Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawings by Corne Akkers

Roundism – 26-03-19

The sheets on my duvet on which my model lay show nice checkered patterns. Her body contrasted them quite nicely and I decided to exploit this to the max.

A day at the beach – 16-03-19 (sold)

This drawing is to celebrate human achievements and imagination in particular. To see one thing in another is something very real, surreal and metaphysical altogether.

cubistic cityscape graphite pencil drawing

Voorschoten – 11-03-19

Last year I was walking through sunny Voorschoten, a town in the north to where I live.

Surrealistic nude graphite pencil drawing

The artist and his model – 22-02-19 (sold)

This drawing is to celebrate the holy bond between the artist and his model.

5 bestialities – 19-02-19

After my last drawing ’11 bestialities – 09-02-19’ I got the hang of it and decided to do once more.

11 bestial qualities – 09-02-19

One thing in another. I try to see it all the time. Sometimes I fail, another time I see more clearly.

impressionistic cityscape graphite pencil drawing

The Peace Palace at The Hague – 04-02-19

The reference picture I used I took last year at the brink of spring.

Surrealistic portrait graphite and colored pencil drawing

Mira (2019) (sold)

Mira (2019) (sold) A commission for a drawing of a young woman that I already painted 9 years ago. Then a teenager, now a young woman and an excellent way

Isis – 25-01-19

Some time ago I saw underwater excavation pictures of Heracleion, an ancient Egyptian city submerged.

Roundism – 16-01-19

Last August international dancer and model Julia Gómez Avilés came over to my studio where we, together with fellow artist Julia Filement, had a wonderful live session.

One thing in another – 05-01-19

In my egyptian series I try to excavate treasures from the past.

surrealistic nude colored pencil drawing

My Egyptian series is an addition to my ‘j’accuse’ painting ‘The Revelation of Bettie Page’. My New Year’s resolution for this year: I dare all algorithms of social media scanning the internet for nipples like the Matrix’s sentinels for Neo.

Cleopatra – 22-12-18

When I saw the reference picture I was inspired to turn the model sitting in a bath with lots of foam around her,into a donkey milk bath with Cleopatra in it for the sake of my Egyptian ambition.

La Langue Verte – 14-12-18

I liked the triangular position of the model’s body and put her in an Egyptian scenery, thinking of my roundism style relating to hieroglyphics and Egyptian arts in general. I always liked the intense need for styling and I consider the depictions of the human body by the old Egyptians to be one of mankind’s greatest achievements.

Initiatrix – 03-12-18

The third art work in my new series on Egypt. I experimented with my personal style ‘roundism’ in combination with realism and surrealism.

cubistic treescape colored pencil drawing

De Koepel (The Dome) at Voorburg – 01-11-18

When I go to teach at Studio Brugman, atVoorburg I often come across The Dome (De Koepel), situated in the middle of estate ‘Vreugd en Rust’.

surrealist desert graphite pencil drawing

Oudaen – 26-11-18

Last year I was at Oudaen, a city castle at Utrecht, Netherlands which now is a crowdy hotspot for party people. I was dining near the window in the corner with hundreds of people around me but a single cat was lying quietly by the window.

Roundism – 19-11-18

Today I told some students that creating art is seeing one thing in another.

An archeological memory of Bettie Page – 13-11-18

The reference picture I used was slightly different from the one I used for ‘The revelation of Bettie Page (2018)’.

surrealistic portrait graphite pencil drawing

Nights over Egypt – 13-11-18

I found this picture of Jenna J. Ross on Instagram and I liked it a lot.

Aquatic superbeing – 06-11-18

This drawing is all about the aquatic qualities of the body of a woman.

Cubistic portrait graphite pencil drawing of Angie Dickinson

Sans titre – 26-10-18

When I was looking at the reference picture of Angie Dickinson my colleague at Studio Brugman, Gilbert said her face looked almost chiseled like a statue.

Impressionistic landscape graphite pencil drawing

Het Oude Hof – 20-10-18 (sold)

Last week I went to visit Museum Kranenburgh at Bergen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Cubistic nude graphite pencil drawing thumbnail

Heavenly body – 17-10-18 (sold)

I was going to name this drawing ‘Heavenly Body – 17-10-18’, ‘Across the Universe’ after the Beatles song

Surrealistic Frida Kahlo nude graphite pencil drawing

Sans titre – 11-10-18 (sold)

I am not sure what I thought about her, except for her strong personality. I sometimes liked her paintings and then I didn’t. What I have in common with her is that we both are autodidacts and that we like(d) to go our own way in life. Somehow I always come across her once in a while and that is why I decided to draw her. I saw a lovely – rare – nude photograph and thought I’d include her in my sans titre / roundism series.

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