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Sistine Chapel. Rajacenna Draws Celebrity Portraits. Rajacenna is an 18-year-old self-taught artist from the Netherlands who draws the most realistic portraits I have ever seen, using only pencils.

Rajacenna Draws Celebrity Portraits

I’m a big fan of realistic drawings, and I’ve previously featured amazing works like the pencil drawings of Paul Lung, the ballpoint pen portraits of Juan Francisco Casas, or Cristina Penescu’s detailed scratchboard masterpieces, but at only 18 years of age Rajacenna is in a league of her own. Born in 1993, she started modelling for various Dutch companies when she was only 4, and at 5 years old she made her first appearance on television. She starred in films, soap-operas and tv-series and at 12 she became the host of Kinderjournaal, the first Dutch web-tv for kids. She only took up drawing in 2009, and although she had never taken any art classes she produced some stunning pieces. Now that's how to doodle: The incredible pictures that look like photographs drawn with a ball point pen. By Leon Watson Published: 09:43 GMT, 24 August 2012 | Updated: 13:51 GMT, 24 August 2012 If you think these incredible images are photos, think again.

Now that's how to doodle: The incredible pictures that look like photographs drawn with a ball point pen

The Guardian on Facebook. 40 Of The Most Powerful Photographs Ever Taken. Minimal Bollywood Posters. Advertising Ka Kamaal - An Academic Look at Advertising... Libraries of the Rich and Famous: Part Three. Apparently Parts One and Two weren’t enough for you – you wanted more.

Libraries of the Rich and Famous: Part Three

Don’t we all? More books, more nooks, more time to read. Here are four more extravagant libraries to whet your appetites. Now, if I could just figure out how to get inside of one of these grand ladies, I’d be a happy girl. Harlan Crow, real estate magnate from Dallas, Texas. Inception Explained - An interactive animated infographic.