Drawing: What are the best drawings of celebrities/famous people you've ever seen. Академия И.Глазунова | 363 photos. Silva brothers. Karl Gnass Modeling Form. Hyper-real pencil drawings look just like photos. Paul Cadden's painstaking portraits look like they were taken by a camera They say the camera never lies - but these images prove you can't believe everything you see as they are not photos at all. Instead they are amazingly highly detailed pencil drawings, the work of Scottish artist Paul Cadden. Every hair, wrinkle and bead of water in these images has been drawn by hand, mainly with a pencil, in a pain-staking process which takes up to six weeks to produce a single picture. The poster size pieces on A1 (80cm x 60cm) or A0 (1.2m x 80cm) paper sell for up to £5,000 each.
Paul Cadden Solent Dubbed hyper-realism, Cadden's work is featuring in a new London exhibition which brings together work by artists who craft such intricate drawings and paintings they look just like photographs. It is not until you get up really close to the finished pieces that you can tell how they have been created. Cadden, 47, from Glasgow, has been drawing since he was a child. Wood you believe it? Who needs a camera? Caroline Andrieu. A graduate of the Atelier de Sèvres and EPSAA, Caroline Andrieu is the art director of Condé Nast digital’s department for its Vogue & GQ websites. Caroline, fascinated by drawing and realistic outlines, has contributed to magazine such as Vanidad and SoChic, designs for the young Gat Rimon brand and regularly contributes to Diesel Fragrance Factory website.