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
Leina Picto
Alcides Calizaya
Which one for the people?
Alcides Calizaya
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 inch
$449
The mirror clause
Alcides Calizaya
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 120 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 47.2 inch
$506
Dilemma of the flesh
Alcides Calizaya
Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 90 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 35.4 inch
$989
The well of desires
Alcides Calizaya
Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 90 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 35.4 inch
$618
Toxicity wherever you are
Alcides Calizaya
Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 90 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 35.4 inch
$449
Tiago Magro
Xiao Duzi
Musician
Xiao Duzi
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 26.5 x 0.02 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 10.4 x 0 inch
$1,236
The king decides to be a normal person
Xiao Duzi
Painting - 51.5 x 62 x 0.02 cm Painting - 20.3 x 24.4 x 0 inch
$2,247
Pub no.1
Xiao Duzi
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$830
AFTERNOON TEA
Xiao Duzi
Fine Art Drawings - 19.3 x 27 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.6 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
$539
Musician
Xiao Duzi
Fine Art Drawings - 19.5 x 28 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.7 x 11 x 0.1 inch
Sold
Dancer
Xiao Duzi
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 8.9 x 0.1 inch
Sold
Kohlene Hendrickson
Orchidia-Queen of the Night
Kohlene Hendrickson
Painting - 40 x 30 x 5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 2 inch
$1,910 $1,719
Gigèe
Kohlene Hendrickson
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$3,034
Dyna
Kohlene Hendrickson
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$3,034 $2,731
Gugi Goo
Invisibile words (In between)
Gugi Goo
Painting - 119.4 x 78.7 x 0.3 cm Painting - 47 x 31 x 0.1 inch
$1,094
Kismet (Invisibile Words)
Gugi Goo
Painting - 149.9 x 259.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 59 x 102 x 0.1 inch
$4,175
Kismet (Invisibile Words)
Gugi Goo
Painting - 259.1 x 149.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 102 x 59 x 0.1 inch
$4,175
A mountain keeps an echo deep inside.
Gugi Goo
Painting - 144.8 x 111.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 57 x 44 x 0.1 inch
$2,864
C memory Yu
Gugi Goo
Fine Art Drawings - 58.4 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$386
C memo te
Gugi Goo
Fine Art Drawings - 58.4 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$386
C memory II
Gugi Goo
Fine Art Drawings - 58.4 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$386
Jihye Yoo
Sylvia Elharar-Lemberg
Texte écrit
Sylvia Elharar-Lemberg
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,348
Les anthémis aussi ont fleuri
Sylvia Elharar-Lemberg
Painting - 65 x 58 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 22.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,011
Quai de gare
Sylvia Elharar-Lemberg
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,347
Les millepertuis du jardin
Sylvia Elharar-Lemberg
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$674
Tétragramme violet
Sylvia Elharar-Lemberg
Fine Art Drawings - 67 x 48 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.4 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
$562
Lettre A
Sylvia Elharar-Lemberg
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 49 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,686
Le petit nom dit
Sylvia Elharar-Lemberg
Fine Art Drawings - 40.5 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,124
Tétragramme bleu et violet
Sylvia Elharar-Lemberg
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,247
Claudine Loquen
Marthe en Train de Peindre
Claudine Loquen
Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,573
Emma Bovary
Claudine Loquen
Fine Art Drawings - 14.8 x 10.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.8 x 4.1 x 0 inch
$202
Clotilde Reine Des Francs
Claudine Loquen
Print - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$112
Mignonne Allons Voir Si La Rose !
Claudine Loquen
Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,573
Sophie Blanchard Aéronaute
Claudine Loquen
Fine Art Drawings - 14.8 x 10.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.8 x 4.1 x 0 inch
$202
Elsa Triolet et Les Loups
Claudine Loquen
Print - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$112
Aliénor d'Aquitaine et ses Filles
Claudine Loquen
Print - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$112
Renzo Vespignani
The Woman under a Full Moon
Renzo Vespignani
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$955
Couple of Figures in the Nature
Renzo Vespignani
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 14 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.5 x 0 inch
$539
On the beach
Renzo Vespignani
Painting - 102 x 128 x 0.4 cm Painting - 40.2 x 50.4 x 0.2 inch
$17,979 $16,181
Prochore Tchuidjang
Portrait 7
Prochore Tchuidjang
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$899
Portrait 6
Prochore Tchuidjang
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$899
Portrait 4
Prochore Tchuidjang
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$899
Portrait 2
Prochore Tchuidjang
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$899
Portrait 1
Prochore Tchuidjang
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$899
Portrait 9
Prochore Tchuidjang
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 inch
$1,011
Portrait 5
Prochore Tchuidjang
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$899
Stéphane Lejeune
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
$378
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
$378
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
$378
Nu de femme
Stéphane Lejeune
Fine Art Drawings - 49 x 39 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.3 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch
$444
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
$378
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
$378
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
$378
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
$378