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Soleil, graine et reine des prés
Marie Labat
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$539
Linge volant et arum
Marie Labat
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$539
Le Chapeau
Sébastien Boismoreau (BEUS)
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 14 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.5 x 0 inch
$449
Mon film #3
Sébastien Boismoreau (BEUS)
Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 20.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.2 x 8.1 x 0 inch
$337
Chinese doll
Cekyka Art
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.02 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$324
50 Nuances de Frida Kahlo III
Jérôme Bourgeot
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$325
50 Nuances de Frida Kahlo II
Jérôme Bourgeot
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$325
50 Nuances de Frida Kahlo I
Jérôme Bourgeot
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$325
Ophidienne influenceuse
Michèle Coudert
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$393
Femme feuille
Michèle Coudert
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$449
Marie Antoinette
Michèle Coudert
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$449
Madame Füssli en rose
Michèle Coudert
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$449
L’emperruqué
Michèle Coudert
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$449
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
$202
Femme au chapeau
Alban Garachon
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 inch
$370
Dessin n°101
Marta Grassi
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$785
Effusioni
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$112
Personages, 1980
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$167
Figure summary, 1976
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$168
Figure summary 1978 DESTOCKAGE The image expresses itself!!
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$56
Figure summary, 1979
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$168
Personaggio, 1978
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$168
Personages, 1978
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$110
Personages, 1978
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$112
Personages, 1981
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$168
Portrait, 1978
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$168
Figura, 1979
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$224
Portrait Capet
Barthélémy Amoros
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
$505
Portrait en pied
Pascal Marlin
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 17.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 6.9 x 0 inch
$202
Portrait en pied
Pascal Marlin
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 17.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 6.9 x 0 inch
$202
Portrait en Pied
Pascal Marlin
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 17.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 6.9 x 0 inch
$202
Portrait en pied
Pascal Marlin
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 6.1 x 0 inch
$202
Portrait en pied
Pascal Marlin
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 17.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 6.9 x 0 inch
$202
Couple noir et blanc
Pascal Marlin
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 51 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch
$449
Personnage baroque
Pascal Marlin
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$280
Héloïse et Abélard
Marcoleptique
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$314
In the car
Mr Popart
Fine Art Drawings - 13.2 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.2 x 6.1 x 0 inch
$224
Sun shine too much
Mr Popart
Fine Art Drawings - 155 x 13.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 5.2 x 0 inch
$224
Bad Santa
Mr Popart
Fine Art Drawings - 15.5 x 6.6 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.1 x 2.6 x 0 inch
$135
Defferre VS Gaudin
Marcoleptique
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 27 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 10.6 inch
$381
Sortir les vers du nez
Marcoleptique
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 7.9 inch
$337
Le dompteur pensif
Korsé
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch
$505
La multitude déchue (dessin n° 14 A)
Peter Gnass
Fine Art Drawings - 101.1 x 66 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.8 x 26 x 0.1 inch
$6,283
Expressions
Karim Benchebra
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$4,824
Origines
Karim Benchebra
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$2,693
Un café de Paris
Carmen Selma
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$271
Un café près du Pompidou (2)
Carmen Selma
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$271
Une pluie légère (1)
Carmen Selma
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$271
La plage de Néritès
Carmen Selma
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$427
Poutine go to war
Blankman
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$168
Réminiscence
Valérie Abadie
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 26 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 10.2 x 0.4 inch
$438
Sans Titre (dessin)
Antoine Marquis
Fine Art Drawings - 73 x 49.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.7 x 19.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,254
Naomie Campbell catwalk
Michael Roberts
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 46 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 18.1 x 0.2 inch
$505
Miss
Dominique Pourchet
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$123
Jojo
Dominique Pourchet
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$123
Hypolite Mourand
Dominique Pourchet
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 17 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 6.7 x 0 inch
$151
Amédé
Dominique Pourchet
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 17 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 6.7 x 0 inch
$151
Aimable
Dominique Pourchet
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 17 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 6.7 x 0 inch
$151
Reference Woman #2
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 33 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 13 inch
$898
Reference Woman #1
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
$898
The mansion
Raphaelle Emery
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$393
American dream
Raphaelle Emery
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$258
Benoît le chanceux
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$1,683
Bonjour Tristesse
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$1,683
En campagne
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$1,683
La Marche des Éléphants
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$1,683
L'art de la Guerre
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$1,683
Le Bon, la brute et le truand
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$1,683
Aux Innocents les mains pleines.
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$1,683
Le chevalier blanc
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$1,683
Le meilleur d'entre eux
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$1,683
Le vert est dans la pomme
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$1,683
Objet Politique Non Identifié
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$1,683
Le Vicomte
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$1,683
Josephine Baker
Frog$kin
Fine Art Drawings - 13.2 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.2 x 6.1 x 0 inch
$168
Les petites culottes - Etude 2
Noël Granger
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.3 inch
$62
La jeune fille à la perle
Barthélémy Amoros
Fine Art Drawings - 5 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 2 x 1.6 inch
$393
D'apres Vivian Maier Intérieur train
Barthélémy Amoros
Fine Art Drawings - 5 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 2 x 2 inch
$337
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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 $1,020
The Last Museum Guard at the Last Museum on Earth
Hernan Bas
Print - 49 x 35 cm Print - 19.3 x 13.8 inch
$1,346
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
$1,794
Her Softness
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,683 $1,027
Mickey Mouse Soldier
Belart Collective
Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,233
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
$1,111
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.