Pencil Drawing

September 28, 2018

Artist Merges Cartography with Ink and Pencil Drawings to Create Beautiful Portraits

British artist Ed Fairburn uses maps as his canvas to create incredible portrait drawings. Each detailed work merges the topographic lines of cartography with the hand-drawn contours of the subject’s face, resulting in a captivating coexistence between landscape and humanity. Rendered using traditional drawing materials such as ink and pencil, Fairburn starts by making gradual changes to various types of maps to “tease out” the human form.

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January 31, 2018

6 Colored Pencil Artists Who Masterfully Create Lifelike Drawings

Colored pencils are commonly associated with being art supplies for children, but as savvy adults know, they are versatile tools for drawing at any age. The utensils come in a variety of hues and have a waxy finish, allowing you to blend colors like you would oil or acrylic paint. Thanks to this malleable characteristic, it’s possible to create artwork that looks like a photorealistic painting.

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March 28, 2017

Nigerian Artist Spends Up to 200 Hours Creating Hyperrealistic Pencil Portraits

Nigerian artist Arinze Stanley creates hyperrealistic pencil art that captures the spirit of his subjects. His incredible portraits, which can take up to 200 hours to complete, are nuanced artworks that tell as much about Stanley's patience and dedication as they do about the sitter. Stanley's interest in art was sparked early in life by the paper that surrounded him at his family's paper mill.

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June 5, 2014

Photorealistic Color Pencil Drawing of Two Monkeys Hugging

Artist Colin Prestage created this incredibly tender portrait of two monkeys hugging in a piece called Sticking Together. The photorealistic drawing, made using just colored pencils, took the artist weeks to complete. It was a challenge both technically and mentally. “As anyone who creates art in a realist method can testify, it takes a lot of patience and a lot of practice,” he says.

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