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Related: About this forumKelvin Okafor pencil drawings amaze art critics
A series of pencil drawings by a north London artist has been amazing art critics.
Kelvin Okafor, from Tottenham, has scooped a number of national awards and exhibited at galleries across the country.
The 27-year-old Middlesex University Fine Art graduate's drawings are often mistaken for photographs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21234214
Video with lots of examples of his work.
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Kelvin Okafor pencil drawings amaze art critics (Original Post)
dipsydoodle
Jan 2013
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Shadowflash
(1,536 posts)1. Nice!
That's a lot of talent.
It always amazes me when I see work like that, where someone can do a drawing and have it look so realistic that I think it's a photograph
littlemissmartypants
(22,628 posts)3. Excellent Catch, dipsydoodle!
Thank you. Peace lmsp
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)4. More here