Fine Art and You

Conor Walton  was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1970. In the year 1993, he got BA (dual degree in History of fine art and fine art) from NCAD Dublin. In the year 1995 he got MA in art history and theory from university of Essex, UK( with distinction). Currently he lives in Wicklow with wife Jane…

Wow is the word that came to my mind when I saw these incredible pencil drawing works by Shanghai, China based drawing artist Paul. Each and every art piece by this artist is mind blowing and seems to be a replica of a photograph.

Eyes are probably one of the most beautiful, important and interesting attire or a part of human face. You can easily judge the emotions of a person by having a look at his eyes!  Isn't  it? It is rightly said that eyes are a direct way to peep into anyone’s heart.

Megha Maynak Born in 1989, Ms. Megha Maynak  is a young Indian artist graduated from Mumbai’s Rachana Sansad College of Fine Arts in India. She stays with her family in her “City of Dreams  Mumbai.” Her past works has been exhibited at  NCPA, Piramal Art Gallery in Mumbai, 2010 and Ark Art …

Ben is a Belgian visual artist who was born on June 1983 in Ivory Coast.  I love the art of Ben Heine who works on the principal of pencil drawing v/s camera.  He first takes down a photograph then he overlays a section of the same photo with some photo of his own hand which shows him holding th…

Artist Statement: I always try through my art to ascribe emotions up to a unique approach, mine. I use mostly pencils, but I have also used oils , acrylics, pastels and water colours . I try and look forward to touch my own version of perfection, and this is something that only time can tell. Ple…

Drawing with Charcoal Why I love charcoal? Charcoal Charcoal is a wide counterpart of pencil and is very similar to it; it can be used for drawing, shading, blending etc. But if we compare charcoal and pencil then I must say that charcoal medium is more expressive and gives an artist s…

Hi all,  Hope to find you all in best of spirits :) Today, i have come up with quick tips to draw realistic eyes with pencil shading. As we all know that to draw realistic eyes is crucial for any portrait drawing. They make immense difference to a portrait. The best way to learn how to draw real…

For the shading purpose, pencil can be hold in two ways: Writing Position. Writing Position Underpalm Position. Underpalm Position Writing Position is the most commonly used for sketching and shading. Underpalm position can used for more forceful sketching and shading of portraits. It…

How many of you love pencil shading?? I guess you answer must be in the positive side. :) There is rare to find an individual on this planet who don't appreciate arts, crafts, drawing, pencil shading and coloring. In this and subsequent articles My aim is to strengthen and improve your skill…