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Pop Flower 49 - Green Blue Geometric Flower Contemporary Botanical Mandala, 2024
By Mary Judge
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary geometric abstract drawing has a beautiful, soft mottled texture created with Judge's unique powered pigment technique. Poptic 49 is a predominately light green man...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Pigment
Red Roses In Red Glass Beaker 4.13.09
Located in New York, NY
Colored Pencil on Museum Board
Signed and Dated; Impressed with artist's stamp lower right
Archivally framed with black float mount and bleached maple surround.
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Board, Color Pencil
Thunderbolts - Contemporary Drawing Lightning Snowflake Branches Pattern, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary drawing in ink, colored pencil and graphite on archival Fabriano Artistico Paper, carefully drawn dots and lines in soft shades of indigo blue with yellow, teal ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Pop Flower 48 - Contemporary Yellow Orange Geometric Flower Mandala Brown, 2017
By Mary Judge
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary geometric abstract drawing has a beautiful, soft mottled texture created with Judge's unique powered pigment technique. Pop Flower 48 is a predominately golden yell...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Pigment
Gino Severini (1883- 1966) - hand signed lithograph - 1956
Located in Varese, IT
Color lithograph edited in 1956
Limited edition of 200 copies
Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist
Current copy numbered as: 81/200
Paper size: 65.5 x 40.5 cm
Publication cop...
Category
1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Pierre Alechinsky - hand signed lithograph - 1927
Located in Varese, IT
Color lithograph on stone made in 1971 on fine Arches paper
Limited edition of 200 copies
Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist
Current copy numbered as: 8/200
Paper size: 54 x...
Category
1920s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Harem: Sexy Nude Girl Illustration for Playboy. First Black Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Playboy Magazine ran this joke cartoon illustration in color on page 43 for the October 1960 edition.
Signed lower right.
The work is executed on a heavy Whatman Illustration board....
Category
1960s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil, Gouache
Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rembrandt van Rijn
1606-1669 Dutch
Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook
Etching on paper
New Hollstein's 309, second state of II
Signed and dated "Rembrandt f. 1658" (upper left)
Created from observations of a live model, this work started as a figure study before evolving into a more imaginative setting. It remains ambiguous whether the scene is set indoors, as suggested by the cushion the figure is seated on, or outdoors, indicated by the foliage in the background. The omission of her feet, suggesting they may be dangling in a brook, adds a charming touch to Rembrandt’s imaginative scene. The figure seems unaware of the viewer, presenting a dignified yet sensual demeanor.
The son of a miller, Rembrandt van Rijn is believed to have been born in Leiden on July 15, 1606. He studied first at the Latin School and then was enrolled at the University of Leiden at the age of 14. He soon left to study art—first with a local master, Jacob van Swanenburch, and then, in Amsterdam, with Pieter Lastman...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Etching, Paper
Painting Woman Three Times
Located in Boxholm, SE
Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently lives in Sweden. This is how she writ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
LOVE COMING OMG!
Located in Miami, FL
Takuma Tanaka is a Japanese contemporary artist born in 1977, who likes to use our consciousness in the world as a prevalent theme in his work. From early childhood, he has always en...
Category
2010s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Portico I" Sonia Gechtoff, Shades of Blue Abstract Composition on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Sonia Gechtoff
Portico I, 1979
Signed, dated, and inscribed
Acrylic and pencil on paper
40 x 40 inches
Sonia Gechtoff was born in Philadelphia to Ethel "Etya" and Leonid Gechtoff. ...
Category
1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Charcoal Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, Circa 1935
Located in New Orleans, LA
Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill
English I 1874-1965
Charcoal on paper
Signed lower right (indiscernible)
This lifetime charcoal portrait of Winston Churchill, dating to around 19...
Category
20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Male and Female Nudes on a Sofa /// Philip Pearlstein Pencil Drawing Figurative
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Philip Pearlstein (American, 1924-2022)
Title: "Male and Female Nudes on a Sofa"
*Signed and dated by Pearlstein in pencil lower left
Year: 1970
Medium: Original Graphite Pen...
Category
1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Graphite, Board, Illustration Board
"Little Blobs" Contemporary Colorful Watercolor Geometric Dot Grid Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful geometric abstract grid painting by contemporary Texas artist Tina Ruyi. The work features an 8x5 grid of colorful shapes in cool toned colors. Signed and dated in the front...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Scribbles & Blobs" Contemporary Colorful Watercolor Geometric Dot Grid Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue and yellow toned geometric abstract grid painting by contemporary Texas artist Tina Ruyi. The work features an 12x9 grid of colorful shapes in cool toned colors. Signed and date...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
LOVE LOVE
Located in Miami, FL
Takuma Tanaka is a Japanese contemporary artist born in 1977, who likes to use our consciousness in the world as a prevalent theme in his work. From early childhood, he has always en...
