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
Albert Gonzalo
Indigo XXIV
Albert Gonzalo
Fine Art Drawings - 65.5 x 50.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.8 x 19.9 x 0 inch
$2,019
Dogon cococrilo falso
Albert Gonzalo
Fine Art Drawings - 70.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,019
Bianca Caloi di Grassi
My Path has been stretched
Bianca Caloi di Grassi
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,301
Binary Emotions Nuances
Bianca Caloi di Grassi
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 25 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 9.8 x 1.2 inch
$965
Structured Flow Combinations 1, 2 and 3
Bianca Caloi di Grassi
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,116
Hope is in between
Bianca Caloi di Grassi
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 25 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 9.8 x 1.2 inch
$965
My Path under construction
Bianca Caloi di Grassi
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,311
The time that PATH peacefully 1 and 2 (diptyque)
Bianca Caloi di Grassi
Fine Art Drawings - 82 x 84 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 32.3 x 33.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,311
Monsieur Térez
La mort me va si bien !
Monsieur Térez
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 25.6 inch
$337
### Songe dans une nebuleuse rouge de patates célestes orangées...
Monsieur Térez
Painting - 130 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,693
Chimère dans un azur vert de patates cosmiques bleues... + cadre T'es vu, patate crue!
Monsieur Térez
Print - 54 x 54 cm Print - 21.3 x 21.3 inch
$1,010
Josette for Never ou l’erreur de jeunesse
Monsieur Térez
Sculpture - 59 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture - 23.2 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch
$2,019
Shwe Shwe, portrait de Doudou
Monsieur Térez
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 45 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 17.7 inch
$280
Cock-a-doodle-do
Monsieur Térez
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 45 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 17.7 inch
$337
Merdel de borde!
Monsieur Térez
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 25.6 inch
$337
Fuck, Fuck & Refuck
Monsieur Térez
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 25.6 inch
$337
Olivier Tenedor
Les Mange-Peurs, La Nuit + Collage
Olivier Tenedor
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 33 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13 x 0.4 inch
$224
Les Mange-Peurs, La Nuit + Collage
Olivier Tenedor
Print - 50 x 33 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 13 x 0.4 inch
$224
Les Mange-Peurs, La Nuit
Olivier Tenedor
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 33 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13 x 0.4 inch
$224
Les Mange-Peurs, La Nuit + Collage
Olivier Tenedor
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 33 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13 x 0.4 inch
$224
Les Mange-Peurs, La Faiblesse (poudre d'argent)
Olivier Tenedor
Print - 50 x 33 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 13 x 0.4 inch
$224
Les Mange-Peurs, La Faiblesse (poudre d'or)
Olivier Tenedor
Print - 50 x 33 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 13 x 0.4 inch
$224
Renee Anastase
Lilac Luster
Renee Anastase
Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 91.5 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 36 x 0.2 inch
$2,917
Silver Linings 2
Renee Anastase
Painting - 121.92 x 91.44 x 3 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.2 inch
$6,058
Thiemoko Claude Diarra
Prayer for Kinshasa
Thiemoko Claude Diarra
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,907
Pride or prejudice
Thiemoko Claude Diarra
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,244
Angel as demon
Thiemoko Claude Diarra
Sculpture - 31 x 30 x 11 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 11.8 x 4.3 inch
$898
Temerity
Thiemoko Claude Diarra
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,212
Above the rabbit hole
Thiemoko Claude Diarra
Painting - 50 x 69.5 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,019
Go tell it on the trees
Thiemoko Claude Diarra
Painting - 89.5 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35.2 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,019
Look who's blowing in the wind !
Thiemoko Claude Diarra
Painting - 32 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$1,683
Atelier Vionnet
Robe jaune 1 ref BDNW11665
Atelier Vionnet
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.3 inch
$359
Ensemble fourrure vert 108 ref BDNW11774
Atelier Vionnet
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.3 inch
$359
Robe rouge 248 ref BDNW11914
Atelier Vionnet
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.3 inch
$359
Manteau noir et blanc 246 ref BDNW11912
Atelier Vionnet
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.3 inch
$359
Écharpe noire et blanche 245 ref BDNW11911
Atelier Vionnet
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.3 inch
$359
Écharpe marron 244 ref BDNW11910
Atelier Vionnet
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.3 inch
$359
Écharpe noire blanche et rouge 240 ref BDNW11906
Atelier Vionnet
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.3 inch
$359
Écharpe noire et blanche 239 ref BDNW11905
Atelier Vionnet
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.3 inch
$359
One KBCA
Shellfish gatherer
One KBCA
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.8 x 0.101 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$644
Man with a paper airplane
One KBCA
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.8 x 0.101 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$592
Bird in the nest
One KBCA
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.8 x 0.101 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$592
Labor
One KBCA
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.8 x 0.101 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$592
Bearded with parrots
One KBCA
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.101 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$370
Man with a hat and a dog
One KBCA
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.101 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$482
Man with a hat riding a donkey
One KBCA
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.101 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$482
Man drinking cachaça
One KBCA
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.101 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$482
Korsé
Volatiles
Korsé
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 42 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,122
Judith Christine Riemer
The Dreamplanter
Judith Christine Riemer
Painting - 95 x 115 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch
$3,758
Shadow tiger
Judith Christine Riemer
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$550
Wassertropfen-Symphonie
Judith Christine Riemer
Painting - 95 x 115 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,782
Think outside the box
Judith Christine Riemer
Painting - 60 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$1,907
Dream it, wish it, do it
Judith Christine Riemer
Painting - 70 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,132
Soft Summer Eve
Judith Christine Riemer
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$774
Hide and Seek
Judith Christine Riemer
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$774
What flows, grows
Judith Christine Riemer
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,580
Christopher Hughes
The River Wye. Chepstow to Rhayader
Christopher Hughes
Fine Art Drawings - 22.1 x 62 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 24.4 x 0.4 inch
$815
Malvern Sparrowhawk
Christopher Hughes
Fine Art Drawings - 24.9 x 35.1 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$537
Red Kite. Carreg Cennen, Wales
Christopher Hughes
Fine Art Drawings - 24.9 x 35.1 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$548
Lucca. Tuscany, Italy
Christopher Hughes
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$557
Gordes. Provence
Christopher Hughes
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$557
Tuscan Landscape. Orcia Valley. Tuscany
Christopher Hughes
Fine Art Drawings - 24.9 x 35.1 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$510
Montepulciano. Tuscany. Italy
Christopher Hughes
Fine Art Drawings - 24.9 x 35.1 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$510
Daniele Steardo
Moi, grand-mère et Simeon du desert
Daniele Steardo
Fine Art Drawings - 150 x 110 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
$7,292
Anti-romantique
Daniele Steardo
Fine Art Drawings - 150 x 110 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
$7,292