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Empress Louiza
YZ (Yzeult)
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$999
Un homme et une femme
Jean-Luc Celereau de Clercq
Fine Art Drawings - 32.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,054
Anais Nin - Doyennes in profile
Edvarda Braanaas
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
$4,218
Serie Bailando 9
Arancha Tejedor
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$133
Outside
Amandine Urruty
Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 91 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 35.8 x 1.6 inch
$4,440
On ne peut pas m’arrêter
Marcela Zemanova
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$610
1985 Pierrot
Sarah Wiame-Peclard
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$655
I Mirror
Tigran Tsitoghdzyan
Fine Art Drawings - 203.2 x 142.2 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 56 x 2 inch
$36,000
Tallulah Bankhead
Paloma Castello
Fine Art Drawings - 41.9 x 29.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch
$500
Two Women
Paul César Helleu
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$10,545
Untitled XXIX
Julieta Intergalactica
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 14.8 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.1 inch
$266
You look at me sadly, Nevo 1
Nevelin Ivanov
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$166
Henriette
Raoul Dufy
Fine Art Drawings - 50.5 x 46 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.9 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$1,665
Queen J
Alexandre Granger
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,998
Poésie 34
Yanne Kintgen
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 24 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,387
Boy#5, Cigar
Dominique Dève
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$222
Reflet - Autoportrait
Valérie Abadie
Fine Art Drawings - 44 x 56 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.3 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$4,440 $3,996
Red figures
Waleria Matelska
Fine Art Drawings - 40.5 x 25.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.9 x 10 x 0 inch
$333
Double standard 17. From The Series doble sStandard
James Bonachea
Fine Art Drawings - 57.9 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
Untitled
Duván López
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$666
Zoro
Christian Zeimert
Fine Art Drawings - 77 x 57 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30.3 x 22.4 x 0.2 inch
$888
Dondi flower
Lassana Sarr
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$999
Personnage à la houppe
Georges Bru
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 7.9 inch
$1,165
Sans-titre
Marcel Chirnoaga
Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 24.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.2 x 9.6 inch
$1,387
Aquarelles graphiques 3
Agathe Wagner
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 46 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$888
Rejoicing
Haibat Balaa Bawab
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 100 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$6,600
Le chahut des pensées
Magali Trivino
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,887
Dancing above the Fire
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$544
Three men looking right - V1 - 2023
Tehos
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$400
Letter to Hieronymus Bosch
Adam Niemczyc
Fine Art Drawings - 32.5 x 40.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.8 x 15.9 inch
$1,554
The King and the Queen
Ewa Kutylak
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 19 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 7.5 inch
$388
Woman
Simon Goldberg
Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.7 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$333
AWD XL Black
Ashley Wood
Fine Art Drawings - 42.5 x 30.5 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.7 x 12 x 0.8 inch
$1,998
Les Belles Canapéennes 9
Mylène Vignon
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$466
Portrait of Man
Paul Ascan Demmé
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 37 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 14.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,221
Écran noir
Marie-Ange Daudé
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$7,492
Woman
Charles Guerin
Fine Art Drawings - 20.5 x 22 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.1 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$877
D'autres destinées
Danielle Desplan
Fine Art Drawings - 57 x 38 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 15 x 0.1 inch
$666
Sans titre
Davide Cicolani
Fine Art Drawings - 82 x 54 cm Fine Art Drawings - 32.3 x 21.3 inch
$1,332
Lonzo Ball Pelicans
Johnathan Ball
Fine Art Drawings - 50.8 x 40.6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 16 inch
$1,800
Face II
Olivier Furter
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,443
Leoni's dreams 1
Clément Herrmann
Fine Art Drawings - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$1,110
Le messager
Maryse-Anne Couteau
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 10 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,554
1952 Paris Portrait
Kam Zin Choon
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 45 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,054
Portait 8
Prochore Tchuidjang
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$888
Juliette and her Greyhound - Dog sitter - Fashion
Artemisia Fine Art
Fine Art Drawings - 54.9 x 54.9 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.6 x 21.6 x 2 inch
$1,100
Hockey Girl
Guillaume Cavalier
Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$950
Sans titre
Gérard Garouste
Fine Art Drawings - 78 x 58 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30.7 x 22.8 inch
$15,540
Sans Titre
Mohammadi Zabihollah
Fine Art Drawings - 29.1 x 20.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.5 x 8.1 inch
$943
Portrait
Albert Fernand-Renault
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$555
Women
Guelfo Bianchini
Fine Art Drawings - 50.5 x 36 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.9 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
$888
Just a fine person
Teodor Genov – Pastedko
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch
$333
Portrait of Albert Schweitzer
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 74 x 65 x 2.54 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.1 x 25.6 x 1 inch
$999
Benedetta
Marco Fariello
Fine Art Drawings - 67 x 51 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$2,220
Earthquake AGADIR 1960 Tremblement de terre
Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine
Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.5 x 8.3 inch
$2,109
La Mère Fénollan (la Mère marchande)
Edouard Eugène Vallet