Category
2010s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Red Bird Reef - Strong Woman Portrait NYC Subway Map Red Coral Reef, 2017
By Francine Fox
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary portrait of a woman in watercolor and graphite painting on a digital pigment print, an intricate depiction on the woman's skin delicately details a NYC subway ca...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite, Digital Pigment
Vernal Pool Three - Forest Landscape Black Sumi Ink White Mylar, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary landscape in black sumi ink on Mylar, a peaceful forest scene is intricately detailed, beautifully capturing the serenity of a walk in the woods.
This ink drawi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Sumi Ink
Vernal Pool Two - Forest Landscape Black Sumi Ink White Mylar, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary landscape in black sumi ink on Mylar, a peaceful forest scene is intricately detailed, beautifully capturing the serenity of a walk in the woods.
This ink drawi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Sumi Ink
Two Trees - Forest Landscape Black Sumi Ink White Mylar, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary landscape in black sumi ink on Mylar, a peaceful forest scene is intricately detailed, beautifully capturing the serenity of a walk in the woods.
This ink drawi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Sumi Ink
Fallen Logs - Forest Landscape Black Sumi Ink White Mylar, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary landscape in black sumi ink on Mylar, a peaceful forest scene is intricately detailed, beautifully capturing the serenity of a walk in the woods.
This ink drawi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Sumi Ink
Big Tree - Forest Landscape Black Sumi Ink White Mylar, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary landscape in black sumi ink on Mylar, a peaceful forest scene is intricately detailed, beautifully capturing the serenity of a walk in the woods.
This ink drawi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Sumi Ink
Brockenhurst Gardens
Located in London, GB
Brockenhurst Gardens
Ernest Arthur Rowe
Watercolour, signed lower left and dated 1900 bottom left
Image Size: 12 x 18 3/4 inches (46 x 30.5 cm)
Original Victorian frame
Provenance
Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell
The collection of C. Buttersworth
Sale, Bonhams, London, 10th June 1998, lot 63
Exhibited
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, as 'Relics of the Civil Wars, Compton Wynyates', no.1
This watercolour is one of Rowe's few pictures of Brockenhurst park garden in the New Forest, Hampshire. Here Rowe exemplifies the garden's splendour through his deliberate low positioning within the composition. As well as the scenes mirrored...
Category
20th Century Post-War Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Preparations for the fireworks display held in Piazza Navona in 1729
Located in Paris, IDF
VERY IMPORTANT DRAWING BY
JACQUES DUMONT called « LE ROMAIN"
(Paris 1701-1781)
Preparations for the fireworks display held in Piazza Navona in Rome on November 30,
1729, for the bi...
Category
1730s French School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Ink, Pen
HAT DOG
Located in Miami, FL
Takuma Tanaka is a Japanese contemporary artist born in 1977, who likes to use our consciousness in the world as a prevalent theme in his work. From early childhood, he has always en...
Category
2010s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Study after Farnese Hercules
Located in Paris, IDF
Study after the Farnese Hercules
Giovan Ambrogio Figino (1548-1608)
Black chalk on blue-prepared paper 33 x 23 cm
Provenance: Tajan, Drouot Paris, 23 November 2001, lot 11; Private ...
Category
16th Century Renaissance Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Poptic Nine - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Mandala Yellow Blue Peach, 2020
By Mary Judge
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary geometric abstract drawing has a beautiful, soft mottled texture created with Judge's unique powered pigment technique. Poptic 09 is a predominately yellow, orange ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Pigment
Deux nus et têtes d’hommes
Located in London, GB
signed and dated 'Picasso 29.7.72' (lower left)
Category
Late 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Primavera Pop 29 - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Mandala Maroon, 2022
By Mary Judge
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary, geometric abstract drawing on paper has a beautiful, soft mottled texture created with Judge's unique powered pigment technique. Primavera Pop 29 is a predominatel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Pigment
Poptic 26 - Contemporary Abstract Green Orange Blue Pink Geometric Mandala, 2021
By Mary Judge
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary, geometric abstract drawing on paper has a beautiful, soft mottled texture created with Judge's unique powered pigment technique. Poptic 26 is a predominately light...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Pigment
Head of Woman (Drawing)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Head of Woman, 2016
Christopher Mudgett
Head of Woman (2016) is an original pencil drawing on paper that exemplifies Christopher Mudgett's remarkable command of line and abstractio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
Standing Nude
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Standing Nude" is a figurative Modern charcoal on paper drawing by Henri Matisse in c. 1904-07. The artwork is 13 1/2 x 9 inches and is 19 3/8 x 14 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches with the frame...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Edouard Rosset-Granger, Souvenir de Bretagne, gouache
Located in BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FR
Formé à l’École des beaux-arts, Édouard Rosset-Granger est admis à partir de 1878 au Salon. Il expose de 1881 à 1889 avec la Société des artistes français, avant de rejoindre, dès sa...
