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
Michael Burgess
Portrait of Albert Schweitzer
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 74 x 65 x 2.54 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.1 x 25.6 x 1 inch
€900
Wild Birch - Forest
Michael Burgess
Photography - 36 x 51 x 1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch
€960
Christ - Stations of the Cross, Number XI
Michael Burgess
Print - 46 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€1,200
Life - Cycles dying sunflower
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 69 x 53 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.2 x 20.9 x 1.6 inch
€1,300
Calm - Rain on Pond
Michael Burgess
Photography - 25 x 56 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 22 x 0 inch
€700
Dante's Inferno - Passage from The Divine Comedy
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 53 x 46 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.9 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
€551
Pen & ink wash drawing
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 77 x 56 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30.3 x 22 x 1.2 inch
€622
Janusz Tworek
Judgmental
Janusz Tworek
Fine Art Drawings - 58 x 58 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.8 x 22.8 x 1.6 inch
€1,915
Leslie White
Sparkles on the Yellowstone River
Leslie White
Painting - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
€826
Glodeo Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
Leslie White
Painting - 27.9 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11 x 16 x 0.1 inch
€729
Fall River at Estes Park
Leslie White
Painting - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
€632
Wildflowers Reaching for the Clouds
Leslie White
Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
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Lady K
Marco Fariello
Benedetta
Marco Fariello
Fine Art Drawings - 67 x 51 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
€2,000
Still life with vase and fruit
Marco Fariello
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,800
Dialogue with Dionysus
Marco Fariello
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€900
Still life with lemons
Marco Fariello
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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Artemisia Fine Art
Juliette and her Greyhound - Dog sitter - Fashion
Artemisia Fine Art
Fine Art Drawings - 54.9 x 54.9 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.6 x 21.6 x 2 inch
€1,069
Miss burlesque star
Artemisia Fine Art
Painting - 79.8 x 79.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31.4 x 31.4 x 2 inch
€3,985
Miss black knight
Artemisia Fine Art
Painting - 79.8 x 79.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31.4 x 31.4 x 2 inch
€3,985
Louise - Mysterious rose collection
Artemisia Fine Art
Painting - 130 x 99.8 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.3 x 1.2 inch
€16,652
Mary Ann - Mysterious rose collection
Artemisia Fine Art
Painting - 130 x 99.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.3 x 1.5 inch
€16,652
Moses - Mysterious rose collection
Artemisia Fine Art
Painting - 130 x 99.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.3 x 1.5 inch
€16,681
Live life as a mermaid!
Artemisia Fine Art
Fine Art Drawings - 64.8 x 55.4 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.5 x 21.8 x 2 inch
€1,166
Miss dirty Martini
Artemisia Fine Art
Painting - 79.8 x 79.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31.4 x 31.4 x 2 inch
€3,985
Elena Disabato
Chroma VII
Elena Disabato
Fine Art Drawings - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch
€953
Several Circles - Kandinsky
Elena Disabato
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch
€3,135
The birth of the world - Miro
Elena Disabato
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 inch
€2,284
Chroma VI - Teardrop
Elena Disabato
Fine Art Drawings - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 16 x 0.3 inch
€457
Lia Chechelashvili
Chaotic dance
Lia Chechelashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
€894
Multitude
Lia Chechelashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 22 x 0.1 inch
€2,911
Whimsical dance
Lia Chechelashvili
Painting - 71.1 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28 x 20 x 1 inch
€2,887
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Oris 4 (série de 40 têtes)
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Painting - 49 x 33 cm Painting - 19.3 x 13 inch
€1,500
Dessin / Sans titre
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
€800
Oris 3 (série de 40 têtes)
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Painting - 48 x 28 cm Painting - 18.9 x 11 inch
€1,500
L'énigme de l'attachement Ghost Town Part I & II
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Painting - 60 x 42.5 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 16.7 x 1.6 inch
€1,800
Dessin / Sans titre
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
€800
Dessin / Sans titre
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
€800
Dessin / Sans titre
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 31.5 inch
€1,000
Dessin / Sans titre
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Fine Art Drawings - 69 x 79 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.2 x 31.1 inch
€800
Molly Greene
Drawing I
Molly Greene
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 14.75 x 2.54 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 5.8 x 1 inch
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Amber MA
Look at yourself
Amber MA
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 17 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 6.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,350
Unstable fantasy
Amber MA
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 22.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 8.9 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
The legend of Fig Boys
Amber MA
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
Circle game
Amber MA
Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€1,400
Blu_451
Paradis perdu, âme dévorée
Blu_451
Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 29 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch
€450
The bluebird
Blu_451
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 25 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
€500
La beauté du monde
Blu_451
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 25 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
€260 €234
L’Art du Bonheur
Blu_451
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€350
Momento lirico - Vanité aux ginkgos
Blu_451
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
€450 €405
Le miroir de ton âme
Blu_451
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 37 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 14.6 x 0.4 inch
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