Pastel drawings by Corne Akkers - Corne Akkers Drawings & Paintings

Impressionistic treescape pastel drawing

Estate ‘Oosterbeek’ – 17-03-15 (sold)

A small park just around the corner where I sometimes wander about. I was struck by the light through the trees and the atmospheric depth.

St. James Church (Grote of St.-Jacobskerk) at The Hague – 10-03-15

Situated in The Hague and blasting in the sun,

Meyendel – 27-02-15

A more cubistic pastel drawing of Meyendel, following the previous ones. I like this ones better because I dared to put the cubes through the branches so the drawing becomes fragmented.

expressionistic treescape pastel drawing

Meyendel – 26-02-15

Meyendel is a park to the north of The Hague, near Wassenaar, part dunes, part forest where I like to come often. It is marked by all kinds of trees and especially the pines I love to draw / paint.

Meyendel – 21-02-15

I was attracted to the light shing through the needles of the pine, almost making them transparant and blueish rather than showing sharp contours.

Meyendel – 16-02-15 (sold)

A more cubistic pastel drawing of Meyendel, following the previous ones. I like this ones better because I dared to put the cubes through the branches so the drawing becomes fragmented.

Meyendel – 10-02-15

Another pastel drawing I made in the dunes outside The Hague. It’s not entirely cubism and holds certain impressionistic elements, I think.

Reclining nude – 28-01-15

A somehow expressionistic kind of pastel drawing that came from a live drawing session with my favorite model.

Roundism – 13-01-15

Part of the roundism series. I once was in Amsterdam teaching for an international group of expats and we used an Italian model who posed for us like a still.

cubistic pastel drawing of a tunesian woman

Carthaginian waiting for her hero’s return – 29-12-14

This piece stands on its own I think. Almost tainted glass-like and not really cubistic anymore, more roundism but different.

Impressionistic cityscape pastel drawing

Impression of an Amsterdam sunset – 19-12-14 (sold)

This is the pastel drawing of the prestudy I made in graphite a month before. I like the sun that sets not underneath the horizon but in a window somewhere in a cityscape. It always blinds us and I liked capturing such a moment.

Walking through cities I was wondering what the essence of a sunset in city would be. It is easy to tell from a landscape. The sun always is visible, through treelines or at full display. When in Amsterdam or any other city it struck me all of a sudden the setting sun can be present for a very short time in a window screen, lighting up the complete street in orange hues. Backlighted buildings often show purples and blues in return as a complementary counterbalance through the stimulation of the cones in your eyes. That was where this pastel drawing was all about.

Pastel drawing on Canson Mi-Teintes Touch paper (50 x 65 x 0.1 cm)
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Reclining nude – 10-11-14

I was hovering over my regular model and was charmed by this unusual angle. Perhaps you can forgive me when I tell you that I made the pastel from a picture I took that session because otherwise I had to keep my head upside down the whole time.

Roundism – 06-10-14 (sold)

A pastel in the roundism series. I think it might be the first one. Looking back I think I was very risky with the colour scheme but I wanted to enforce the jump-like figure. It’s owned now by a private Chinese collector.

A 4th tribute to Bettie Page – 16-09-14

Bettie Page became a sweet taste in my mouth so I rendered her in pastel in reds and greens.

Estate Oosterbeek – 15-07-14 (sold)

A realistic / impressionistic pastel drawing of estate ‘Oosterbeek’, at The Hague, Netherlands.

expressionistic landscape pastel drawing

Mill ‘De Vlieger’ – 09-06-14

I was inspired by Mondriaan’s orange mill when I did this piece. I executed it in quite expressionistic colours.

Impressionistic still life pastel drawing

Satin – 31-03-14 (2014) – prestudy

A study after the glow of satin. The women at The Hague Market looked very surprized when I asked for 5 mtr of her finest pink satin. One does everything for art.

impressionistic landscape pastel drawing

The Hague Forest 2 (2014)

A pastel drawing at estate ‘Reigersbergen’ near the ‘Haagse Bos’ (The Hague Forest) in an impressionistic way.Pastel drawing on Canson Mi-Teintes Touch paper (47 x 62 x 0.1 cm).

Hatertse Vennen (Hatert Meres) 09 (2014)

An impressionistic pastel of the sun setting through the trees at the Hatertse Vennen (Hatert Meres), Gelderland, Nederland.

Hatert Meres (Hatertse Vennen) 08 (2014)

Scenery at the Hatert Meres between Nijmegen and Overasselt, Gelderland, Nederland.

Hatert Meres (Hatertse Vennen) 07 (2014) (sold)

The Hatert Meres near Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands at their best – marches, meres and trees.

Elementary Particles (2014) (sold)

An early very abstract cubist pastel that I like to do. The planes look so scatteered that I decided to call it ‘elementary particles’. It’s in Quatar now bought by a private collector.

Flowering Trees (2014) (sold)

Longing for spring makes me post this one. I closely studied Camille Pisarro and saw leaves, blossom transcending into the negative space around it very gradually.

Royal Estate ‘De Horsten’ (2014) (sold)

Pastel drawing of the main canal at royal estate ‘De Horsten’, near Wassenaar, Netherlands. It’s owned by a Chinese collector now.

Berg en Dal 07 (2014) (sold)

A pastel of the ‘Berg en Dal’ series, an investigation after different styles of doing landscapes.

Berg en Dal 06 (2014) (sold)

A view on the hills of Berg en Dal, at Gelderland, Netherlands.

Berg en Dal 05 (2014) (sold)

An impressionistic view on Berg en Dal, near Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands and part of a series.

Berg en Dal 03 (2014) (sold)

A rather expressionistic approach to one of my favourite spots in The Netherlands – Berg en Dal, near Nijmegen where I grew up.

The Japanese garden 2 (2014)

The second of two pastels on the Japanese Garden at estate ‘Clingendael’ at The Hague, Netherlands. This one is as impressionistic as the first and I’m looking forward to do some more.

The Japanese garden 1 (2014)

An impressionistic view on the Japanese Garden at estate ‘Clingendael’ at The Hague, Netherlands. Opened in spring and autumn only.

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