Fine Art Drawings - 37 x 23 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.6 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,120
Cléopâtre d'après Michelangela
Laurent Perbos
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,066
La Libia
Gabriele Galantara
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 24.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 9.6 x 0 inch
$1,221
Ancient Egyptian Woman Figure
Mario Molinari
Fine Art Drawings - 34.5 x 16.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.6 x 6.4 x 0 inch
$555
Portrait of Woman
François Chapuis
Fine Art Drawings - 55 x 39 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.7 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,776
Madame
Léa Vandeveld
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$805
Woman
Erhard Klepper
Fine Art Drawings - 41.5 x 29.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.3 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch
$777
Jeune femme coiffure Charleston et robe bleue
Charles Émile Moïse Hornung
Fine Art Drawings - 64.5 x 51.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 20.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,371
Expressionisme
Alban Garachon
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 27 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 10.6 inch
$555
Edith
Gaelle Beyaert
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$622
Fanatic moreno
Reinaldo Chavez
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 13.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.3 inch
$377
Invité au repas 15
Roger Decaux
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$999
Sans titre
Adam Nidzgorski
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 20 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
$721
Das Zimmer im zweiten Stock / La chambre au deuxième étage
Franz Roth
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
$721
Portraits de mains
Jean Robert (Ipoustéguy)
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 49 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 19.3 x 0.2 inch
$610
Retrato 1
Juan Sebastian Barbera
Fine Art Drawings - 75.9 x 55.9 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 inch
$1,400
Untitled drawing
Clemens Briels
Fine Art Drawings - 27.9 x 26.7 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 10.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,200
Portrait de femme amérindienne
Edouard Morerod
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 20 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$914
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Serie Terra Retrato en fondo beige
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$959
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
$1,775
The Last Museum Guard at the Last Museum on Earth
Hernan Bas
Print - 49 x 35 cm Print - 19.3 x 13.8 inch
$1,332
Portrait #2. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Portrait Drawing for Sale
Portraiture has existed for many centuries. The Greeks produced portraits for funeral and religious rituals; they aimed to “bring back to life those who have passed away." In the Roman era, portraits were often reserved for the ruling figures of society; for example, a warrior would have his portrait painted to illustrate his bravery during a battle. In Europe, it is only during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance that Italian and Flemish painters started to practice the art of portraiture.
In the 14th and 15th centuries, painters created works commissioned by wealthy patrons. Painters sketched out preliminary freehand drawings, which were often then approved by the patron, before beginning to work on their oil paint or, later, watercolor. Facial features were sometimes improved to the detriment of realism, although some painters were known for their ability to reproduce their models' expressions. Some artists worked in great detail while others focussed more heavily on trying to capture the real personality of their model.
For much of its history, portrait not only told a story but it also conveyed a message of power, promoting a well-controlled image to the wider population and establishing the sitter's authority through its circulation. For example, Florentine elites would use paintings and drawings as a mean of controlling their image and establishing their authority. Portraits were a way for someone to live on long after their death. Today we find the faces of aristocracies and the European bourgeoisie in many museums, immortalized by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci or Rembrandt.
The results obtained through drawing depended largely on the tools and materials used. Red chalk was very popular (especially at the beginning of the 16th century) to represent the facial features and the warmth of the skin, while charcoal produced harder lines and pastel created a softer, colorful touch. Artists adapted their technique depending on the subject and the emotion they wanted to convey. The commercialisation of pencils in the nineteenth century made it a popular medium for artists and amateurs alike. Pencil art became more popular and the tool was often used for sketching portraits.
One thing is certain; capturing facial expressions is a demanding art form and the art of portraiture requires a lot of practice. Drawing a face down to its finest details may take hours to obtain the desired result: a protruding jaw, the shape of a skull, thick brows, smiling eyes, dilated pupils… Even more difficult, are children's portraits? It can be difficult to get them to stay still for long. The artist has to be skilled enough to immortalise these men, women and children full of life.
Gradually, sketched portraits became less and less realistic but increasingly daring and experimental in terms of colour. On Artsper, discover drawings by Jean Cocteau, Julien Calot, Alice de Miramon, Philippe Pasqua, Sabine Danzé, Bahareh Navabi and Stéphanie Stindel.
What are some tips for drawing a realistic portrait?
To draw a realistic portrait, start with a good reference photo, pay attention to proportions, use shading to create depth, and focus on capturing the subject's unique features. Practice regularly and don't be afraid to make mistakes.
How do you choose the right materials for portrait drawing?
When choosing materials for portrait drawing, consider the surface texture, color, and weight of the paper, as well as the type and quality of the pencils or charcoal. Opt for high-quality materials that allow for precision and detail, and experiment with different combinations to find what works best for your style and technique.
What are some common mistakes to avoid when drawing a portrait?
When drawing a portrait, it's important to avoid common mistakes such as not paying attention to proportions, neglecting to capture the subject's unique features, and using too much or too little shading. Additionally, it's important to take breaks and step back to assess the overall composition.