Artists Who Draw Over Photographs. Autistic British artist Stephen Wiltshire is drawing Mexico City from memory after seeing it for 30 minutes from the air. Playing off sensational news headlines or advertising slogans her work forces the viewer to explore their understanding of how these traditional media outlets skew our perceptions.
You can read about her long list of awards on her Wikipedia page. He was awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to the art world in 2006. The result is something that has touched the imaginations of many.
He is considered an important part of the pop art movement and one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century.
American conceptual artist Barbara Krugers work uses catchy phrases laid over images to challenge ideas of power identity and sexuality. Despite looking like they have been captured on a camera these are actually hand-drawn images created by hyperrealist artist Paul Cadden. You can view more of Ben Heines epic artwork by visiting his Pencil vs Camera album. If the artist copies from their own photograph then shehe can do any means of reproduction that they want including tracing the photo or editing it digitally if they want to.
