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La femme médecine
Julien Cuny
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
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Audrey Fleurot 1
Theo Haggai
Fine Art Drawings - 27.5 x 20.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.8 x 8.1 inch
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Le travail a créé l’homme lui-même
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.5 x 4.3 inch
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Heures Grises
Michaël Brack
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 26 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 10.2 x 0.8 inch
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Cendrillon
Alexandre Granger
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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Dancing in the Sky
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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Diffusion - Communication #4
Khrystyna Khmil
Fine Art Drawings - 200 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 78.7 x 27.6 inch
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Pandemia
Miguel Angel Lozano Bonora
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
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Desnudo 20
Miguel Angel Lozano Bonora
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
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Desnudo 19
Miguel Angel Lozano Bonora
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
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Desnudo 18
Miguel Angel Lozano Bonora
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
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Réunion au sommet
Sarah Guiraudon
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0.2 inch
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Desnudo 18
Miguel Angel Lozano Bonora
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
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Desnudo 09
Miguel Angel Lozano Bonora
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
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La punition
Elia Pagliarino
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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Casque d'or
Sébastien Boismoreau (BEUS)
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 13.4 x 0 inch
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Magnolia’s Coffee Together
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 21.3 x 13.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.4 x 5.3 x 0 inch
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Maria, the Greek Writer
Michael Bastow
Fine Art Drawings - 144 x 56 cm Fine Art Drawings - 56.7 x 22 inch
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Woman and Horse
Jean-Raymond Delpech
Fine Art Drawings - 43 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.9 x 11.4 x 0 inch
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L'un cherchant l'Autre
Gabrielle Rul
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 inch
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The golden lovers
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 21.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 8.5 x 0 inch
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Le vaisseau fantôme
Milo Manara
Fine Art Drawings - 34.7 x 24.8 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.7 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
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Dancing Brothers
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 84 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.1 x 23.6 x 0 inch
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Dance Explosion
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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Dance Dream
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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'Wuthering Height' and Memories are Triggered for Good of All, this Time
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 84 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.1 x 23.6 x 0 inch
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Shadow Sister
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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Get Up
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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Watching over the horizon
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 85 x 60 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
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I Am Proud of Who I Am
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 84 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.1 x 23.6 x 0 inch
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Sans
Jean-Luc Beaufils
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 14 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inch
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Cola
Sébastien Boismoreau (BEUS)
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
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Sans titre
Menachem Gueffen
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 28 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11 x 0.4 inch
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Don't.
Gabrielle Rul
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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Flower bath
Gabrielle Rul
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.2 inch
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Diffusion - Communication #10
Khrystyna Khmil
Fine Art Drawings - 47 x 33 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.5 x 13 inch
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Nuit fauve, Champagne, et playlist #1
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch
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Women Dressed in Colors (Femmes Habillées de Couleurs) - 4 drawings
Françoise Leblanc
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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"Femmes - Je Suis Belle" - 4 dessins ("Women - I Am Beautiful" - 4 drawings)
Françoise Leblanc
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.8 x 0 inch
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"Femmes Heureuses" 4 dessins - ("Happy Women" - 4 drawings)
Françoise Leblanc
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.8 x 0 inch
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Roundism 17-08-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 24.1 x 31 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.5 x 12.2 x 0.1 inch
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Danseuses (Dancers)
Françoise Leblanc
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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Femmes entre Elles (Between Them)
Françoise Leblanc
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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Inconscient
ADrÉ
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
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Un homme et une fleur
ADrÉ
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
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Hurt
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
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La Succube II
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch
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Nude VII
Fredy Escobar Vega
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 42 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.5 inch
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Sans titre
Menachem Gueffen
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 31 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch
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Spring welcome
Katarina Vavrova
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 39.4 inch
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Essence vibrante
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
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Elle fait pousser des fleurs
