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This website has been created to share the passion and dedicate to providing informations regarding the art of of representational (realistic)charcoal and pencil drawing. Whether you are an artist, a student, collector or an art lover, you will likely find what you are looking for from our diverse categories of contents.

You may browse through and find inspirations from our selections of master-works.We have great examples of beautiful pieces by the masters from 17th century to contemporary artists.

If you are looking for drawing lessons, check out our excellent tutorials designed for beginners as well as advanced, introducing the basic fundamentals, it thoroughly covers the important basis for becoming a good draughtsman.

You can also see our demonstrations section for your amusement or for learning experiece and see the art being created. Many are in video format as well as step by step stills with explananations. These demonstrations are courtesies of various contemporary draughtsmen.

If you are a collector or looking to commission pencil or charcoal portraits, we have an excellent selection of various great contemporary artists offering their services. The prices vary, as well as the styles, so you will most likely find what you are looking for. Also enjoy our book recommendations, supplies recommendations, and more.

Great works have been often overlooked because the masters are always more known for their large finished oil paintings, so their drawn works were considered just studies or preliminaries for their final projects.

This art is unique for its simplicity and free spirited nature. It is a very honest form of art and nothing beats the freshly executed master charcoal drawings.

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