Fine Art Pencil Drawings

Fine Art Pencil Drawings

Anyone can draw but not everyone can make good drawings. Pencil drawing is a skill that needs a good foundation on theories because pencil drawing is a blend of theory and proper execution of these theories.  

Practice makes drawing perfect but foundation on the theories and techniques in drawing paves the way for better drawings. Artists are made not born. Unlike medicine or law that one has to have proper education to be equipped with the degree of knowledge, most of the artists around today are self-taught artists. Going to a formal art school is not a pre-requisite before one becomes an artist. Unless if one desires to be a commercial artist or one that works for   companies or newspapers. Using a pencil has many advantages, one of which is that it is very easy to erase one’s mistakes. There are famous people in the world who preferred to use pencils. 

Vincent van Gogh, a notable artist used Faber-Castell pencils. According to him, these pencils were superior. He liked its blackness and found it easy to use.  Pablo Picasso used a pencil with his works of art. Jean Auguste- Ingres made the Portrait of Mme Guillaume Guillon Lethiere. John Constable used a pencil and a sepia wash in his Trees and a Stretch of Water on the Stour. These works are in different famous art galleries and museums around the world. Many years later, Ebenezer Wood in America automated the process of pencil making. Joseph Dixon found a way to mass produce pencils. Hymen Lipman attached the eraser to the pencil. It will e
qually be as fun and challenging as with pencil drawing.