Ghanaian Contemporary African artist Enam Bosokah creates these hyper-realistic portrait drawings using simple ball point pens and pencils.
"There is no name for the style of drawing I do. There are a lot of lines and minute squares. I have not named my style as I will always change it, I didn't want to keep to one confinement. It's a freestyle."
"I work in the evening, late in the night where I can draw without interruption. I can come back to a painting after a long time, unless I am commissioned to do a piece for a client. I do what I feel like doing at what time. But roughly, it takes about 3-4 days to make a piece."
"Art within me keeps growing and growing. I don't know where the painting thing is going to take me, but I am willing to explore. I want to get deep into my subject and focus on that inner being of my subject and that it what I try to capture, the essence of a person through an original portrait drawn only with a ball point pen."
"I want the public to know that I am just a young artist who is craving to do more. I really don't feel like I found my time in art just yet. For some time now we have big names come from Europe, Asia, and America. But here I am, I am coming from Africa. I want to make it all the way to the top. I want to be in so many different countries wanting my work. Regardless of what medium: my pen works, my sculptures, my paintings. 20 years from now, I want records of my art and how it was made a success. I want to inspire people all over the world."
Source: trueafricanart
"There is no name for the style of drawing I do. There are a lot of lines and minute squares. I have not named my style as I will always change it, I didn't want to keep to one confinement. It's a freestyle."
"I work in the evening, late in the night where I can draw without interruption. I can come back to a painting after a long time, unless I am commissioned to do a piece for a client. I do what I feel like doing at what time. But roughly, it takes about 3-4 days to make a piece."
"Art within me keeps growing and growing. I don't know where the painting thing is going to take me, but I am willing to explore. I want to get deep into my subject and focus on that inner being of my subject and that it what I try to capture, the essence of a person through an original portrait drawn only with a ball point pen."
"I want the public to know that I am just a young artist who is craving to do more. I really don't feel like I found my time in art just yet. For some time now we have big names come from Europe, Asia, and America. But here I am, I am coming from Africa. I want to make it all the way to the top. I want to be in so many different countries wanting my work. Regardless of what medium: my pen works, my sculptures, my paintings. 20 years from now, I want records of my art and how it was made a success. I want to inspire people all over the world."
Source: trueafricanart
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