Gallery
The way Samantha Messias creates her drawings is not about trying to reproduce every exact detail, texture and contrast from the reference material. It's about adding something that wasn't there before, intensifying and manipulating details, contrasts and textures, awakening emotion, life and curiosity into the heart of the observer, not just into the artwork itself.
Portraits
Below are original hyper-realistic drawings created using graphite, charcoal and black coloured pencil on paper.
Sir Richard Branson
Graphite, charcoal and black coloured pencil
Year 2021
Size 24 x 19 inches
The Alchemist
Pencil and charcoal drawing
Year 2017
Size 23 x 16.5 inches
Gupta Family
Graphite, charcoal and black coloured pencil
Year 2021
Size 23 x 24 inches
Sydney
Graphite, charcoal and black coloured pencil
Year 2020
Size 8 x 11 inches
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Pet portraits
'Who do you LOVE so much that you want to honour and cherish with a gift that keeps on giving'
Bella
Pencil and charcoal drawing on paper
Year 2019
Size 24 x 19 inches
Speciesism
Pencil and charcoal drawing on paper
Year 2017
Size 19 x 19 inches
Sorry My Child
Pencil and charcoal drawing on paper
Year 2018
Size 19 x 24 inches
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