13 October 2009

Incredibly Realistic Ballpoint Pen Drawings by Juan Francisco Casas

What is blue, about 10 feet tall and takes several ballpoint pens to make?

One of Juan Francisco Casas' drawings, based on a photograph and recreated with only a blue pen.  The 32 year old Spanish artist submitted his first realist ball point-pen drawing at a national competition in 2004 - and won second prize!

Casas received a Ph.D in Fine Arts from the University of Granada in Southern Spain in 2006 where he taught for six years.  In  2007, he moved to Rome after winning a grant from the Spanish Academy there.
The only drawback of using ballpoint pens, says Casas, is that  one can not erase mistakes and can just hope to make them early on. No wonder then that one large drawing can take Casas up to two weeks to make.  I simply HAD to find some more pictures,   so Ive added them to a slide show... Truelly briliant tallent!!!









15 comments:

  1. Oh My Goodness!!! those are amazing, they look like photographs!!! and they are huge!!! Thanks for posting Angie, really really interesting

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  2. Truly beautiful! Thanks for posting!

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  3. G'day John.. YES I actually scrolled past one of the pictures thinking it was a photo, whilst I was looking for the drawings. Im pleased you enjoyed viewing them.. Thanks for yr input John and I hope yr doing well.

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  4. Your very welcome Sam, and Im glad that you enjoyed viewing the pics. I agree.. they are beautiful and as John said, so life like!. Some people amaze me with the talents they possess. Hope your having a good week.

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  5. Good morning Dana and thanks for stopping by. I agree.. totally awesome.

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  6. Yes, I have a strong appreciation of the hyper-realist movement ... although this chap seems to live large ... so to speak.

    ~KJ

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  7. Howdy KJ... yes he certainly does. Id love to see his art close up, even though they do look amazing in the pics . they must really be something else up close and personal, dont you think? I wonder why he does them so large.. could be something to research I suppose.

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  8. All that work for such strange choice of study hehehe.

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  9. such incredible talent is always impressive and inspiring....love it!

    (lol you do find the most amazing stuff Ange)

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  10. Actually Mimi Ive always been rather interested in anatomy .... so I love this guys work. I google image searched more of his work today and added the slide show above.. was thinking I would love to see him draw animals too. Really wow'ed me. .. oh .. and G'day x

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  11. thanks Heather.. I love finding this stuff and yack yack yack for days to Glenn about the stuff that I read on line.... So it is really nice to share it with others. Glad you enjoy them too. Hope yr enjoying yr first week in the new job. AND give that little Scottie Terrier a cuddle from me.. he is just the cutiest little dog. Angie

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  12. Just opening this blog up for more people to check it out. I think his art work is amazing

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  13. Just opening this blog up for more people to check it out. I think his art work is amazing

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