art Drawings, Yellow Cabs, Isabelle Hirtzig

Yellow Cabs

Isabelle Hirtzig

Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch

$181

Fine Art Drawings, Rehearsal, Isabelle Hirtzig

Rehearsal

Isabelle Hirtzig

Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$99

Fine Art Drawings, Aux arts, citoyens !, ARySQUE

Aux arts, citoyens !

ARySQUE

Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$1,638

Fine Art Drawings, Aquarelle 1455, Joel Giraud

Aquarelle 1455

Joel Giraud

Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0 inch

$339

Fine Art Drawings, Concave, Nicolas V Sanchez

Concave

Nicolas V Sanchez

Fine Art Drawings - 45.7 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 20 x 1.5 inch

$6,000

Fine Art Drawings, Mamographie, Brigitte Derbigny

Mamographie

Brigitte Derbigny

Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

$351 $316

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre 16, Katsuko Kuroya

Sans titre 16

Katsuko Kuroya

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

$187

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre 17, Katsuko Kuroya

Sans titre 17

Katsuko Kuroya

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

$187

Fine Art Drawings, Lianes 4, Mathilde Neri

Lianes 4

Mathilde Neri

Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 inch

$1,053

Fine Art Drawings, Lianes 1,2,3, Mathilde Neri

Lianes 1,2,3

Mathilde Neri

Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 inch

$3,393

Fine Art Drawings, Numéro 6, Olivia Moélo

Numéro 6

Olivia Moélo

Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 14.5 x 0.001 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.7 x 0 inch

$445

Fine Art Drawings, Personnages, Tadeusz Kantor

Personnages

Tadeusz Kantor

Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 28 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 11 x 0.1 inch

$5,616

Fine Art Drawings, Election Day, Bernard Bécan

Election Day

Bernard Bécan

Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 14 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 5.5 x 0 inch

$374

Fine Art Drawings, Laboratory, Bernard Bécan

Laboratory

Bernard Bécan

Fine Art Drawings - 9 x 13 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3.5 x 5.1 x 0 inch

$374

Fine Art Drawings, Charles, Dominique Pourchet

Charles

Dominique Pourchet

Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 26 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 10.2 x 0 inch

$158

Fine Art Drawings, Golfeur !, Noël Granger

Golfeur !

Noël Granger

Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$82

Fine Art Drawings, Figures, Paul Emile Colin

Figures

Paul Emile Colin

Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 9.8 x 0 inch

$211

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Sculpture, Painter Can, tizlu

Painter Can

tizlu

Sculpture - 30 x 24 x 12 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 9.4 x 4.7 inch

$1,404

Print, Sans Titre, Yann Kebbi

Sans Titre

Yann Kebbi

Print - 72 x 91 x 0.1 cm Print - 28.3 x 35.8 x 0 inch

$585

Print, Le plongeon, Maude Ovize

Le plongeon

Maude Ovize

Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$351

Need help with Everyday life Drawing ?
What is everyday life drawing?

Everyday life drawing, also known as genre drawing, refers to drawings that depict ordinary life and people. Drawings representing daily life date back to prehistoric cave drawings, but they are still popular today.  

What are still life drawing examples?

Still life drawings use objects as their subject matter, which are often everyday items situated within a domestic interior setting. Common still life objects include fruit or other foods, flowers, and tableware.

What is the theme of scenes of everyday life?

Everyday life scenes were popular with 19th century artists, who used them to represent contemporary themes such as childhood, bourgeois life and work. This genre can cover many themes, often addressing issues in contemporary society.