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Realistic Ballpoint Pen Drawings That Take Me Up To 300 Hours (Part 2)
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Realistic Ballpoint Pen Drawings That Take Me Up To 300 Hours (Part 2)

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Ballpoint pen art was born recently as an independent direction. This trend is gaining popularity and as the movement of impressionism at the time, ballpoint pen is rapidly gaining the momentum now.

Many erroneously believe that the work in ballpoint pen is not durable, yet we know of many old manuscripts that survived to our days.

Andrey Poletaev

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Andrey Poletaev

Andrey Poletaev

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I am a professional artist specializing in graphics and ballpoint pen art. I worked in just about every medium you can think of, but I was always drawn to my childhood hobby of drawing with a basic ballpoint pen. In order to create a wonderful piece of art, one doesn’t need a very extensive workshop or spend a lot of money on the art supplies. With a basic ballpoint pen and a sheet of paper you can create a masterpiece.

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Andrey Poletaev

Andrey Poletaev

Author, Community member

I am a professional artist specializing in graphics and ballpoint pen art. I worked in just about every medium you can think of, but I was always drawn to my childhood hobby of drawing with a basic ballpoint pen. In order to create a wonderful piece of art, one doesn’t need a very extensive workshop or spend a lot of money on the art supplies. With a basic ballpoint pen and a sheet of paper you can create a masterpiece.

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Dorothy Berry-Lound
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lovely to see more of your work. I see your point about durability but I wondered if you have to use some sort of fixative when you have finished?

Michel Guntern
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd like to see these in the flesh; up close; live. They are so amazingly life-like.

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Dorothy Berry-Lound
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lovely to see more of your work. I see your point about durability but I wondered if you have to use some sort of fixative when you have finished?

Michel Guntern
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd like to see these in the flesh; up close; live. They are so amazingly life-like.

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