Chiang Mai's pulsating Night Bazaar with its large number of charcoal pencil sketch portraitists is one of the most visited shopping spots in Thailand, attracting crowds of international holidaymakers year-round. Strategically situated in the city's bustling downtown area just a stone's throw away from some of the most reputed hotel establishments and the finest restaurants, this top shopping place comes alive every evening offering its visitors a wide and varied range of cheaply priced goodies.

The Chiang Mai Night Bazaar is brimming with little street stalls selling a wide range of cheaply-priced products such as trendy sunglasses, football shirts of numerous clubs, ‘Rolex' watches, computer games, ‘Zippo' cigarette lighters, CDs, DVDs, T-Shirts, travel accessories, baseball caps, electronic gadgets, handicraft goods, woodcarvings, silver jewellery and many other goodies.

In addition, the most visited night market in the ‘Land of Smiles', is home to some of the most experienced and artistic black and white charcoal pencil artists as well. The majority of the artists creating lifelike black and white charcoal portraits from photos in Chiang Mai are to be found across the Night Bazaar's covered area, as well as throughout the nearby surroundings.

Few holidaymakers visiting the city, which is rightfully nicknamed "Rose of the North" won't leave Chiang Mai without some entirely handmade charcoal pencil portraits in their luggage. Charcoal portrait painters based in this exciting provincial capital rank among the most artistic on our planet and most portraitists painting and drawing artworks here enjoyed the nation's finest art education.

Visiting tourists exploring Chiang Mai should not miss strolling around the night market building's many fine art galleries and observing some of the highly skilled pencil portraits artists in action, while witnessing the creation of magnificent black and white portrait art right onsite.

The art galleries and painting ateliers here display lifelike charcoal pencil portraits from photographs, such as from world-famous persons including: Albert Einstein, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Bob Marley and Che Guevara, as well as charcoal portraits of animals and Northern Thailand's colourful hill tribe peoples.      

Most visitors won't be able seeing the difference between the charcoal pencil reproduction and the original photo, it could be a copy! Fortunately, a recently launched website offers value for money charcoal portraits online. Art gifts online include custom portraits from photos, paintings of rural landscapes and orchids, Buddha paintings and psychedelic art.

Lovers of portraiture wishing to order art gifts online can simply upload an image or picture that has captured that special moment directly from their computer to the site. Delivering online art gifts at the customer's postal address will usually take no longer than 14 working days.