Behind every great work of art is a process that is rarely talked about or acknowledged. Sketches are the first step in turning a great piece of art into a symbol that everyone knows. Seeing an artist at work is often much more interesting and personal than looking at their finished work. Drawings and sketches are the least appreciated kinds of art. People's ideas about artists as geniuses who always get it right on the first try have been shattered.

An artist's sketchbook is more of a rough draft of an idea, with lines roughly lined up to show how the finished piece of art might be laid out. Depending on the artist and how much time they have, the sketchbook may have many different kinds of drawings. When an artist doodles out ideas like this, it makes the viewer feel like they know the artist and the work, which makes the work much more interesting. There are many works and artists who are well-known because a few of their drawings are so good. 

On PaintingZ, drawings and sketches can also be reproduced by our artists. The most famous drawing artists include Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519), Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 – 1564), Rembrandt (1606 – 1669), Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780 – 1867), and Edgar Degas (1834 – 1917). Our previous art projects include Renaissance drawings with brown ink, charcoal, and pen sketches. We can also frame your drawings or sketches with matte, backboard, and glaze. 

The most renowned and prolific sketch and study artists include Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775 -1851), François Boucher (French, 1703 -1770), Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863 -1944), John Singer Sargent (American, 1856 -1925), Ramon Casas y Carbó (Spanish, 1866 -1932), Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin (Russian, 1832 -1898), Paul Signac (French, 1863 -1935), Charles-Joseph Natoire (French, 1700 -1777), Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev (Russian, 1878 -1927), among others.