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
Raoul Ubac
Épreuve d'essai pour logis de terre
Raoul Ubac
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 17 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 6.7 x 0 inch
$447
Joël Kermarrec
Sans titre
Joël Kermarrec
Fine Art Drawings - 62 x 48 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.4 x 18.9 x 0 inch
$893
Fond noir noeud rouge
Joël Kermarrec
Painting - 82 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 32.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,009
Espace Pétrifié & courir avec la tache jaune du bonheur au fond
Joël Kermarrec
Painting - 115 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.3 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$4,019
Robbie Cornelissen
The space of absence
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$1,741
Cloud (Planet)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,451
God is in the details
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 21 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
$1,200
Cloud (Angel)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,741
Cloud (red)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,451
Underworld (red)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 24 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,900
Places (Horreum)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 22.9 x 33 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9 x 13 x 0.1 inch
$1,887
Places (2)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,887
Akira Inumaru
Hymne d'enfants
Akira Inumaru
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
$781
Jardin des lumie?res Roses et Pierres 4
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 30 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$893
Jardin des lumie?res Roses et Pierres 3
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 30 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$893
Jardin des lumie?res Roses et tulipes 1
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,009
Fernando Alday
Hampstead Head
Fernando Alday
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$4,688
Catalunya 1
Fernando Alday
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 39.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 15.6 inch
$279
Religious Forest II
Fernando Alday
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$3,572
Nino Devdariani
Gallery of Shoes N1
Nino Devdariani
Fine Art Drawings - 86 x 62 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.9 x 24.4 x 0 inch
$3,237 $2,752
Gallery of Shoes N3
Nino Devdariani
Fine Art Drawings - 86 x 62 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.9 x 24.4 x 0 inch
$3,237
Gallery of Shoes N2
Nino Devdariani
Fine Art Drawings - 86 x 62 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.9 x 24.4 x 0 inch
$3,237
Mikato
Nino Devdariani
Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 43 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 16.9 x 0 inch
$2,233
Grand Parents N1
Nino Devdariani
Fine Art Drawings - 86 x 62 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.9 x 24.4 x 0 inch
$2,233
Kimono N2
Nino Devdariani
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$1,674
Kimono N1
Nino Devdariani
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 42.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.7 x 0 inch
$2,233
Sunshine in the Universe
Nino Devdariani
Fine Art Drawings - 61.5 x 83 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.2 x 32.7 x 0 inch
$2,233
Sve Gri
Invisible Patterns. Spiral. Ceramic Sculpture, Woman
Sve Gri
Sculpture - 29 x 35 x 6 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 13.8 x 2.4 inch
$871
Monochrome abstract painting. Warm Vibration.
Sve Gri
Painting - 59.6 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.5 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$625
Abstract Calligraphic Brush Drawing. Combing Sound
Sve Gri
Fine Art Drawings - 59.6 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.5 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$659
Gestural abstract painting. Shining Vibration
Sve Gri
Painting - 59.6 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.5 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$625
Gestural abstract drawing. Vibration.
Sve Gri
Fine Art Drawings - 59.6 x 42 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.5 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$603
Three black lines. Abstract brush drawing.
Sve Gri
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 46 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$659
Streamlet. Abstract monochrome brush drawing.
Sve Gri
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 46 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$659
Intuitive Gestural Drawing. Abstract Minimalism. Space Below.
Sve Gri
Fine Art Drawings - 59.6 x 42 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.5 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$625
Alonas Stelmanas
Factory
Alonas Stelmanas
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$435
Meadows near Kaunas I
Alonas Stelmanas
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$770
Fields near Kaunas
Alonas Stelmanas
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$770
Ladscape with Lights II
Alonas Stelmanas
Painting - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,456
Baurjan Aralov
Schnappschuss 1706
Baurjan Aralov
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,340 $1,139
No Title, Coronus
Baurjan Aralov
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$558 $474
Drunken Stories
Baurjan Aralov
Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,898 $1,613
Mom I'm Buiyng a Bike
Baurjan Aralov
Painting - 70 x 53 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,340
Winter Landscape
Baurjan Aralov
Painting - 100 x 53 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,674 $1,423
Edward Zelinsky
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
$525
Beast
Edward Zelinsky
Fine Art Drawings - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 x 0.2 inch
$525
They watch
Edward Zelinsky
Fine Art Drawings - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 x 0.2 inch
$550
Cirque du jus de betterave
Edward Zelinsky
Painting - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.8 cm Painting - 22 x 30 x 0.3 inch
$325
Tilted Landscape
Edward Zelinsky
Fine Art Drawings - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$320
Susan Wooler
Summer tree
Susan Wooler
Fine Art Drawings - 27.9 x 38.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 15 x 0.1 inch
$110
XXL Stillwater Reflections
Susan Wooler
Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 4.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,037
XXL Solace of Dawn
Susan Wooler
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,277
XXL Tranquil Shores
Susan Wooler
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,303
XXL late afternoon sunset
Susan Wooler
Painting - 75.9 x 102.1 x 2 cm Painting - 29.9 x 40.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,086
XXXL Morning istm
Susan Wooler
Painting - 80 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,253
XXL embracing nature
Susan Wooler
Painting - 75.9 x 102.1 x 2 cm Painting - 29.9 x 40.2 x 0.8 inch
$887
XXXL A beautiful escape
Susan Wooler
Painting - 80 x 119.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.8 inch
$1,247
David Sipko
Homer's Head
David Sipko
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$295