Samuel Silva (born 1983)"Samuel Silva Creates Extraordinary Art Using Only Ballpoint Pens (PHOTOS)". Travelers Today, Aug 23, 2012 is a lawyer from Portugal whose ball point pen drawings received "viral" recognition in 2012. He lives and works in the United Kingdom." Artists Play With Light and Shadows to Trick the Eye". Scientific American Feb 14, 2013 |By Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik"This is Not a Photograph: Amazing Portrait Drawn with Ballpoint Pens by Samuel Silva". This is Colossal, by Christopher Jobson on August 22, 2012
Early life and education
Silva was born in Portugal,"The pen is mightier: Artist’s ink drawings resemble photographs". Toledo Free Press, Written by Jeff McGinnis and started drawing at the age of two, He continued to draw throughout his childhood and teenage years. He attended Law School"Interview with ballpoint pen hyper-realism artist Samuel Silva". LoState Minor/ Inigo del Castillo in New Illustration on 22 February 2014 and has been practicing law since 2007."Portuguese lawyer takes world by storm with brilliant biro masterpieces". The Portugal News, by Carrie-Marie Bratley, in News · 30-08-2012 He has no formal art training.
Career
Silva began posting scans of his drawings on the website Deviant Art."Amazingly, this is a drawing made with ballpoint pens, not a photograph". Herald Sun Simon Crerar, News Corp Australia Network August 23, 2012 In 2012 his realistic art"Artist Samuel Silva's Incredible Photorealistic Ballpoint Pen Drawings (PHOTOS)". The Huffington Post | By Hallie Sekoff 08/23/2012 created with ballpoint pens" Pictured: Amazing artist creates lifelike drawings with ballpoint pens" Mirror, 9 April 2014 By Ben Burrows and received attention from a number of news outlets and magazines around the world, including the Toledo Free Press, the Huffington Post, the Herald, and Scientific American.
Silva's drawings are created with cross-hatching and minute detail, and are sometimes mistaken for photographs."Brilliant Biro doodles are perfect for any picture". Express. Rick Seniey. His drawings are recreations of existing photographs.
References
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