
Henriëtte – session 23-03-13
Henriëtte Sibie at her best, at Studio Brugman (at Voorburg, Netherlands) during a live session.

Henriëtte Sibie at her best, at Studio Brugman (at Voorburg, Netherlands) during a live session.

Drawing of Holland’s most famous model ‘Henriëtte Sibie’, done at Studio Brugman, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

A male nude (done a little bit expressionically) for a change (made at Studio Brugman, at Voorburg Netherlands).

The original impressionistic pastel drawing of a nude after which I made a copy for a Chinese collector in December 2016.

There is so much colour to be found in shadows. I hardly use unsaturated colours in them because then it looks so brownish and I can’t relate to that. This found its way to a Chinese collector.

classical piece that went to China. They love such classic art over there.

A classical / realistic approach to realism with a wink to Edgar Degas. It is sold to a Chinese collector.


This oil painting ‘China Girl (2012) is a tribute to old colonial post cards of exotic nudes. The yellow in this oil serves as the dominant factor.

This pastel is done after a 1920’s picture I found in an art deco-community online.

This pastel drawing ‘Nude Sitting on Table (2011) (sold)’ is a kind of impressionist I guess. People around me also mentioned realism and art deco.

A live model that I painted at Studio Brugman, Voorburg, Netherlands. The purporse was to meet realism from an expressionistic starting point.

I love foreshortened positions and although the model is tucked in very tightly, through application of the golden ratio and positioning the model according it, the composition worked out fine.



A study of a sleeping girl. My girl back then in my student days to be precise.