Fancy drawing pens and other tools might be exciting if that’s something you’re into, but we’re incredibly impressed by the skill British artist Mark Powell shows with his ballpoint drawings. Powell steers clear of expensive sketchbooks and pens and instead uses ballpoint pens and old papers like maps and letters to express creativity.
Powell first started drawing on such alternative surfaces after losing the space where he used to work. “After we were evicted from the warehouse in London, at which point I was painting large scale paintings, I had to work smaller,” he tells It’s Nice That. “I had found an envelope that was sent from the trenches in World War One […] and so it started.”
Though he draws many different subjects, the animals may be our favorites. His tools may be simple but the result is always complex and impressive. You can see his work below.
