Nov 28, 2011 · Paul Alexander Thorton, a self-taught artist and musician from the UK has done just that. His youtube videos detail the process behind his intricate, accomplished, and strangely dark drawings and paintings with his own music to accompany them.

When at school is favourite pass time was doodling with a pen, soon he mastered different kinds of shading with a pen and started his series of amazing art. Most of his works are on his current obsession like skulls, flowers and ball pens. In this post we have included several great works from Paul Alexander Thornton.

Specialising in detailed drawings made with ballpoint pens, Paul Alexander Thornton's works explore themes of life and death, the macabre and the sublime.

Jun 10, 2010 · Paul Alexander Thornton is an artist and pattern designer based in London. Everything he does starts out as hand drawn work. He has a love affair with ballpoint pens and has an eclectic style that ranges from intricate photo-realistic pen drawings to psychadelic drawings that make your eyes hurt.

My most recent series of drawings, although the series I make are always a work in progress. So I still haven't stopped the others. There are a few so far which I have also captured on video. Each drawing is made with ballpoint pens on stained paper, and each video is made with original soundtracks that I wrote and played on guitar.

Print design a speciality, as well as detailed tattoo-style drawing. Films of my work received over 500,000 views online. Prints received positive reviews in The New York Times, Vogue. Art exhibited across the world.

Apr 12, 2013 · Thorton’s art has three particular obsessions: skulls, flowers, and ball point pen. His YouTube videos detail the process behind his intricate, accomplished, and strangely dark drawings and paintings with his own music to accompany them.

Sep 4, 2022 · Discover detailed and intricate drawings, paintings, sculptures, architectures... Delight your eyes with mind-blowing artworks.

Dec 14, 2012 · This hand drawn flower by UK-based artist, illustrator, and surface pattern designer Paul Alexander Thornton pops off the page with miraculous detail. The artist says he has "a love affair with ballpoint pens and felt-tips."

Paul Alexander Thornton documents the process of drawing and it is so interesting, maybe even more interesting than the drawing itself. When he looks at a piece of art he likes to look at how it was made and imagine what the artist was thinking as they made the work.