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June 3rd, 2020

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This Artist Creates Hyper Realistic Art Using Colored Pencils

CJ Hendry can replicate sneakers, paint swatches and flower petals with unbelievable details

Every fine artist has their own process and for Catherine Jenna Hendry, better known as CJ Hendry, she creates hyper realistic drawings using colored pencils. Hendry began her journey by making realistic drawings using ink and gained a large amount of notoriety, collaborating with Christian Louboutin in 2016. Then in 2017, as part of Art Basel, she debuted her first drawings using colored pencils in Hong Kong and hasn’t looked back since.

Hendry uses her own technique, which she refers to as scribbling, and through multiple layers pulls off a variety of complex textures in her largescale works. Using color has truly expanded her portfolio, which now consists of drawings of sneakers, flowers and most recently, paint swatches. Over the last several years, Hendry has done a series of drawings which mimic paint, particularly a series which replicated a Rorschach tests.

Rorschach tests have been used by psychologists for many years and are typically made using ink. They’re characterized by their symmetry and when observed, many people see different images from the pattern. They aren’t commonly used by professionals today, however, they continue to make an impact on the art work.

Take a look at some of Hendry’s most sensational and spectacular colored pencil drawings in the gallery below and let us know your thoughts on her impressive portfolio in the comments section on social media.

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This piece is going to hang in the new Jordan store in Korea. Love it when a brand rolls up and lets you do what you want with no interference. So thank you to the Jordan team for that

A post shared by Cj Hendry (@cj_hendry) on May 17, 2020 at 6:29pm PDT

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I always have fun naming pieces…I’m thinking “Legally Blonde”…thoughts?

A post shared by Cj Hendry (@cj_hendry) on May 1, 2020 at 5:46pm PDT

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#FunFact In Australia we call these “durries”

A post shared by Cj Hendry (@cj_hendry) on Apr 3, 2020 at 5:23pm PDT

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Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Putrid Poppy’s

A post shared by Cj Hendry (@cj_hendry) on Mar 18, 2020 at 3:25pm PDT

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Cash fucking money Vol. 30 of “Weekly Wallpaper”

A post shared by Cj Hendry (@cj_hendry) on Mar 11, 2020 at 6:13pm PDT

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Rorschach test combined with a kids squish painting…this particular squish I see an ostrich with an acorn head ‍♀️

A post shared by Cj Hendry (@cj_hendry) on Jan 29, 2020 at 12:46pm PST

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Currently in Frankfurt exploring the world paper and pencil fair “Paperworld”. I thought air fairs were manic…turns out the stationary world is like Art Basel on steroids

A post shared by Cj Hendry (@cj_hendry) on Jan 25, 2020 at 9:23am PST

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A drawing of BIG ROCK

A post shared by Cj Hendry (@cj_hendry) on Dec 12, 2019 at 4:14pm PST

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This is for a thing coming up, these are pigeon dunks hanging as the artwork in a frame

A post shared by Cj Hendry (@cj_hendry) on Nov 21, 2019 at 1:48pm PST

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This weeks “Weekly Wallpaper” is a pink Pantone chip and what the heck, why not do a lil throwback to the monochrome house…because everyone came for the porno pink room…AMIRITE!!!

A post shared by Cj Hendry (@cj_hendry) on Nov 13, 2019 at 4:49pm PST

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Rorschach ❤️

A post shared by Cj Hendry (@cj_hendry) on Oct 12, 2019 at 4:18pm PDT

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Let’s just call this piece “da club” because let me tell you what…you would have to pay me real life cash monies to enter such an establishment because I am a cheeseboard/face mask kind of gal and I couldn’t think of anything worse than having to grind in a bandage dress and platforms!!! I WOULD RATHER DIE

A post shared by Cj Hendry (@cj_hendry) on Oct 1, 2019 at 7:18pm PDT

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A post shared by Cj Hendry (@cj_hendry) on Sep 28, 2019 at 5:51pm PDT

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Squish paintings to Jumping castles to Mrs PotatoHead…what’s next?…balloon dogs…JKS!!!!

A post shared by Cj Hendry (@cj_hendry) on May 5, 2019 at 1:32pm PDT

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Kids squish painting x Rorschach What do you see??? Enquire elsa@cjhendry.live

A post shared by Cj Hendry (@cj_hendry) on Jan 30, 2019 at 1:50pm PST

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