FIVE*THINGS ARTISTS HAVE ACHIEVED WITH BALLPOINT PENS
Around the world on all kinds of paper, artists are using smooth, long lasting (and sometimes free) ballpoint pens to showcase their abilities. Both scribbles and hyper realistic shading caught our imagination.
MOSTAFA. KHODEIR The art
VINCE LOW (left)
shows the world dyslexia is a blessing, not a curse.
groups I joined seem to be outdated. When I clicked his hyper realistic sketch of a marble statue (2016) to see more, I saw he had a show... in 2017.
FRANK CHO collected his unique drawings in Ballpoint Beauties (2019). The book includes processes and methods to help fans.
ILO KÜNST (above center)
Watch him scribble https:// youtu.be/n_FCEwdY9fA @DAVIDE_DRAWING (above
right) also sketches hands OSCAR UKONU, (left) “Blue Boy,” 2019, Lagos, Nigeria
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Art Department Weekly • February 23, 2021
