Like many pencil artists, Picasso's drawing was a portrait patterned after a photograph. In his case, it was an image he had seen in a newspaper during the Langata Primary School land-grabbing saga.

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A n artist has gone viral on TikTok (seriously viral, it has 2.3million views at the time of writing) for his absolutely breathtaking photorealistic portrait of his mother. The vi ...

Hockney, now 86, is unusual among his peers for his fidelity to drawing and to portraiture. Even when art-world fashions were fixated with abstraction and high-concept art he stuck to tradition.

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The event, running from June 25 to June 27, will feature more than 1,500 lots of vintage and antique furnishings and fine art. Among them is the 1969 pencil drawing by Lowry, which depicts Jane ...

As for drawing implements, she suggests soft pencils (Cass Art, £9.95) and a proper rubber (Amazon, £2.99). But, most of all, she’s a big fan of drawing in pen and recommends you reach for ...

It's truly a pencil art drawing we'd frame and hang up on our wall. If you're interested in having your car transformed into a drawing, we recommend DM'ing Orhan on his Instagram @orhanozvatan.