Pen Drawing

December 28, 2013

Amazing Ballpoint Pen and Gold Leaf Drawings by Rebecca Yanovskaya

Toronto-based artist Rebecca Yanovskaya recently completed the second piece in her Winged series of ballpoint pen and gold leaf drawings on Moleskine. Called Descent of Man, the bowing angel took the artist about two weeks to fully create. It's the sequel to the first piece shown below called Ascent of Man and the Destruction of Magic. The artist was inspired to create the series after a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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May 10, 2013

Man Finds Incredibly Detailed Pen Drawings on Styrofoam Cup

On a routine visit to his car dealership in Norman, Oklahoma, Redditor SquishyMcPhee came across a styrofoam cup that had been left behind by a former customer, but he immediately knew that it was no ordinary cup. The tiny container was covered in intricately crafted doodles with a simple ballpoint pen. Every inch of the cup is meticulously designed with patterns, text, and characters, as though it were a premeditated execution.

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