Drawings - Corne Akkers Art

cubistic cityscape graphite pencil drawing

Leiden – 11-11-15

A view on the houses and trees below the Burcht (Castle) of Leiden.

Leiden – 06-11-15

A graphite pencil drawing of Leiden, city at Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, where I lived for a long time and this site is to be seen from the Burcht (Castle) looking at the Hartebrugkerk (church).

Leiden – 04-11-15

The city where I studied international and european competition law and where I lived for 11 years.

cubistic treescape graphite pencil drawing

Haagse Bos (The Hague Forest) – 02-11-15

The central pond at the Haagse Bos (The Hague Forest). I wanted to make the reflections look convincing even though there was plenty of figurative abstraction.

Het Binnenhof (The Inner Court) – 29-10-15

I wanted to do the dutch parliament in my roundish style without loosing the characteristics of the facade and buildings.

Royal Estate ‘De Horsten’ – 23-10-15

A rather gloomy drawing but I liked doing it. It’s art deco rather than cubism I think.

cubist treescape graphite pencil drawing

Filosofendal (Valley of the Philosophers) – 20-10-15

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Filosofendal (Valley of the Philosophers) – 20-10-15 is all about trees and hills. Captured in cubism.

Nude – 17-10-15 (sold)

I liked doing the facets like a diamond in this one. It’s with a private collector now.

Nude – 12-10-15

The reference picture was not too great so I had to add a lot of things to it, like the moon and in the body.

Nude – 07-10-15 (sold)

I liked the model being thin so I could easily detect cubistic planes.

Nude – 04-10-15

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Nude 04-10-15’ a full display of the principles of ambiguous image. Women are foxy!

Nude – 25-09-15

I experimented with stronger lines and edges like featured on a futuristic machine.

Nude – 17-09-15

Part of the roundism series. I wanted to have it as abstract as possible without losing the essence of the female body.

Nude – 12-09-15

I loved to let the women’s forms flow into the sheets around and let them be a part of the body. Mass that desintegrates into lines around it.

Nude – 09-09-15

This backwarded position was ideal for my roundism style go bezerk.

Nude – 03-09-15 (sold)

I particularly like this one because of the cubist quality of the abdomen muscles and the compositionary division of the negative space in big planes.

Nude – 28-08-15

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Nude – 28-08-15’ is something totally different from what I normally am up to. Executed in straight lines only.

Nude – 25-08-15

Graphite pencil drawing of an art deco-like model. I liked the cubist quality of the hairs.

Cubistic graphite pencil drawing of Anne Baxter

Sans titre – 21-08-15

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 21-08-15’ depicts Anne Baxter, American actress and celebrity. Her greatest role might me in the 1950 movie ‘All About Eve’.

Nude – 11-08-15 (Sold)

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Nude – 11-08-15’ is based on the principles of circularity. Concentric circles draw the attention towards the figure.

cubist audrey tautou portrait graphite pencil drawing

Sans titre – 06-08-15

Part of the sans titre series, being Audrey Tautou, French actress and celebrity.

Nude – 28-07-15

I thought it would be appropiate to let the model disappear into the negative space all around her so she would be lying there, scattered across the floor and so I did.