Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawings by Corne Akkers

Cubistic nude colored and graphite penci drawing

Roundism – 26-11-16

An experiment on how to open up forms as much as possible according to my style ’roundism’. I wanted to have the model ‘breathe’ the space around her as much as possible.

Roundism – 20-11-16

The style of roundism put into colours and open spheres. I strongly looked for an overall distribution of the colour scheme so that none of the colours used would be dominant over another

Cubistic nude – 11-11-16

Another model in colour and in straight cubistic planes left open to breathe.

Cubistic portrait colored pencil painting

Julia Filament – 03-11-16 (sold)

I took my dear colleague Julia Filament to the Mauritshuis, where I placed her in front of ‘The Girl with the pearl earring’ by Vermeer and rendered her cubistically.

Roundism – 29-10-16 (sold)

Roundism put into a complementary colour scheme. The hardest thing was to balance it all so the purple wouldn’t overwhealm the yellow.

cubistic portrait colored pencil drawing of Mary Pickford

Sans titre – 25-10-16 (sold)

One from the series ‘sans titre’ depicting moviestars. This one is a tribute to Mary Pickford in some kind of cubistic roundish style.

Cubistic portrait colored pencil drawing of Mary Nolan

Sans titre – 17-10-16

Continuation of the roundism series, representing Mary Nolan, American actress and celebrity.

Roundism – 12-10-16 (sold)

An experiment in coloration of roundish shapes, rendered with colour pencils only.

Cubistic natalie wood colored pencil drawing

Sans titre – 06-10-16

One of the ‘sans titre’ series I made. This one is Natalie Wood put in the style of cubism / roundism.

I was visiting the new established museum at estate ‘Voorlinden’ at Wassenaar, Netherlands and saw the old mansion next to the new museum building and this inspired be to combine them in a coloured pencil drawing.

Roundism – 29-09-16

Part of the roundism series and using my favoutite model again.

Cubistic portrait graphite pencil drawing of Gene Tierney

Sans titre – 23-09-16

One out of the series ‘sans titre’ after the moviestar ‘Gene Tierney’ in the roundism style.

The chase – 20-09-16 (sold)

This one is based on the swimming pool full of optical illusions at Museum ‘Voorlinden’ at Wassenaar, The Netherlands.

cubistic cityscape graphite pencil drawing

Vlaardingen 14-09-16 (sold)

The town of Vlaardingen (near Rotterdam) depicted in roundish forms. This is a view on the harbour in the center with the ‘Grote Kerk’ (‘Big Church’) at the background.

Roundism – 08-09-16 (sold)

Another example of the roundism series, ever continuing. This one is the conclusion of a series of 15 drawings on the same theme.

Schiedam – 02-09-16 (sold)

A cubistic / roundism kind of style of Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Schiedam – 26-08-16 (sold)

In the dead of summer means I am in the midst of the outdoor sketching season. Although I did not complete this one on the spot the invention of the basic composition and planal distribution were done at Katendrecht, Rotterdam.

Cubsitic cityscape graphite pencil drawing

Schiedam 21-08-16

Part of a series on Schiedam, a town near Rotterdam, Netherlands, done in a cubistic / roundish style.

De Hofvijver (The Court’s Pond) – 17-08-16

View at the outer side of the Inner Court (the dutch parliament) and the Court’s Pond (de Hofvijver) at The Hague, Netherlands.

Schiedam – 11-08-16 (sold)

The town of Schiedam (near Rotterdam) depicted in roundish forms. This is a view on ‘De Kameel’ (The Camel) – a windmill (yellow bricks – hence the name) typical for Schiedam

cubistic urban graphite pencil drawing publicity

Gemeentemuseum – 05-08-16

One in the series I made of the Gemeentemuseum at The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Nederland. To honour Mondriaan I made it in a cubistic way.

Roundism – 29-07-16 (sold)

Part of the bigger roundism series and reason why I got blocked by Facebook.

Bettie Page – 22-07-16

American pin-up and 1950s celebrity Bettie Page in roundish forms

Roundism – 19-07-16 (sold)

Part of the roundism series. I like doing this one because of the flow of the reflections that I turned into a kind of water waves.

cubistic portrait graphite pencil drawing

Eben Pagan – 05-08-17 (sold)

A commission for the man in the title of the work.

Roundism – 13-07-16 (sold)

Part of the roundism series. This one is with a private collector in the United States.

Roundism – 08-07-16

Part of the roundism series and a continuation of the search of opening up structures like a female body by connecting parts tonally.

Roundism – 05-07-16 (sold)

In this piece from the roundism series I take a step further and mess about with form distortion The cuts in the body parts are more extreme than in previous drawings.

Roundism – 01-07-16 (sold)

I liked the jumping quality of the model making a jump and tried to emphasize the round shapes – like the breasts and buttocks – popping out.

surrealistic landscape graphite pencil drawing

The Ooij polder – 27-06-16 (sold)

A little pond situated in the Ooij Polder, Gelderland, Netherlands, near Nijmegen, caused me a lot of trouble. I saw human figures in the treeline and the water reflections but I had to come up with some subtlety so I wouldn’t attrack all the attention to the figures as well to the trees as a given realistic fact.