Category
Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Adolphe Giraldon, Maris Stella, watercolor illustrating a poem by de Heredia
Located in BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FR
Cette aquarelle a été réalisée en 1895 par le dessinateur et illustrateur Adolphe Giraldon (1855-1933) pour encadrer le sonnet "Maris Stella" du poète José-Maria de Heredia, qui a d'...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Pablo Picasso Drawing, Nude Female Figure
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Marking(s); notes: signed, marking(s); 1963
Materials: colored wax crayons and pencil on paper
Dimensions (H, W, D):...
Category
Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wax Crayon, Pencil
"Drawing After The Horse Fair" Rosa Bonheur, post 1857 Metropolitan Museum Work
By Rosa Bonheur
Located in New York, NY
Rosa Bonheur
Drawing After The Horse Fair, after 1857
Signed lower right and inscribed in pencil upper right; additionally inscribed, in red ink, verso
Charcoal on paper
16 1/2 x 20 ...
Category
1860s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Preparatory Drawing
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) is an important contributor to minimalism and conceptual art.
Many of his works were created from elaborate and detailed instructions rather than his own han...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
"SHOPPING" WATERCOLOR TEXAS ARTIST JOSEPHINE MAHAFFEY (1903-1982)
Located in San Antonio, TX
Josephine Mahaffey
(1903-1982)
Texas
Image Size: 7.25 x 4.5
Frame Size: 11.75 x 9
Medium: Watercolor
"Shopping"
Biography
Josephine Mahaffey (1903-1982)
In 1968, she was honored at t...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"OUTSKIRTS" WATERCOLOR TEXAS ARTIST JOSEPHINE MAHAFFEY (1903-1982)
Located in San Antonio, TX
Josephine Mahaffey
(1903-1982)
Texas
Image Size: 8.5 x 6.75
Frame Size: 13 x 11
Medium: Watercolor
"Outskirts"
Biography
Josephine Mahaffey (1903-1982)
In 1968, she was honored at th...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"FRIENDS" WATERCOLOR TEXAS ARTIST JOSEPHINE MAHAFFEY (1903-1982)
Located in San Antonio, TX
Josephine Mahaffey
(1903-1982)
Texas
Image Size: 9.25 x 6.75
Frame Size: 13.75 x 11.25
Medium: Watercolor
"Friends"
Biography
Josephine Mahaffey (1903-1982)
In 1968, she was honored ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"TIE MY SHOE" WATERCOLOR TEXAS ARTIST JOSEPHINE MAHAFFEY (1903-1982)
Located in San Antonio, TX
Josephine Mahaffey
(1903-1982)
Texas
Image Size: 8 x 5
Frame Size: 12.5 x 9.5
Medium: Watercolor
"Tie My Shoe"
Biography
Josephine Mahaffey (1903-1982)
In 1968, she was honored at th...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"THE CHAT" WATERCOLOR TEXAS ARTIST JOSEPHINE MAHAFFEY (1903-1982)
Located in San Antonio, TX
Josephine Mahaffey
(1903-1982)
Texas
Image Size: 7.5 x 5
Frame Size: 12 x 9.5
Medium: Watercolor
"The Chat"
Biography
Josephine Mahaffey (1903-1982)
In 1968, she was honored at the S...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Chapter Fine Focus - Contemporary Pencil Drawing Moths on Braid of Hair, 2017
By Francine Fox
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary pencil drawing by Francine Fox of two meticulously detailed moths on a knotted braid of hair is inspired by the mystical animal and natural world. At 6 x 4 inches, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Early Twentieth Century Impressionist Pastel Landscape of Canal, Leydon Holland
Located in ludlow, GB
Early Twentieth Century Impressionist Pastel Drawing of a Landscape depicting a Canal, Landscape and Buildings at Leydon Holland.
A wonderful Oil pastel drawing by the artist Terr...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Master American Contemporaries
By Alex Katz
Located in Wien, 9
The art work is signed in the print at the lower left and numbered in pencil: P.P. II/IV
This special art piece "Master American Contemporaries" by Alex Katz (*1927) is a colour lit...
Category
1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Bethesda Fountain, Central Park 2003
Located in New York, NY
A native New Yorker, Brosen has spent a lifetime wandering its streets, discovering its long history and witnessing its constant metamorphosis. The city is his muse and his primary s...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Gaston La Touche, La Barque, aquarelle et gouache sur papier
Located in BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FR
Cette aquarelle témoigne de l'intérêt de Gaston La Touche pour ce médium à partir de la fin des années 1890. En 1897, il expose ainsi ses premières aquarelles au Salon de la Société ...
