Yesterday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Chris LaPorte became a rich man. Chris was the winner of the 2010 ArtPrize contest. Chris' 28-foot wide drawing of a group of 1921 American officers helped him bring in a $250,000 prize. Over 450,000 people voted over the past couple of weeks to determine the winner. Chris must have an unbelievable amount of passion to draw with the amount of detail that he did. This drawing took him around 800 hours to complete! Imagine sitting down for over a month straight with a few graphite pencils and creating this amazing and historic artwork. It is breathtaking.
"Drawing is always cool--no matter what your age or background," stated Chris (www.artprize.org, 2010). That is the complete truth. Although not everyone has the talent that Chris has, it can still be extremely enjoyable to sit down and turn a plain piece of paper into a masterpiece. The time and effort that was put into this artwork is truly amazing. Our congratulations goes out to Chris for his special feat.
Pencils.com 'Featured Artist' Brian Duey also competed in ArtPrize 2010. His drawing of a broken Jack Daniels bottle looks like it could be a photo. Brian has the talent and know-how to masterfully create an object as simple as a bottle and make people turn their heads. We look forward to many more interesting drawings from Brian in the future.
I am convinced that Armin Mersmann's drawing is nothing more than a photograph of a tree. The amount of tiny branches that he drew is just crazy! He made every last portion of this drawing look as if I can actually touch the tree. Very realistic!
Here at pencils.com we would like to commend everyone that entered ArtPrize 2010. Pencil art continues to maintain its popularity even as we move into a more and more technologically driven era. Graphite pencil realism especially is acquiring more followers as time passes. We thank everyone for participating and we hope that we can continue to view these amazing pieces of art in the future.
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