An artist has attracted attention on the internet after posting his ballpoint pen art. Samuel Silva from Portugal has produced photo-realistic drawings of people and animals simply using an array of ...

When you think of ballpoint pens, your mind probably goes to office supplies, not great works of art. But even the lowliest and most ubiquitous of writing utensils can make breathtaking masterpieces ...

From the world famous “Girl with a Pearl Earring” painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible illustrations were all created with ballpoint pens by Portuguese artist and lawyer Samuel Silva.

In the autumn of 1948, Marcel Bich, owner of a company located north of Paris that produced ink cartridges for fountain pens, pushed a wheelbarrow in his garden in the village of Rhuis. He considered ...

They may look like pin-sharp photographs - but these amazing pictures are actually drawings created with the humble ballpoint pen. The stunning pictures, measuring up to 10ft high, were drawn by a ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Clifford Alexander scoops a handful of black ballpoint pens, drops them into a small box and shakes it with a blackjack dealer’s nonchalance. He slides in the next handful to make ...