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Andrée
Camille Brès
Fine Art Drawings - 40.4 x 32 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.9 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,716
Nicholose
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 28 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 11 x 0.4 inch
$5,658
Le Patron de la Nef
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 28 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 11 x 0.4 inch
$5,658
The Couples
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$962
Tios y hijos
Nicolas Sanchez
Fine Art Drawings - 43.2 x 35.6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 14 inch
$5,000
Wall Art Drawing/Painting Cat and Three #11272022
Michael Verlangieri
Fine Art Drawings - 76.2 x 111.8 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 44 x 0.1 inch
$7,965
Regard à droite
Jéko
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,358
D’après Le portrait de Christine Boyer
Marion Chombart de Lauwe
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,075
Le Magicien
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 37.5 x 27.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.8 x 10.8 x 0.4 inch
$6,790
Fire Genny
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$6,224
Mariée de 80 ans
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$6,224
Pleureuse
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 37.5 x 25 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$6,790
Le Gendarme
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 23.5 x 15.7 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.4 inch
$6,790
The Danser Girls
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 37.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.8 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,224
The Dancing Girl
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 37.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.8 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,224
Ballet Imaginaire (7)
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 23.5 x 15.7 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.4 inch
$6,224
Pleureuse
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 37.5 x 25 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$6,790
Frère Trophim
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 28 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 11 x 0.4 inch
$6,790
Etoile Rouge
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 22.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.9 x 0.4 inch
$6,790
Ballet Imaginaire
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 23.5 x 15.7 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.4 inch
$6,790
Little Clown
Nina Narimanishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$453
La Masque
Yves Brayer
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 7.3 x 0.1 inch
$973
In a Pink Blouse
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$209
Impossible behaviour-11
Galya Popova
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,811
Impossible behaviour-3
Galya Popova
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,811
Impossible behaviour - 5
Galya Popova
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,811
Untitled (11)
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,224
Untitled (10)
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,224
Untitled (9)
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,224
Untitled (8)
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,224
Untitled (7)
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,224
Untitled (6)
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,224
Untitled (3)
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,224
Untitled (1)
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,224
Portrait of a Woman
František Kupka
Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 34.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 13.6 x 0.4 inch
$130,137
Van Gogh - Resilience
Noir Artist
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$2,490
Martin Luther King - Resilience
Noir Artist
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 27.6 inch
$2,829
Magritte Comedian
Noir Artist
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$2,490
Gandhi - Resilience
Noir Artist
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 27.6 inch
$2,829
Mandela - Resilience
Noir Artist
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 27.6 inch
$2,829
Head study (1585)
Guy Denning
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 8.3 inch
$736
Sans titre, bajo el mismo mar (3)
Baptiste Laurent
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$509
Le York de Jean-Paul
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 14 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3.9 x 5.5 inch
$339
Teiss
Youssef Boubekeur
Fine Art Drawings - 129 x 89 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 50.8 x 35 x 2 inch
$8,148
Lobster dinner at the Carlyle
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Nicholas Ashley Cooper, earl of Shaftesbury
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Sies Marjin
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$800
Belgian Marilyn
Noir Artist
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$2,490
Sans titre
Alexandre Moulis
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$283
Hula Study
Patsy McArthur
Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$1,290
Dargelos
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Fine Art Drawings - 73 x 56 x 1.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.7 x 22 x 0.6 inch
$5,658
Self-Portrait 24.65
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$260
Furioso
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Fine Art Drawings - 131 x 101 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 51.6 x 39.8 x 1 inch
$6,790
Sigisbée
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Fine Art Drawings - 131 x 101 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 51.6 x 39.8 x 1 inch
$6,790
Wagner
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 15.7 inch
$20,369
Ballerina
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$108
Métamorphose I
Chahrazed Fekih
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,150 $1,720
Le Retour d'Ulysse
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Fine Art Drawings - 74 x 102 x 1.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.1 x 40.2 x 0.6 inch
$7,921
Sigisbée
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Fine Art Drawings - 131 x 101 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 51.6 x 39.8 x 1 inch
$6,790
Une scène d'adieux
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.5 inch
$792
Harper draw
Odin Pigelet
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$57
Homme lune
Odin Pigelet
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$57
Girl, lost in her own shadow
Badriot
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 23 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch
$1,132
Call me President
Hossein Borojeni
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 25.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 10 inch
$622
César Archibald
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 120 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$5,658
Antonin
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 120 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$5,658
Les Mamelles de Tirésias
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 37 x 28 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.6 x 11 x 0 inch
$4,074
Costumer Design
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 27 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$3,848
Demain après-midi
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 35.5 x 26 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 10.2 x 0 inch
$4,300
La Traviata - Rodolphe - 2e Acte
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 37 x 28 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.6 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$3,848
Character
Pascal Marlin
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$317 $253
Revolutions
Patsy McArthur
Fine Art Drawings - 84 x 62 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.1 x 24.4 x 0 inch
$2,215
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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.
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.
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.
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.