Category
Late 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Sailing in the Golden Glow of Early Morning with Kraken - Embellished Print
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
Using a print of a sailing vessel from times gone by, artist Jeff Conroy adds some fun by embellishing the print with a hand painted kraken (aka a mythological giant sea monster) cli...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Color Pencil
Nude with Bracelet Nu au bracelet - Art Deco Polish French American
Located in London, GB
This pencil drawing by Tamara de Lempicka is signed in pencil by the artist
“Lempicka” in the lower right image. It was realised in the 1920's.
Provenance:
Arlette Boucard (1915...
Category
1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Antoine Calbet, Femme nue de dos, aquarelle
Located in BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FR
Antoine Calbet présente ses œuvres, principalement des portraits et scènes de genre, aux Salons de la Société des artistes français à partir de 1881 et jusqu’en 1940, ainsi qu’aux ex...
Category
Early 20th Century Symbolist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Poptic Five - Contemporary Drawing Flower Mandala Yellow Green Orange, 2020
By Mary Judge
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary multicolored drawing on paper has a beautiful, soft mottled texture created with Judge's unique powered pigment technique. Poptic 05 is a yellow, pale orange, green...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Pigment
Paul Brown "Go Pony" Two Polo Players Drypoint
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 13"H x 11"W
*age toning/ condition noted*
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Drypoint
Painter's Orange Rooster - French Russian Self Portrait Artist Bird Romantic
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
This ink drawing is signed by the artist in ink “Marc Chagall” in the lower left image.
It is also inscribed and dated “Vence. 1963”, in the lower left image.
The artist has playfull...
Category
1960s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Ferdinand Heilbuth, Woman lying on the shore, watercolor and gouache on paper
Located in BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FR
Born German, Ferdinand Heilbuth (1826-1889) made most of his artistic career in France and specialized in outdoor genre scenes. This gouache watercolor depicts a young woman lying in...
Category
1880s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Wolves with Bunnies
By Adonna Khare
Located in Bozeman, MT
Adonna Khare is an American master carbon-pencil artist. Her style has been compared to the photo-realistic illustrations of Audubon, but the surreal worlds and strange inhabitants s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
Gone - Original Charcoal Drawing of a Male Torso, Matted and Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
The subject is walking away from the viewer in Nathan Brad Hall's charcoal drawing entitled simply "Gone". His muscular physique, with defined musculature, is highlighted in the sha...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Young Love: Walking to School, Four Seasons Calendar Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustrated for the 1949 Four Seasons Calendar, published by Brown and Bigelow.
A young girl holds a freshly-picked bouquet of flowers as she strolls alongside a boy who carries he...
Category
1940s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Passageway North Africa, street scene
Located in Greenwich, CT
Passageway North Africa was executed during Walter’s extensive travels throughout Spain, Northern Africa, and the Dalmatian coast. These works are magnificent snapshots –pictorial po...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Drawings and Watercolor Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
Revitalize your interiors — introduce drawings and watercolor paintings to your home to evoke emotions, stir conversation and show off your personality and elevated taste.
Drawing is often considered one of the world’s oldest art forms, with historians pointing to cave art as evidence. In fact, a cave in South Africa, home to Stone Age–era artists, houses artwork that is believed to be around 73,000 years old. It has indeed been argued that cave walls were the canvases for early watercolorists as well as for landscape painters in general, who endeavor to depict and elevate natural scenery through their works of art. The supplies and methods used by artists and illustrators to create drawings and paintings have evolved over the years, and so too have the intentions. Artists can use their drawing and painting talents to observe and capture a moment, to explore or communicate ideas and convey or evoke emotion. No matter if an artist is working in charcoal or in watercolor and has chosen to portray the marvels of the pure human form, to create realistic depictions of animals in their natural habitats or perhaps to forge a new path that references the long history of abstract visual art, adding a drawing or watercolor painting to your living room or dining room that speaks to you will in turn speak to your guests and conjure stimulating energy in your space.
When you introduce a new piece of art into a common area of your home — a figurative painting by Italian watercolorist Mino Maccari or a colorful still life, such as a detailed botanical work by Deborah Eddy — you’re bringing in textures that can add visual weight to your interior design. You’ll also be creating a much-needed focal point that can instantly guide an eye toward a designated space, particularly in a room that sees a lot of foot traffic.
When you’re shopping for new visual art, whether it’s for your apartment or weekend house, remember to choose something that resonates. It doesn’t always need to make you happy, but you should at least enjoy its energy. On 1stDibs, browse a wide-ranging collection of drawings and watercolor paintings and find out how to arrange wall art when you’re ready to hang your new works.
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