Emanuele Dascanio was born in Garbagnate Milanese in 1983. After graduating from Lucio Fontana Art School of Arese, in 2003 he enrolled at the Academy of Brera, but feeling was living in the wrong place for art, he abandoned the academy after 6 months. Continuing to feel a desire and need for artistic growth, in 2007 studied and worked in the atelier of Gianluca Corona, finding in him a good teacher and learning the technique of oil painting as it has been handed down from the Renaissance. His works are in private collections in Italy and abroad. (http://www.emanueledascanio.com/en/biography) You could be forgiven for thinking that these portraits are photographs, but believe it or not they’re actually drawings by Italian artist Emanuele Dascanio. Some of them take up to 780 hours to complete, and it’s easy to see why when you look at the artist’s amazingly lifelike creations. He draws them using a combination of charcoal and graphite and the subjects are often illuminated with a single source of light that gives every piece a certain renaissance quality about it. This isn’t just a coincidence however, as Dascanio was taught the oil techniques of the old renaissance masters by Italian painter Gianluca Corona. He then combined this knowledge with his own unique style in order to create the beautiful portraits that perfectly blend the classic with the contemporary. More info: Facebook (h/t: mymodernmet) (http://www.boredpanda.com/photorealistic-pencil-drawings-renaissance-hyperrealism-emanuele-dascanio/) Emanuele Dascanio is one of the greatest living artists of our time, a true master. His incredibly realistic graphite pencil and charcoal portraits vibrate with spirituality, emotion and energy. His oil painting... Interview with the artist at http://drawpj.com/emanuele-dascanio-great-italian-master-artist-part-one/ undefined

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