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
Joanna Raad
Enfance en apesanteur
Joanna Raad
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 42 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$996
Impression Chebanieh
Joanna Raad
Painting - 58 x 68 x 0.5 cm Painting - 22.8 x 26.8 x 0.2 inch
$1,800
The little girl and the horse
Joanna Raad
Painting - 20 x 29 x 0.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.4 x 0.2 inch
$837
Lost in the Luna park
Joanna Raad
Painting - 38 x 41 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15 x 16.1 x 0.2 inch
$1,080
R. Cavalié
N° 680 Lactation à Saint Bernard (fragment)
R. Cavalié
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 32 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch
$606
N° 1240 Lac de Tibériade. Do-Beïtenou.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$606
N° 1244 Jéricho, Jéricho !
R. Cavalié
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$583
N° 1241 Mer de Galilée. Do-Beïtenou.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$561
N° 1237 Saint-Jean d’Acre 4.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$606
N°1242 Bet She’an. Scythopolis 1.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$606
N° 1236 Saint-Jean d’Acre 3.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$561
Mercedes Aparicio
La Force de la Terre
Mercedes Aparicio
Painting - 21 x 31 x 2.5 cm Painting - 8.3 x 12.2 x 1 inch
$2,244 $1,907
Au Fond de L’océan
Mercedes Aparicio
Fine Art Drawings - 52.3 x 40.5 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.6 x 15.9 x 1.2 inch
$4,712 $4,005
La Mer Cantabrie
Mercedes Aparicio
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,132 $1,812
L’amour du Coeur
Mercedes Aparicio
Painting - 73 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$5,609 $4,768
L´origine de la Vie
Mercedes Aparicio
Painting - 53 x 53 x 4.3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 20.9 x 1.7 inch
$4,712 $4,005
Soleil, Mer Et Poissons
Mercedes Aparicio
Painting - 35 x 35 x 1.7 cm Painting - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.7 inch
$2,693
La Force du Coeur
Mercedes Aparicio
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$6,283 $5,340
Vikenti Komitski
Feel Free to Fall
Vikenti Komitski
Fine Art Drawings - 47 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.5 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$1,290
Always Here, Never There
Vikenti Komitski
Print - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$931
Casserole with Kinder Surprise
Vikenti Komitski
Sculpture - 34 x 30 x 20 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 11.8 x 7.9 inch
$3,702
NAUGHTY BY CULTURE from Blue Drawings
Vikenti Komitski
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 45 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,290
Christine Zanella
Being is love / 431
Christine Zanella
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,099
Being is love / 435
Christine Zanella
Painting - 10 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting - 3.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch
$180
Being is love / 433
Christine Zanella
Painting - 9.5 x 9.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 3.7 x 3.7 x 0 inch
$180
Being is love / 434
Christine Zanella
Painting - 9.5 x 9.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 3.7 x 3.7 x 0 inch
$180
Beingislove / 313
Christine Zanella
Painting - 25.4 x 25.4 x 0.1 cm Painting - 10 x 10 x 0 inch
$729
Being is love / 425
Christine Zanella
Painting - 25.4 x 25.4 x 0.1 cm Painting - 10 x 10 x 0 inch
$785
Being is love / 308
Christine Zanella
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,099
Being is love / 389
Christine Zanella
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$729
Christos Kalfas
Radeau
Christos Kalfas
Fine Art Drawings - 67 x 103 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.4 x 40.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,805
La culture de nos ambitions
Christos Kalfas
Painting - 90 x 100 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 inch
$4,488
Retrouver les bons souvenirs
Christos Kalfas
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,683
Corné Akkers
Park Hoog Oostduin 14-09-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 24.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.5 x 0.1 inch
$320
The Meeting -15-02-22
Corné Akkers
Painting - 59.9 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$6,284
Clingendael 31-08-22
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 24.1 x 31 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.5 x 12.2 x 0.1 inch
$336
Art Deco Nude 20-08-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 24.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.5 x 0.1 inch
$322
Darja Collin 27-09-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 24.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.5 x 0.1 inch
$322
Solarized Roundism 01-07-22
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 21.1 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,598
Rusalka, Free floating in Ukrainian waters 28-02
Corné Akkers
Painting - 59.9 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$6,231
Ode to Tamara de Lempicka 31-03-22
Corné Akkers
Painting - 60.2 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 23.7 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$5,884
Jose Luis Pascual
Alberto Ziveri
Students
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 18 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.7 x 7.1 x 0 inch
$561
Piano Listeners
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 13.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 5.3 x 0 inch
$561
The Atelier
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$561
Portrait
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0 inch
$561
Painter
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0 inch
$449
The Night
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$337
Man at Rest
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 9.45 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 2.5 x 3.7 x 0 inch
$505
The Portrait
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0 inch
$449
Jean Dubuffet
Activation XXXIX
Jean Dubuffet
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.3 inch
$37,023
Femme nue et femme vêtue
Jean Dubuffet
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 21.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 8.5 inch
$37,023
Les vaches
Jean Dubuffet
Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 32 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 12.6 inch
$50,485
Affiche - Coucou Bazar - Grand Palais
Jean Dubuffet
Print - 76 x 53 cm Print - 29.9 x 20.9 inch
Sold
Sergio Barletta
Portrait of Guelfo Bianchini
Sergio Barletta
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 32 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch
$673
Totem
Sergio Barletta
Fine Art Drawings - 71 x 50 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$617
Collage
Sergio Barletta
Fine Art Drawings - 35.5 x 25.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 9.9 x 0 inch
$561
Paloma Castello
Rita Hayworth, The Castelloland Series
Paloma Castello
Photography - 69.9 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,250
Goddess Circe. Amphora
Paloma Castello
Sculpture - 50 x 34.3 x 34.3 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 13.5 x 13.5 inch
$1,600
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
Goddess Artemis. Stamno
Paloma Castello
Sculpture - 39.9 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$1,600
Helios. Neon Light Box. Wall Sculpture
Paloma Castello
Sculpture - 61 x 46 x 15 cm Sculpture - 24 x 18.1 x 5.9 inch
$1,500
Nostalgia. Neon Light Box Wall Sculpture
Paloma Castello
Sculpture - 61 x 46 x 15 cm Sculpture - 24 x 18.1 x 5.9 inch
$1,500
Venus. Neon Light Box. Wall Sculpture
Paloma Castello
Sculpture - 61 x 46 x 15 cm Sculpture - 24 x 18.1 x 5.9 inch
$1,500
La Mer Poseidon. Neon Light Box Wall Sculpture
Paloma Castello
Sculpture - 61 x 46 x 15 cm Sculpture - 24 x 18.1 x 5.9 inch
$1,500