Ink Drawing for Sale

Drawing is undoubtedly one of the oldest forms of human expression, with the use of the pictograph as early as prehistoric times. If ink drawing has been present in many periods, and in a very widespread way in Asia, its forms and representations seem to diversify especially from the 19th century. Following the rise of industrial production, technical drawing (or industrial drawing) developed and was clearly distinguished from artistic drawing. In fact, it became very codified and aimed at communicating very precise information about a manufacture or a use. Thus, in the same vein, we find fashion drawings for example. Drawing also seems to be very present in the fields of design or architecture...

There are many drawing techniques: charcoal, pencil, dry or oil pastel, chalk, colored pencils... and of course ink!

For a long time reserved for writing, ink is gradually making its way into art. Diluted, mixed or pure, ink offers an almost infinite palette of nuances. A quality ink must be fluid and fix instantly on the paper. It marks the white sheet of paper by leaving a trace whose installation and drying time are relatively fast. There are several types of ink that can be used for drawing.

The best known? The Indian ink. It appeared nearly 5000 years ago, this black ink, very qualitative, brings a brilliant effect to the drawing. It became popular in Europe in the Middle Ages, where it was first used to decorate manuscript illuminations. It is also found in the Renaissance in the field of printing. From a formal artistic point of view, the great names of the time such as Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach or Titian began to use it in engraving. Artists found other uses for it in the 19th and 20th centuries.

The ink of walnut, quite widespread because it can be manufactured in large quantities, is the only ink that is perfectly compatible with writing with a fine pen. More fragile to light but no less popular for decorative drawing or illustration, colored inks are composed of special pigments similar to those used in watercolors.

Probably the most famous ink artwork in the world remains "The Great Wave of Kanagawa" by the great Japanese master Hokusai: the first in the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji". Imitated but never equaled, the Wave with its light tones of white and grey-blue is a print surfing on Western and Eastern artistic influences.

Are you in love with Hokusai's poetry or simply curious to explore this unique artistic genre? Emerging and established artists are waiting for you in our selection dedicated to ink drawing: discover Éléonore Deshayes, Lali Torma or Manuel Santelices! Don't wait any longer to look for the rare gem...

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Shui Qiu

Fine Art Drawings - 210 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 82.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€7,282

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Shui Qiu

Fine Art Drawings - 144 x 144 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 56.7 x 56.7 x 0 inch

€10,922

The Castellan

Florisa Cordova

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

€250

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JP Malot

Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch

€200

Caligraff 11

Richard Saint-Amans

Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€300

Caligraff 10

Richard Saint-Amans

Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€300

Panoply

Edward Zelinsky

Fine Art Drawings - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 x 0.2 inch

€478

Forêt magique

Emma Plesse

Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€270

Charlie Chaplin

Noël Granger

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

€90

Humidity and trace #23

Jorge Dávalos

Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 14 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.5 inch

€240

Humidity and trace #21

Jorge Dávalos

Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 14 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.5 inch

€240

Loneliness Can Reach the Moon

Becky Lam

Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 24 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

€3,300

Immerse with Lotus

Becky Lam

Fine Art Drawings - 44 x 24 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.3 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

€3,450

The name

Long-Deng Xiong

Fine Art Drawings - 88.5 x 95.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 34.8 x 37.6 x 0 inch

€10,300

La Chambre Des Phantasmes

Boris Pramatarov

Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 27 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 10.6 inch

€5,175

Dream of a Carnival

Boris Pramatarov

Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 27 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 10.6 inch

€5,175

La Dimora delle Cose

Giuseppe Uncini

Fine Art Drawings - 108 x 149 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 42.5 x 58.7 x 0 inch

€18,000

La Station Spatiale Sovietique

André Robillard

Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 39.4 inch

€4,400

La Savane Africaine

André Robillard

Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 39.4 inch

€4,400

Homme au porte-voix

Tadeusz Kantor

Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 11.6 x 0 inch

€11,000

Femme aux cruches n.17

Julio Gonzalez

Fine Art Drawings - 16.3 x 12.7 x 0.02 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.4 x 5 x 0 inch

€16,000

Sketch 12. Teatr BOTO. Sopot

Tetiana Ocheredko

Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€319

Sketch 11. U misia. Bistro Gdynia

Tetiana Ocheredko

Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€319

Madonna

Atom Hovhanesyan

Fine Art Drawings - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.03 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 22 x 0 inch

€91,020

Lordly (Pen08)

Atom Hovhanesyan

Fine Art Drawings - 101.5 x 66 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 26 x 0 inch

€40,959

Nu de femme

Stéphane Lejeune

Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 29 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch

€336

'YO! Mao on blue'.

JP Malot

Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€900

Cra-Cra-Cra

Riccardo Buonafede

Fine Art Drawings - 25.5 x 35.6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 14 inch

€310

Pulse

Riccardo Buonafede

Fine Art Drawings - 20.5 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.1 x 11.4 inch

€250

Alpha

Richard Saint-Amans

Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€250

Country Man

Nina Narimanishvili

Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 28 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 11 x 0 inch

€370

Sans titre

Gwendoline Hausermann

Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 33 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 13 inch

€450

Encre diluée 1

André Ferrand

Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 51 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 20.1 inch

€900

Relation entre les lignes

Gwendoline Hausermann

Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 19 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 7.5 inch

€450