We have seen street artists when we go on holidays, they are brilliant in making quirky and photo-realistic live portraits on the spot.
Have you ever tried it? Sometimes they didn’t get as much appreciation as they deserve because of the nature of their work. This talent needs years of practice that goes into mastering portrait drawings.
There are too many different faces in the world. But, we are not talking about twins, a person even has two sides of one face and they are not the same.
This top-notch Saint Petersburg based street artist is brilliant and extremely admirable in his talent. Originally from Cheboksary, Nikolay Yarakhtin portrays every unique feature of different faces onto blank canvas using just a pencil for 28 years..
“It takes me about an hour to make a portrait. Looking at the excitement of my clients seeing their portraits brings me a lot of joy and inspires me,” the gifted artist, of Saint Petersburg, told Bored Panda.
Observing models in real life helps you to create a deep and unique feature in meticulous detail.point 197 | As a result, some drawings turn out truer to life than photographs.point 253 |
“When you draw a live portrait, you can see the model better.point 52 | Unlike drawing from a flat photograph, you can see the actual shape of the face,” says the artist.point 135 | “This process is much more interesting to me.point 175 | ”point 178 | 1
The artist is not only popular on the streets of Saint Petersburg, but his work is also appreciated on the internet. With over 40k followers, he’s taking over Instagram and is getting commissioned work from all over the world on a daily basis.
He is brilliant at his work!
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