July 7, 2014 at 12:54 pm

An Artist Drew These With Just A Pencil

by twistedsifter

Can you believe these were drawn with just a pencil? Paul Stowe is an artist currently based out of Shanghai, China. The artist is well-known on deviantART where he goes by the moniker Paul-Shanghai.

Stowe uses a combination of traditional and mechanical pencils along with erasers, blending stumps/sticks and tissue to create his hyperrealistic drawings. Many of the drawings are based on source images found online. I have listed the sources where available.

To see the complete gallery, check out Paul Stowe on deviantART.

[via psn_clawdenx on reddit]

1. Running Water
4B pencil, eraser, blending stump
Source photo by Aaron Kneile

Artwork by PAUL STOWE
deviantART | Twitter

2. Eye Splash
Mechanical 4B Pencil, traditional pencils 4H to 8B, erasers
Source photos by s-horizon, gyuszi02

Artwork by PAUL STOWE
deviantART | Twitter

3. Absorption
HB 4B and 8B pencils, erasers, tissue and blender
50 cm x 46 cm on bristol board
Source photo via Christophe Miossec

Artwork by PAUL STOWE
deviantART | Twitter

4. Water Dragon
0.5mm Mechanical 4B pencil, blending stump, eraser
70 cm x 40 cm, paper

Artwork by PAUL STOWE
deviantART | Twitter

5. Splash
4B 0.5mm pencil, traditional 4H to 6B pencils, erasers and blending stump

Artwork by PAUL STOWE
deviantART | Twitter

6. Mads Mikkelsen (aka Hannibal)
8B, HB and 4H traditional pencils, 4B 0.5mm Mechanical Pencil, eraser, blending stump

Artwork by PAUL STOWE
deviantART | Twitter

7. Freedom!!!____Oh No!
Mechanical 4B pencil, 8B & 4H Traditional, tissue paper to blend

Artwork by PAUL STOWE
deviantART | Twitter

8. Jude Law Portrait

Artwork by PAUL STOWE
deviantART | Twitter

9. Cheers!!
4H, HB, 2B and 8B, Mechanical Pencil 4B (0.5mm), Eraser

Artwork by PAUL STOWE
deviantART | Twitter

10. Contemplation
4H, HB, 4B and 8B Pencils, eraser, pencil blending stick

Artwork by PAUL STOWE
deviantART | Twitter

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Categories: ART
Tags: · black and white, drawing, hyper-realistic