Amor de Agua
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 14.8 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.8 x 0 inch
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Coffee Together
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
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Dans la froideur de l'hiver
Christiane Bernais
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 24 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$432
The Portrait
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0 inch
$487
The Nude
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 14.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 5.7 x 0 inch
$443
The Man with the Telephone
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0 inch
$443
The Nude
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0 inch
$553
Portrait
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0 inch
$553
L'Homme sur le mauvais chemin
Gabriel Froget
Fine Art Drawings - 160 x 60 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 63 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,987
Répit
Gabriel Froget
Fine Art Drawings - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,647
Figure 02190
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$199
The Nude
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 14.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 5.7 x 0 inch
$531
Erotic Scene
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 13 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.1 x 0 inch
$432
The nude
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 13 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.1 x 0 inch
$498
The Posing Nude
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$553
Piano Listeners
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 13.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 5.3 x 0 inch
$553
The Nude (8)
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 13 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.1 x 0 inch
$443
Writing Man
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 8.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.5 x 3.3 x 0 inch
$498
The Atelier
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$553
The Naked Man
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 13 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.1 x 0 inch
$443
The man who reads
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 6.3 x 0 inch
$542
The man who reads
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 12 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 4.7 x 0 inch
$443
The Lover
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$509
Students
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 18 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.7 x 7.1 x 0 inch
$553
The Carriage
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 18 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.7 x 7.1 x 0 inch
$443
The Portrait
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0 inch
$443
The Night
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$332
The girl who reads
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 14 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 5.5 x 0 inch
$498
Man at Rest
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 9.45 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 2.5 x 3.7 x 0 inch
$498
The Symphony Of Autumn
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch
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Spring of Hope
Oyewumi Oyindamola
Fine Art Drawings - 101.6 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 28 x 1 inch
$4,500
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Serie Terra Retrato en fondo beige
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$956
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
The Last Museum Guard at the Last Museum on Earth
Hernan Bas
Print - 49 x 35 cm Print - 19.3 x 13.8 inch
$1,328
The ballet friends
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,213
Inventoriage biométrique
Gopal Dagnogo
Fine Art Drawings - 220 x 220 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 86.6 x 86.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,095
Portrait Drawing for Sale
Portraiture has existed for many centuries. The Greeks produced portraits for funeral and religious rituals; they aimed to “bring back to life those who have passed away." In the Roman era, portraits were often reserved for the ruling figures of society; for example, a warrior would have his portrait painted to illustrate his bravery during a battle. In Europe, it is only during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance that Italian and Flemish painters started to practice the art of portraiture.
In the 14th and 15th centuries, painters created works commissioned by wealthy patrons. Painters sketched out preliminary freehand drawings, which were often then approved by the patron, before beginning to work on their oil paint or, later, watercolor. Facial features were sometimes improved to the detriment of realism, although some painters were known for their ability to reproduce their models' expressions. Some artists worked in great detail while others focussed more heavily on trying to capture the real personality of their model.
For much of its history, portrait not only told a story but it also conveyed a message of power, promoting a well-controlled image to the wider population and establishing the sitter's authority through its circulation. For example, Florentine elites would use paintings and drawings as a mean of controlling their image and establishing their authority. Portraits were a way for someone to live on long after their death. Today we find the faces of aristocracies and the European bourgeoisie in many museums, immortalized by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci or Rembrandt.
The results obtained through drawing depended largely on the tools and materials used. Red chalk was very popular (especially at the beginning of the 16th century) to represent the facial features and the warmth of the skin, while charcoal produced harder lines and pastel created a softer, colorful touch. Artists adapted their technique depending on the subject and the emotion they wanted to convey. The commercialisation of pencils in the nineteenth century made it a popular medium for artists and amateurs alike. Pencil art became more popular and the tool was often used for sketching portraits.
One thing is certain; capturing facial expressions is a demanding art form and the art of portraiture requires a lot of practice. Drawing a face down to its finest details may take hours to obtain the desired result: a protruding jaw, the shape of a skull, thick brows, smiling eyes, dilated pupils… Even more difficult, are children's portraits? It can be difficult to get them to stay still for long. The artist has to be skilled enough to immortalise these men, women and children full of life.
Gradually, sketched portraits became less and less realistic but increasingly daring and experimental in terms of colour. On Artsper, discover drawings by Jean Cocteau, Julien Calot, Alice de Miramon, Philippe Pasqua, Sabine Danzé, Bahareh Navabi and Stéphanie Stindel.
What are some tips for drawing a realistic portrait?
To draw a realistic portrait, start with a good reference photo, pay attention to proportions, use shading to create depth, and focus on capturing the subject's unique features. Practice regularly and don't be afraid to make mistakes.
How do you choose the right materials for portrait drawing?
When choosing materials for portrait drawing, consider the surface texture, color, and weight of the paper, as well as the type and quality of the pencils or charcoal. Opt for high-quality materials that allow for precision and detail, and experiment with different combinations to find what works best for your style and technique.
What are some common mistakes to avoid when drawing a portrait?
When drawing a portrait, it's important to avoid common mistakes such as not paying attention to proportions, neglecting to capture the subject's unique features, and using too much or too little shading. Additionally, it's important to take breaks and step back to assess the overall composition.