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
Nello Petrucci
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Nello Petrucci
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 25 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 9.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,674
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Nello Petrucci
Fine Art Drawings - 52 x 42 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.5 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,456
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Nello Petrucci
Fine Art Drawings - 56.5 x 34.5 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.2 x 13.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,791
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Nello Petrucci
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 40 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$3,014
Chahrazed Fekih
Abeille I (3)
Chahrazed Fekih
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$134
... C’est Naturel !
Chahrazed Fekih
Photography - 20 x 10 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.9 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
$558
Abeille I (4)
Chahrazed Fekih
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$134
Abeille II
Chahrazed Fekih
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$145
Abeille I
Chahrazed Fekih
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$134
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
$2,121
Red ladybug
Chahrazed Fekih
Fine Art Drawings - 40.5 x 59.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.9 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,898
Dali Nazarishvili
Northern Lights
Dali Nazarishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 35.5 x 47.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 18.7 x 0 inch
$1,674 $1,423
Dream of a Lady
Dali Nazarishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 47 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 18.5 x 0 inch
$2,233
Sunset
Dali Nazarishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,674
Dawn
Dali Nazarishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 35.5 x 47.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 18.7 x 0 inch
$1,674
Abstraction
Dali Nazarishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 47 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 18.5 x 0 inch
$3,349 $2,846
Still life
Dali Nazarishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 46 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$2,233
Composition of Flowers
Dali Nazarishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 35.5 x 48 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 18.9 x 0 inch
$2,233
Gaelle Beyaert
La musicienne Ukrainienne
Gaelle Beyaert
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 22 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$324
La grande embarcation
Gaelle Beyaert
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 32 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
$435
La tortue lutte
Gaelle Beyaert
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 22 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$324
Cytis
Gaelle Beyaert
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 32 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
$435
L'Arbre de Brocéliande
Gaelle Beyaert
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 32 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
$435
Le Petit ilot
Gaelle Beyaert
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 22 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$324
Li Qingyan
Birdsong Valley
Li Qingyan
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$893 $759
Thousand Miles a Day Back
Li Qingyan
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$893
Lily Maiden
Li Qingyan
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$893
Water Town
Li Qingyan
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$893
Landscapes
Li Qingyan
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$893
Lotus 1
Li Qingyan
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$893
Lotus Pond Heron Figure
Li Qingyan
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$893
Dancing Cranes
Li Qingyan
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$893
Ana Pérez Pereda
8 actos de genuflexión
Ana Pérez Pereda
Sculpture - 200 x 20 x 8 cm Sculpture - 78.7 x 7.9 x 3.1 inch
$1,340
Estudios de Secuencias diacrónicas
Ana Pérez Pereda
Print - 150 x 60 x 1 cm Print - 59.1 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$4,532
Nueve secuencias en horizontal
Ana Pérez Pereda
Print - 31 x 145 x 1 cm Print - 12.2 x 57.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,567
El tiempo en las minas de Ojos Negros
Ana Pérez Pereda
Print - 134 x 121 x 1 cm Print - 52.8 x 47.6 x 0.4 inch
$9,935
Hilvanar el horizonte
Ana Pérez Pereda
Print - 70 x 192 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 75.6 x 0.4 inch
$9,488
Ekaterina Shitova
Metamophosis. The Soul.
Ekaterina Shitova
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$558
Emigration for love
Ekaterina Shitova
Painting - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$335
Festive
Ekaterina Shitova
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$558
Homage to Matisse: Fall into Antiquity
Ekaterina Shitova
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 x 0 inch
$558
That's what makes you a goddess
Ekaterina Shitova
Painting - 21 x 29 x 0.1 cm Painting - 8.3 x 11.4 x 0 inch
$335
What's the point, cat? Paws.
Ekaterina Shitova
Painting - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$335
Ludmila Korets
The Night
Ludmila Korets
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 15 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch
$893
The Winter
Ludmila Korets
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 14 x 1.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inch
$893
In front of the mirror
Ludmila Korets
Painting - 18 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.1 x 3.9 x 0 inch
$558
ADrÉ
Olga Radionova
Tree of Life #1
Olga Radionova
Sculpture - 55 x 41 x 14 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 16.1 x 5.5 inch
$5,719
StarFall. Item 2
Olga Radionova
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$447
Starfall. Item 3
Olga Radionova
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$447
Starfall. Item 4
Olga Radionova
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$447
Starfall. Item 5
Olga Radionova
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$447
Starfall. Item 6
Olga Radionova
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$447
Tree of Life #3
Olga Radionova
Sculpture - 50 x 55 x 12 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 21.7 x 4.7 inch
$5,490
Nanci Erskine
Grasslands Nocturne
Nanci Erskine
Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 14 x 0.1 inch
$195
Prairie Nocturne
Nanci Erskine
Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 14 x 0.1 inch
$195
Evening Pathway
Nanci Erskine
Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 14 x 0.1 inch
$195
Been Here Before
Nanci Erskine
Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 14 x 0.1 inch
$195
Through the Trees,
Nanci Erskine
Fine Art Drawings - 22.9 x 19.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch
$195
Grove,
Nanci Erskine
Fine Art Drawings - 21.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.5 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$195
Kristina Malashchenko
A piece of the sea
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,395
Mascarade
Kristina Malashchenko
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
$547
Serene sailboat at sunset
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 23 x 31 x 0.1 cm Painting - 9.1 x 12.2 x 0 inch
$614
We are just like other people…
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,395
Woman in love
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,507