That is something you need to see to believe – this man can recreate astonishing pieces of art with a single pen line. It is truly inexplicable. It makes one wonder if he has some sort of rare digital printing capabilities somewhere hidden inside him or some super memory – or whatever the explanation, it’s simply mind-boggling.
Mona Lisa by Leonardo de Vinci
Het Meisje met de Parel by Johannes Vermeer
Designer Chan Hwee Chong’s works are both accurate and amazing. All he uses is a Faber-Castell pen, black color. And yes, it does have to be the Faber-Castell brand, since he originally took his inspiration to start drawing with this technique from a Faber-Castell advertising campaign. The Singapore-based artists performs the unbelievable by imitating famous painting masterpieces with a single pen line that makes circles around the center point of the canvas.
Watch closely how Chong accomplishes another incredible piece on simple canvas with the most simple Faber-Castell pen. It’s pretty impressive:
