Sarah Esteje In-depth Analysis (Drawing)

http://blog.gessato.com/2012/03/19/animal-portraits-by-sarah-esteje/#ixzz2VjAFc7l


Sarah Esteje is a French photographer and illustrator who was born in 1987. She studied at Gobelins School and at LISAA College of Applied Arts, both in Paris. She has also made a variety of pictures for an exhibition in Paris. I looked at a blog to view some of her other work and realised that she creates large sized portraits of animals using a standard ballpoint pen.

I chose this picture of Sarah Esteje's to analyse because I love how effectively she has used the ballpoint pen to draw a portrait of a dog, in such detail. I love how she has created different tones, and layers of fur to the drawing by shading in some areas lighter/darker than others. The use of a ballpoint pen is very effective as the portrait looks so realistic. The smooth shading of the animals fur creates a calm mood which is also presented in the animals face; Sarah has drawn quite a blank facial expression on the animal.

I don't think that this portrait has any meaning because it is a simple picture of a dog. However, along with all of the other pictures of animals; 

 

 

 

I think that the purpose of these pictures is just to express her love for nature and animals.