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
Sandra Vásquez de la Horra
Llanto Piramidal
Sandra Vásquez de la Horra
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 27 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
€5,800
Baja la Mascara
Sandra Vásquez de la Horra
Fine Art Drawings - 37 x 24 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.6 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
€6,500
La Fuerza
Sandra Vásquez de la Horra
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 27 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
€6,500
Katia Kameli
Le Cantique des oiseaux, Le Hibou
Katia Kameli
Sculpture - 26 x 26 x 36 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 10.2 x 14.2 inch
€7,000
Zoème, déesse des oiseaux
Katia Kameli
Painting - 45 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€4,500
Les Poissons et le Cormoran
Katia Kameli
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 31 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 12.2 x 0.1 inch
€5,500
Le Cantique des oiseaux, Le Héron
Katia Kameli
Sculpture - 49 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
€7,500
Le Cantique des oiseaux, Le Faucon
Katia Kameli
Sculpture - 33 x 17 x 15 cm Sculpture - 13 x 6.7 x 5.9 inch
€8,000
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
€1,500
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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
€2,200
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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
€2,700
Maylis Bourdet
Slow light on the way
Maylis Bourdet
Painting - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,980
Encre I
Maylis Bourdet
Fine Art Drawings - 36.5 x 47 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.4 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
€560
Le Pont des Brumes
Maylis Bourdet
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,960
Encre II
Maylis Bourdet
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 44 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch
€560
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
€1,500
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
€1,500
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
€2,000
Sunset
Dali Nazarishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,500
Abstraction
Dali Nazarishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 47 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 18.5 x 0 inch
€3,000
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
€2,000
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
€2,000
Still Life With Plant
Dali Nazarishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 47.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.7 x 14 x 0 inch
€2,000
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
€290
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
€290
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
€390
Cytis
Gaelle Beyaert
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 32 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
€390
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
€390
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
€290
Kiro Urdin
Untitled
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
€5,500
Untitled (5)
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
€5,500
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
€5,500
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
€5,500
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
€5,500
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
€5,500
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
€5,500
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
€800
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
€800
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
€800
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
€800
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
€800
Landscapes
Li Qingyan
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
€800
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
€800
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
€800
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
€1,200
Lentamente lugares
Ana Pérez Pereda
Fine Art Drawings - 181 x 60 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 71.3 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€8,500
Estudios de Secuencias diacrónicas
Ana Pérez Pereda
Print - 150 x 60 x 1 cm Print - 59.1 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€4,060
Nueve secuencias en horizontal
Ana Pérez Pereda
Print - 31 x 145 x 1 cm Print - 12.2 x 57.1 x 0.4 inch
€2,300
Hilvanar el horizonte
Ana Pérez Pereda
Print - 70 x 192 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 75.6 x 0.4 inch
€8,500
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
€500
Emigration for love
Ekaterina Shitova
Painting - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€300
Festive
Ekaterina Shitova
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€500
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
€500
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
€300
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
€300
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
€800
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
€800
In front of the mirror
Ludmila Korets
Painting - 18 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.1 x 3.9 x 0 inch
€500