Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawings by Corne Akkers - Corne Akkers Drawings & Paintings

Sans titre – 05-02-15

I was drawn to the cubistic qualities the model created by posing this way, creating a beautiful rhythym of light and dark planes in her body.

Roundism – Bettie Page – 31-01-15 (sold)

A combination of my love for American pin-up and 1950s celebrity Bettie Page and roundism.

Cubistic portrait graphite pencil drawing of Simone Signoret

Sans titre – 25-01-15

Part of the Sans titre series, being Simone Signoret, French actress active in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Sans titre – 17-01-15 (sold)

Part of the sans titre series, being Lorett Young. She was an American moviestar and celebrity from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.

Cubistic portrai graphite pencil drawing of Ginger Rogers

The sans titre series continued in 2015 in bigger dimensions (A4). This one is Ginger Rogers, american actress and starring next to Fred Astaire in fabulous dance movies in the 1930s). She is with a private collector now in the United States.

Cubistic portrait graphite pencil drawing of Jane Fonda

Sans titre – 03-01-15

Part of the sans titre series, depicting moviestars and celebrities. This one is Jane Fonda in a slight cubistic way.

The birth of new cubism – 25-12-14

The last one I named that way. It’s a prestudy for a pastel that followed. A Tunesian girl Asma that I met on Facebook was the model.

Cubistic portrait graphite pencil drawing

Lot & Janik – 07-12-14 (sold)

A commission I took to render two people in an angular cubistic style, preserving realism in an impressionistic way.

Roundism – 21-11-14

Part of the roundism series. This look rather art deco-like I think.

impressionistic urban graphite pencil drawing

Impression of an Amsterdam sunset – 17-11-14

I was intrigued by the sunset in a cityscape.

Reclining nude – 16-11-14

A sort of impressionism, clairobscur meets a slight cubistic edge of thing I think. I like when it contains different ‘isms’.

A 4th tribute to Man Ray (Lee Miller) – 03-11-14 (sold)

Another cubistic tribute to Man Ray. This one is with a private collector from the United States.

Roundism – 30-10-14

An early roundism drawing and looking for shapes stemming from the body into the negative space.

The birth of new cubism 2 – 28-10-14

A cubistic pencil drawing belonging to the ‘birth of new cubism’ series.

The birth of new cubism 1 – 28-10-14

The birth of new cubism – 27-10-14

Part of the ‘birth of new cubism’ series. One of the last I think. After this I would drop the name.

Queen Maxima – 17-10-14

Now I found my groove in cubism it was time to put some dutch royalty on paper.

Roundism – 22-10-14

Part of the ’roundism’ series. I liked doing the circular movements in this cubistic drawing.

Roundism – 30-09-14

Part of the ’roundism’ series.

Roundism – 22-09-14

Continuation of the roundism series and seeing more round curves in objects than before.

Roundism – 10-09-14

Taking it further I pushed ’roundism’ to new heights and heaftier movements. This one depicts Darja Collin, the wife of author and poet Slauerhoff.

A 3rd tribute to Bettie Page – 05-09-14

A third interpretation of American pin-up and 1950s celebrity Bettie Page in roundish shapes.

Roundism – 27-08-14

One of the early drawings that I called ’roundism’.

Roundism – 18-08-14

Part of the ’roundism’ series and a prestudy for an oil painting I made in December 2014. From now my ‘new cubism’ has been evolved into ’roundism’.

Round cubism – 14-08-14 (sold)

A piece that stands on its own because I found it not to be a part of the ‘birth of new cubism series. In its sort it’s the birth of ’roundism’, sprouting from the ‘birth of new cubism’ series that survived right till this day.

A 2nd tribute to Bettie Page – 13-08-14

A second ode to pin-up and 1950s’ U.S. celebrity Bettie Page. I’m thinking of cross-overs here – between realism and cubism. Still not there, I think because I think the forms are rather ‘closed’ in spite of the fact that I like the roundish shapes of the musculature on her back.

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