Vikas Agrawal

Texture, charcoal and ink

Texture art is what I am making now. Charcoal, pencil and pen are where it started. Tap any piece to see it larger.

10 works, 2019 to now

Texture art 1

No. 10Blue Gradient StudyTexture art on boardHundreds of individual dabs of raised texture, pale to deep, building one slow descent into blue.Original available. Price on request.

Charcoal and graphite 3

No. 06Devil-May-CareCharcoal, 2021A tuxedoed figure lounges in a chair, one foot kicked out, its head dissolving upward into dark strokes.
No. 07UnbotheredCharcoal, 2021A head half lost in a storm of smudged charcoal, with just a profile of eyes and mouth held clear.
No. 08Hellfire and Holy WaterGraphite pencil, 2021A figure in profile, drawn with restless cross-hatching and loose, scribbled shoulders.

Pen and ink 6

No. 01What If You FlyFineliner ink, 2019A tree whose crown opens into a bird in flight, with a short verse about falling and flying beside it.
No. 02Profile in DotsFineliner stippling, 2019A face in profile built entirely from dots, the shadows gathering under the brow and jaw.
No. 03Dandelion in the BreezeInk on card, 2019Two faces in ink, one echoing into a fan of repeats, held up against a blurred street.
No. 04Hi, HoomanBlue ballpoint pen, 2019A cat looking up and away, built from fine blue hatching, with the pen that drew it left on the page.
No. 09Just a Girl with a DreamBlue ballpoint pen, 2021A wide-eyed face glancing sideways, framed by a block of dense blue hatching.
No. 05Holding On, Letting GoInk and colour pencil, 2019A figure with closed eyes reaches for a falling maple leaf, inside a dotted arc and a laurel wreath.
  1. No. 10Texture art on board
  2. No. 06Charcoal, 2021
  3. No. 07Charcoal, 2021
  4. No. 08Graphite pencil, 2021
  5. No. 01Fineliner ink, 2019
  6. No. 02Fineliner stippling, 2019
  7. No. 03Ink on card, 2019
  8. No. 04Blue ballpoint pen, 2019
  9. No. 09Blue ballpoint pen, 2021
  10. No. 05Ink and colour pencil, 2019

Originals, prints and commissions

Every piece here began as something I wanted to make. If one stays with you, or you would like something made, tell me about it. I reply personally.