About Samuel Tafula
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A Mozambican portrait artist, born and raised in Inhambane province. Samuel started drawing at the age of 15 years on sand, and has never had any formal artistic training.
Due to political instability in the country and in search of greener pastures, he transitioned to South Africa in 1990. For a while Samuel lived in a hostel in Krugersdorp in effort to get employment in the mines, but it was in vain. It was then when he commenced drawing miners, who became his first clients.
He moved to Johannesburg where he started drawing portraits at the street corner. The demand was more than the supply, Samuel became well known by his clients, mainly students, who came for portraits and had many admirers of his work which was often displayed in the street.
In a short period of time, Samuel was well-known by many who came at his corner for portraits and most of His clients were South Africans, European tourists and people all over the world would call him, those who would have seen his portraits in client’s house. Apart from being an artist, Samuel is the founder of the Tafula Pencil Brush that he established in 1995. It took him 13 years to develop the unique brush. The Tafula Pencil Brush is designed specifically for artists who use Pencil and Charcoal as drawing medium and it is used to soften lines.
“It is my ambition to share ideas with other artists and also to join them in group exhibitions.” says Samuel Tafula.
Price List
Sizes | 1 Portrait | 2 Portraits | 3 Portraits | 4 Portraits | 5 Portraits | 6 Portraits | 7 Portraits |
A4 | R1 500 | ||||||
A3 | R2 500 | R4 400 | |||||
A2 | R4 000 | R5 200 | R6 700 | R8 200 | R9 700 | R11 200 | R12 700 |
A1 | R5 500 | R7 500 | R9 500 | R11 500 | R13 500 | R15 500 | R17 500 |
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I am a portrait artist with one clear mission: to bring joy to people’s lives by honoring and celebrating their special moments. Your satisfaction comes first.
Tafula Pencil Brush
Given the challenges Samuel Tafula faced in getting a proper tool to smooth pencil lines and blend them in a nice way, he thought of some ideas, but before he could implement them, he traveled to England to research on how to improve his artwork. It was then, returning to South Africa that he managed to finalize his ideas and come up with unique tools that could do exactly what he had in mind, TAFULA PENCIL BRUSH, which is sold online and in some art supply shops around South Africa.
The TAFULA PENCIL BRUSH is designed to save time and improve the quality and beauty of drawings.
Tafula Pencil Brush
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Jon
Client from England
“Hi Samuel! Its Jon from England! We spoke a couple of weeks ago in Sandton, and I bought your shading kits, which is great, thank you! I’m just testing it now on this little sketch I’m working on of elephant that I met in Knysna. Hope you are well. Cheers, Jon”
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Jon
Client from England
“Ah thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement! I’ll send you a photo of it when its finished! Your blending tools are brilliant.. I’m just getting used to them and experimenting at the moment 🙂 if ever you are in England anytime you must drop by our arts centre in Ilminster, Somerset, always welcome :)”
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Tsepo
Client
Good evening Samuel,This is Tshepo the artist ,we met at Sandton on Saturday,hope you are good .Your art tool works magic,l enjoy working with it,it blends nicely even on rough paper.Thank you🙏🏾
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Testimonials
Ntsakisi
Client
My sister is so happy with the portrait. Thank you so much!
Brandon
Client
I just love it! Thank you so much! I just can’t stop looking at it.
Nhlanhla
Client
My wife is impressed. Many Thanks!
Kim
Client
Woooooooow Am speechless!
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Andrew
Client
My dear wife loved the masterpiece you did . She is so excited . Just a thank you from me for your great work and dedication Sir .
Have a blessed day