Dynamics

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Nude – 02-06-15’ is an attempt to create a female form in motion. The last drawing already looked very dynamic and I liked the result. Evidentually I’m not alone because not much later I sold it. Therefor I had it in my to take dynamics one step further. Why not do a couple of repeted extrapolated contours outside the body? That is: to the right and left of the nude. This way she looks almost dancing and even about to move off paper.

Getting Used to It

Now, I have to be honest here and admit to having to get use to what it became. A bit unexpected really although there are new aspects to this developing Roundism style that I like. Maybe it’s the amount of repetion in circular patterns that I do not really underlign. Certainly after a decade rewriting this art statement for SEO resons. Luckily I even sold a print in the past so someone was quite happy. However, as artist I tend to keep my standards high and always seek for improvement. Why wouldn’t I?

Negative Space

Now I come to think of it more thoroughly I think it’s all about the abundance of negative space around it. I even can remember now why I created aforementioned patterns in the first place. Surely to experiment further with the previous drawing in mind. Then again, also in an attempt to fill up the paper in a meaningful way. Otherwise the model would have looked a bit like a needle with too much nothingness around her. These last 10 years I learnt a lot. Not least that it is most important to balance out positve and negative spaces in a suiting manner. In fact, I consider this principle a keystone to my artworks nowadays.

Graphite pencil drawing (Pentel, 0.5 mm) on Canson Bristol paper (21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm) (A4-format)

Artist: Corné Akkers

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