You could be forgiven for thinking that these portraits are photographs, but believe it or not they’re actually drawings by Italian artist Emanuele Dascanio.
Some of them take up to 780 hours to complete, and it’s easy to see why when you look at the artist’s amazingly lifelike creations. He draws them using a combination of charcoal and graphite and the subjects are often illuminated with a single source of light that gives every piece a certain renaissance quality about it. This isn’t just a coincidence however, as Dascanio was taught the oil techniques of the old renaissance masters by Italian painter Gianluca Corona. He then combined this knowledge with his own unique style in order to create the beautiful portraits that connect a historical approach to illumination with contemporary portrait drawing.
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About the artist
Dascanio is a graduate of the Lucio Fontana art school in Arese and refined his technique in the studio of the painter Gianluca Corona. He draws with charcoal and graphite on Schoeller paper, and a single portrait can take hundreds of hours; Aleteia reported in 2016 that one can take almost 800. One of his works received honours at the 2016 ARC Salon.
Sources: Mulan Gallery: Emanuele Dascanio CV Aleteia, 22 August 2016: Watch: Could these really be drawings?
Light gives the detailed surface its structure
Darkness does as much work as detail in these portraits. A brightly described face can emerge from a quieter surrounding area, giving a gaze or a turn of the head greater weight. Close observation reveals transitions that an initial impression of photographic realism can obscure. Dascanio's combination of charcoal and graphite belongs to the making of the image, while its concentrated illumination connects with his study of painting. The reported hours describe the scale of particular works; their interest also lies in what he illuminates and what he leaves subdued.
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