• 1. You probably think this is a black and white photograph.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/8mTfvio9tQ/?hl=en

    2. You’re forgiven, because I thought the same as well. But they’re drawings!

    https://www.instagram.com/p/9hiq2ho9uj/?taken-by=harinzeyart&hl=en

    3. Stanley Arinze, a brilliant Nigerian artist is using pencils to create these life-like portraits.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BC3naH2o9pH/?taken-by=harinzeyart&hl=en
    Arinze spends over 200 hours on each of his paintings. His work is inspired by artists like Kelvin Okafor, amongst others.

    4. And aren’t they beautiful?

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BQa-Tq9Domh/?taken-by=harinzeyart&hl=en
    His aim is to carve a niche for Nigerian artists like himself, and make the vocation as lucrative as being a doctor or a lawyer.

    5. How can one person pack all this talent?

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BPdqvoLDgp2/?taken-by=harinzeyart&hl=en

    6. So unbelievably real!

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BNaBUOUhPmQ/?taken-by=harinzeyart&hl=en

    7. Favorite one

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BNIU4MIheKz/?taken-by=harinzeyart&hl=en

    8. Even Mark ‘Zukaburg’ is here

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BMe64WEDb5a/?taken-by=harinzeyart&hl=en

    9. Big ups to this guy and all other talented Nigerian artists doing great things.

  • We were minding our own lane when we entered one guy’s Instagram page.

    Kelvin Okafor’s paintings are just too real for us not to share.

    Imagine our surprise when we discovered the 31-year-old actually uses just pencils for his drawings.

    That’s right! No paint, just pencils!

    In 2012, his work led him to a Threadneedle Prize exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London.

    The company that produces his favorite pencils also invited him for a trip to Germany.

    He even drew former minister of information, Prof. Jerry Gana.

    Learn more about UK-born Kelvin Okafor here and follow his Instagram for more amazing drawings. You’re welcome!