Samuel Silva

Samuel Silva (born 1983)[1] is a lawyer from Portugal whose ball point pen drawings received "viral" recognition in 2012. He lives and works in the United Kingdom.[2][3][4]

Early life and education

Silva was born in Portugal,[5] and started drawing at the age of two, He continued to draw throughout his childhood and teenage years. He attended Law School[6] and has been practicing law since 2007.[7] He has no formal art training.

Career

Silva began posting scans of his drawings on the website Deviant Art.[8] In 2012 his realistic art[9] created with ballpoint pens[10] and received attention from a number of news outlets and magazines around the world, including the Toledo Free Press,[5] the Huffington Post, the Herald, and Scientific American.[2]

Silva's drawings are created with cross-hatching and minute detail, and are sometimes mistaken for photographs.[11] His drawings are recreations of existing photographs.

References
  1. "Samuel Silva Creates Extraordinary Art Using Only Ballpoint Pens (PHOTOS)". Travelers Today, Aug 23, 2012
  2. " Artists Play With Light and Shadows to Trick the Eye". Scientific American Feb 14, 2013 |By Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik
  3. "This is Not a Photograph: Amazing Portrait Drawn with Ballpoint Pens by Samuel Silva". This is Colossal, by Christopher Jobson on August 22, 2012
  4. "Amazing artist creates lifelike drawings with ballpoint pens". Mirror UK. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  5. "The pen is mightier: Artist’s ink drawings resemble photographs". Toledo Free Press, Written by Jeff McGinnis
  6. "Interview with ballpoint pen hyper-realism artist Samuel Silva". LoState Minor/ Inigo del Castillo in New Illustration on 22 February 2014
  7. "Portuguese lawyer takes world by storm with brilliant biro masterpieces". The Portugal News, by Carrie-Marie Bratley, in News · 30-08-2012
  8. "Amazingly, this is a drawing made with ballpoint pens, not a photograph". Herald Sun Simon Crerar, News Corp Australia Network August 23, 2012
  9. "Artist Samuel Silva's Incredible Photorealistic Ballpoint Pen Drawings (PHOTOS)". The Huffington Post | By Hallie Sekoff 08/23/2012
  10. " Pictured: Amazing artist creates lifelike drawings with ballpoint pens" Mirror, 9 April 2014 By Ben Burrows
  11. "Brilliant Biro doodles are perfect for any picture". Express. Rick Seniey.
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