Pastels - Corne Akkers Art

Splash (2013)

An experiment in pastel to get flow without blending out with my fingers (in order to avoid ‘muddy segments’ in my pastels).

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Nude couple (2013) (sold)

A quick sketch of an old picture I once found that I quickly sold to one of my students.

Expressionistic treescape pastel drawing

Hatert Meres (Haterse Vennen) 05 (2013) (sold)

An expressionistic way to depict the Hatert Meres near Nijmegen, Netherlands.

impressionistic treescape pastel drawing

Hatert Meres (Hatertse Vennen) 04 (2014)

Trees and reflections at the Hatert Meres, Gelderland, Netherlands. I liked using purples and pinks in this one.

Adam & Eve – 08-05-13 (sold)

Found a pastel in the ‘garbage’ map of pastels that I found to be not very bad after all. Takes me back a couple of years when I did a lot of hatching.

Pastel Study 04 (2013)

A classic pastel study of a classic sort of model pose. I liked the diagonals.

Just like ‘Cubistic nude – 04 (2013)’ this one is featured in a daily dutch television soap although scaled down too small. I liked doing some strong stuff through a complementary mix purple / yellow.

Cubistic nude 05 (2013) (sold)

One I did as a commission. It’s a combination of straight planes and round forms putting the stress on the model’s movements.

Cubistic nude (04) (2013)

This one is featured in a daily dutch television soap although scaled down too small.

Cubistic nude (03) (2013)

A very mild cubistic approach to this one. I wanted to see if a realistic view could be combined with some abstraction.

Pastel drawing of Hatertse Vennen with vivid colors, diagonal textures, and painterly atmosphere by Corné Akkers.

Hatert Meres (Hatertse Vennen) 03 (2013) (sold)

This pastel drawing ‘Hatert Meres (Hatertse Vennen) 03 (2013) (Sold)’ is in honor of a great district just below Nijmegen. Full of heather, meres and forested areas.