From the world famous “Girl with a Pearl Earring” painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible illustrations were all created with ballpoint pens by Portuguese artist and lawyer Samuel Silva.

If you think these incredible images are photos, think again. They are in fact probably the world's most intricate doodles. It may be hard to hard to believe but the pictures below are created using ...

Try experimenting with different colours of ballpoint pen to create layers of texture. Light-coloured felt tips can easily pick up darker colours from a drawing surface. This can be avoided by working ...

They may look like pin-sharp photographs - but these amazing pictures are actually drawings created with the humble ballpoint pen. The stunning pictures, measuring up to 10ft high, were drawn by a ...