Originals in this selection, Surrealism, Pencil.
The riddle in the detail
A pencil can draw dreams if it is exact enough: surreal drawings put the incongruous on the page with utmost sobriety. You can buy surrealist pencil drawings for sale here as a sketch, in the range under 500 euro or above.
The appeal of surreal sheets is the gap between object and logic. A chair may be made of clouds, a face of shells. For the viewer to believe it, everything must convince as matter, down to the shadow edges. Here the fine gradation of graphite helps. Even small interventions have a strong effect, such as a shadow that does not match the light or an object in the wrong scale that makes the eye stumble.
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A picture to think on
Such drawings seldom work in passing. Hang them where you sit: at the head of the dining table, in a reading nook or in the study. A frame with a broad mat turns the sheet into a point of calm.
Title and background
Many artists attach a brief description to their surreal sheets. Read it before you decide, because it often opens a second layer.