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My Fifty Shades Of Graphite: Incredibly Realistic Drawings Of Historical Buildings
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My Fifty Shades Of Graphite: Incredibly Realistic Drawings Of Historical Buildings

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I am an architect with a huge passion for hand drawing and history.

I combined these passions by portraying historical buildings and monuments, as a way to revive them and to keep them alive.

I believe hand drawing should still play a crucial role even in the digital era and architects should not dislearn to represent architecture through ‘traditional” tools. My drawings are made by using mainly graphite, by pencils from 6H to 9B.

I like to push the drawing to its limits to reach a level of strong realism to the point where it becomes hard to distinguish whether the drawing is still a drawing or it becomes something stronger. My goal is to push this limit even further.

Drawing is a passion for me and an addiction, but it also requires a huge patience and despite being very time-consuming, it can be very relaxing and distressful.

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    I am an architect with a huge passion for hand drawing and history. I love portraying historical buildings and monuments . My drawings are made by using mainly graphite. I like to push the drawing to its limits to reach a level of strong realism to create something that goes beyond the paper.

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    Francesco Messina

    Francesco Messina

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    I am an architect with a huge passion for hand drawing and history. I love portraying historical buildings and monuments . My drawings are made by using mainly graphite. I like to push the drawing to its limits to reach a level of strong realism to create something that goes beyond the paper.

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