Clara – 24-04-20

surrealist female form graphite pencil drawing

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Clara – 25-04-20’ is a bit of solarisation. Beautiful Instagram model Clara was the inspirational source.

Marlot – 11-04-20

A graphite pencil drawing of a forest scene with a river running through it. Bare trees cast long shadows across the snowy ground, while their reflections shimmer in the water. The composition evokes early spring light and quiet stillness.

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Marlot – 11-04-20’ marks the beginning of Spring. Trees unfolding their leaves and water reflections in an impressionist style.

Bergen – 10-04-20

Graphite pencil drawing of a forest path in Bergen, winding between tall trees with soft light casting long shadows across the ground.

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Bergen – 10-04-20 is a bit of impressionism. I was struck by the diagonal light beams creating beautiful shadows.

Valkenlaagte – 09-04-20

Impressionistic landscape graphite pencil drawing

On my extensive trips I sometimes come across specific spots of beauty and in this case not accidentally. I saw a great mansion ‘for sale’ at the Valkenlaagte and I am sure I cannot buy it on short notice.

Oosterbeek – 08-04-20

Impressionistic landscape graphite pencil drawing

The second one of Oosterbeek this week and I chose a specific spot in the park where there is a bend in brook running through it.

Oosterbeek – 07-04-20

Impressionistic landscape graphite pencil drawing

Oosterbeek – 07-04-20

I always find it difficult to draw an impressionistic blossom tree without falling back to depict branches and the blossom in a rather symbolic or linear way.

Voorlinden – 06-04-20

cubistic landscape graphite pencil drawing

A rather quick sketch of the manor ‘Voorlinden’ at Wassenaar, Netherlands, in which I skipped the hatched strokes and concentrated on the roundish shapes in the trees.

Voorlinden – 05-04-20

impressionist landscape graphite pencil drawing

In these exceptional days of viral mayhem no one expected at the beginning of this year all of a sudden a first beautiful warm day in Spring arrived in The Netherlands.

Roundism – 04-04-20

surrealist nude graphite pencil drawing

This is my third solarized drawing I did since a long time and represents my regular model I know for years.

Roundism – 31-03-20 (sold)

Cubist nude graphite pencil drawing

In my last drawing ‘Roundism – 29-03-20’ I employed the technique of solarisation again. It turned out to be a rather realistic one and so I decided to do another one more abstract.