Drawing from models is a common thing for artist. Anyone who has taken art classes knows that hours will be spent in front of live models, bowls of fruit, or anything that strikes your fancy. Many professional landscape artist paint from photographs, using the captured image to help recreate a scene that inspired them. Its not for lack of talent that models are used, but lack of memory. Enter Stephen Wiltshire, an artist that hails from London with a unique talent...drawing strictly from memory. Stephen is autistic, a neurological disorder that impairs communication and interaction, but often heightens other skills.
Stephen has an incredible memory and this combined with his love of drawing, which he has used over the years to help him learn, has produced some amazing pieces. After a 20 min. helicopter ride, Stephan created a 18 foot long drawing of the NY skyline. “The unbelievably intricate picture was drawn at Brooklyn’s prestigious Pratt Institute from Stephen’s memory, with details of every building sketched in to scale,” reports the UK’s Daily Mail. “Landmarks including the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building can be seen towering above smaller buildings after just three days in his spellbinding creation.”
Steven has been invited to sketch many cities, including Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Rome, a city he recreated so accurately that he drew in the correct number of columns on the famous Pantheon. The details and commitment of these pieces are amazing, especially considering it took me 20 min to find my keys this morning. For the full article from the Daily Mail, click HERE.
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