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Artefects23 Fine Art

Petro v.d. Merwe | South African Artist

...follow your art...

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Artefects23

Petro van der Merwe | South African Artist

In these blogs I share behind the scenes stories of my artwork, telling you the 'story behind the story'.

The happy mistakes, and some of the trials and errors.

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Charcoal Drawing & Three Valuable Art Lessons

November 2016 I was assigned a commission for our reverend and his wife. He was retiring after 31 years with the Dutch Reformed Church in...

Petro van der Merwe

Apr 6, 2018

Charcoal Drawing & Three Valuable Art Lessons

Charcoal Drawing & Three Valuable Art Lessons

Artefects23: Why An Art Blog?

It took me more than a year before I finally published the website for Artefects23. If you've ever created your own website, you'll know...

Petro van der Merwe

May 9, 2016

Artefects23: Why An Art Blog?

Artefects23: Why An Art Blog?

Progress timelapse video of a black cat in pastel pencils

In this video I'm sharing with you a drawing I made using Faber Castell Pitt Pastels. It's a portrait of my own cat, Sherlock, a...

Petro van der Merwe

Apr 10, 2016

Progress timelapse video of a black cat in pastel pencils

Progress timelapse video of a black cat in pastel pencils

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