Meet 27-Year-Old Nigerian Whose Incredible Sketches Look Like Digital Photos

Kelvin Okafor, 27, graduated from Middlesex University in fine art and is now making waves across the country.

'I aspire to create art as vivid as eyes could see. I want my drawings to prompt an emotional response, making viewers feel as though they are looking at a real live subject. I’ve always been creative, but fell in love with using pencils in particular. 

It amazed me, that with only one shade of lead, you can create so many tones and textures, and almost create the illusion of colour. It was only when my images started to create a buzz with other Middlesex University students that I realised their impact.'

He creates each piece only in black and white – using graphite pencils, charcoal, black coloured pencil and sometimes grey pastels.

At the moment his work is currently on display at the The Watercolours + Works on Paper Fair at the London Science Museum, until 3^rd of February.
Click here for most of his work 

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