Pencil Drawing

October 9, 2012

Massive Pencil Mural Wins $200,000 Art Prize

Drumrolls, please. After more than 47,000 voters cast 412,560 votes, the ArtPrize 2012 winner was finally announced last Friday. Taking home the grand prize of $200,000 was Adonna Khare, an elementary school art teacher turned stay-at-home mom who created a massive mural of a menagerie of animals all by pencil.

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August 9, 2012

Photorealistic Pencil Portraits of Animals

I came across these animal drawings by Sydney-based artist Jaimee Paul and was amazed by just how realistic they looked. (The fur! The feathers!) Growing up on a farm in New Zealand with eight dogs, four cats, two horses and many lambs, she's used to being surrounded by animals. It's no wonder then, that now she focuses on them. “They have such personality, they're so complex and every one is so different.

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June 29, 2012

Photorealistic Pencil Drawings of the Human Eye

What is it about the human eye that is all at once mysterious and revealing? These organic orbs that are said to be the windows to the soul express a world of knowledge and memories whose allure is heightened by their reflective nature. There are so many intricacies to the human eye that can be difficult to capture in a photograph let alone in a graphite drawing, yet illustrator Armin Mersmann (aka nimra)

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April 26, 2010

Photorealistic Pencil Drawings of Lady Gaga (2 pieces)

17-year-old artist Rajacenna has created the most photorealistic pencil drawings of a person we've ever seen! Using only pencil, tissue, and a kneaded eraser, Rajacenna draws the current queen of pop and almosts fools us into believing they're black and white photos. Reminds us of Paul Lung's incredible pencil portraits. Rajacenna More Amazing Photorealistic Art: 20 Photorealistic Celebrity Pencil Portraits Photorealistic Flesh Drawings by Cath Riley (11 pics)

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