Pencil Artist of the Week: Arno Hagenunger

This week’s featured pencil artist is Arno Hagenunger, a pencil artist from Germany who creates incredible, fantastic drawings using a combination of graphite pencils, color pencils, and various acrylics and pastels. His DeviantArt profile features the quote “Du bist immer dann am besten, wenn’s dir eigentlich egal ist,” which roughly translates to “You are always best when you really care.”  “You are always best when you don’t really care” (thanks for the correction Flora!). After browsing through his gallery, however, it becomes apparent that he really cares about his art.

Arno uses Faber-Castell Ecopencils and Academy sketching pencils to create his drawings. He draws on all types of paper, including envelopes and paper bags. My favorite drawings in Arno’s gallery, however, are the drawings he creates on cardboard.

Arno’s cardboard drawing series features images inspired by Lovecraftian-style horror created using a combination of graphite pencils and acrylics. They feature a style that is both haunting and beautiful, calling back to German Expressionism. His use of deep shadows punctuated by white highlights gives his drawings an eerie sense of depth, as if the drawings are literally drawing the viewer in.

Drawings by Arno Hagenunger

If you want to see more of Arno’s drawings, you can check out his DeviantArt profile here.

What do you think Pencils Blog readers? Do you know someone who should be featured as our Pencil Artist of the Week? Let us know in the comments.

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