Pencil Artist of the Week: G.M.

This week’s featured pencil artist is G.M., a pencil artist from Italy who goes by the handle ElectroHeart38 on DeviantArt. G.M. is a self-taught pencil artist who enjoys experimenting with a variety of styles and mediums, a creative quirk that is immediately apparent when browsing through his gallery. It’s filled with 3D perspective drawings, realistic portraits, watercolor abstracts, and much, much more.

While chatting with G.M., he gave us some insight into why experimentation is the name of his artistic game:

“As a self taught artist, I’m trying to experiment with every kind of tool in order to improve my technique and to achieve more experience. So far I use very soft pencils such as 3B, 4B, 6B, 8B; a paper stump and a battery eraser. Derwent is my favorite brand.”

G.M.’s pencil portraits initially caught my eye thanks to their borderline-uncanny realism. G.M. has a knack for pouring detail into the elements that distinguish a face, including the subject’s eyes. The results are drawings that pull the viewer’s attention to the eyes of the subject, giving the viewer the eerie sense of being watched.

Drawings by G.M.

If you want to see more of G.M.’s drawings, including his abstract watercolor work, 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!