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…
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Rhett Boland
Openness to vulnerability
Rhett Boland
Painting - 92 x 61 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 24 x 1.6 inch
$4,260
Marlow's thoughts (in his dark heart)
Rhett Boland
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
$2,649
A boardroom decision
Rhett Boland
Painting - 110 x 78 x 4 cm Painting - 43.3 x 30.7 x 1.6 inch
$4,274
Pronounce the unpronounceable
Rhett Boland
Painting - 105 x 190 x 1 cm Painting - 41.3 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
$7,179
An indirect disclosure
Rhett Boland
Painting - 90 x 155 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 61 x 0.4 inch
$7,068
Not quite there yet (still invisible)
Rhett Boland
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,945
Michael Burgess
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
$1,010
Wild Birch - Forest
Michael Burgess
Photography - 36 x 51 x 1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch
$1,077
Lion skull
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 71 x 62 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 24.4 x 0 inch
$1,346
Life - Cycles dying sunflower
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 69 x 53 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.2 x 20.9 x 1.6 inch
$1,458
Calm - Rain on Pond
Michael Burgess
Photography - 25 x 56 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 22 x 0 inch
$785
Dante's Inferno - Passage from The Divine Comedy
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 53 x 46 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.9 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$618
Pen & ink wash drawing
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 77 x 56 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30.3 x 22 x 1.2 inch
$698
Janusz Tworek
Judgmental
Janusz Tworek
Fine Art Drawings - 58 x 58 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.8 x 22.8 x 1.6 inch
$2,148
Leslie White
Sparkles on the Yellowstone River
Leslie White
Painting - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$850
Fall River at Estes Park
Leslie White
Painting - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$650
Wildflowers Reaching for the Clouds
Leslie White
Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
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Lady K
Zan Donna
Sans titre 11
Zan Donna
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$180
Sans titre 13
Zan Donna
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$180
Autroportrait avec mon ange
Zan Donna
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1 inch
$280
Marco Fariello
Benedetta
Marco Fariello
Fine Art Drawings - 67 x 51 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$2,244
Still life with vase and fruit
Marco Fariello
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,019
Dialogue with Dionysus
Marco Fariello
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,010
Still life with lemons
Marco Fariello
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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Artemisia Fine Art
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
Miss burlesque star
Artemisia Fine Art
Painting - 79.8 x 79.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31.4 x 31.4 x 2 inch
$4,100
Louise - Mysterious rose collection
Artemisia Fine Art
Painting - 130 x 99.8 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.3 x 1.2 inch
$17,131
Betty - Mysterious rose collection
Artemisia Fine Art
Painting - 130 x 99.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.3 x 1.5 inch
$17,161
Mary Ann - Mysterious rose collection
Artemisia Fine Art
Painting - 130 x 99.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.3 x 1.5 inch
$17,131
Moses - Mysterious rose collection
Artemisia Fine Art
Painting - 130 x 99.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.3 x 1.5 inch
$17,161
Live life as a mermaid!
Artemisia Fine Art
Fine Art Drawings - 64.8 x 55.4 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.5 x 21.8 x 2 inch
$1,200
Miss dirty Martini
Artemisia Fine Art
Painting - 79.8 x 79.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31.4 x 31.4 x 2 inch
$4,100
Elena Disabato
Chroma VII
Elena Disabato
Fine Art Drawings - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch
$980
Several Circles - Kandinsky
Elena Disabato
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch
$3,225
The birth of the world - Miro
Elena Disabato
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 inch
$2,350
Chroma VI - Teardrop
Elena Disabato
Fine Art Drawings - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 16 x 0.3 inch
$470
Lia Chechelashvili
Chaotic dance
Lia Chechelashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$920
Lotus
Lia Chechelashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 16 x 1 inch
$940
Multitude
Lia Chechelashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$2,995
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Oris 4 (série de 40 têtes)
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Painting - 49 x 33 cm Painting - 19.3 x 13 inch
$1,683
Dessin / Sans titre
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$898
Oris 3 (série de 40 têtes)
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Painting - 48 x 28 cm Painting - 18.9 x 11 inch
$1,683
L'énigme de l'attachement Ghost Town Part I & II
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Painting - 60 x 42.5 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 16.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,019
Dessin / Sans titre
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$898
Dessin / Sans titre
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$898
Dessin / Sans titre
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 31.5 inch
$1,122
Dessin / Sans titre
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Fine Art Drawings - 69 x 79 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.2 x 31.1 inch
$898
Molly Greene
Drawing II
Molly Greene
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 14.75 x 2.54 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 5.8 x 1 inch
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Drawing I
Molly Greene
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 14.75 x 2.54 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 5.8 x 1 inch
Sold