A graphite pencil drawing in cubist style depicting a windmill and surrounding architecture. Geometric shapes and curved lines form rooftops, windows, and foliage. A solitary figure stands in the lower right, adding depth and introspection to the abstract forest-like composition.

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A black-and-white cubist pencil drawing depicting a windmill and surrounding buildings. Geometric shapes and curved lines form rooftops and walls, with shading adding depth. The windmill stands centrally at the top, its blades extending outward. Signature and date appear at the bottom.
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Schiedam – 21-08-16

Regularly Visit a Place You Have Never Been Before

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Schiedam – 21-08-16’ is part of the series under the same name. Probably the most cubist one. In 2016 I was visiting the centre of Schiedam for the first time. You know how these things go. You live in a city nearby and for no particular reason you never visit neighboring cities or villages. The reason is very simple. Caught up in daily affairs once in a while you are aware of places to visit. However, these can stay with intentions but you forget about them. In my artistic life there will always be things to do. Hence, the to-do lists grow forever. Then, all of a sudden, I remember a quote by the Dalai Lama: regularly visit a place you have never been before.

The Jenever Museum

There you have it: the old master’s advice. Since I read one of his books an odd 30 years ago I stick to this principle. For no particular reason I went to Schiedam on a Sunday, just to check it out and it’s only 20 minutes drive. Well, a fun place to be, I can tell you that. The old city is not too big but there is a lot of beauty to see: canals, old houses and the Schiedam Museum of Modern Arts. One other museum I have to mention as well: The Jenever Museum. All about the craft of distilling jenever or ‘gin’ in English. Having already taken a lot of photographs in the city centre, I was taking it all in at the museum. Great to discover the passion for something I haven’t thought about before.

Clear Right from the Start

Then, after having consumed enough data on jenever I looked down the window from the second floor towards the other side of the canal. There it was, a perfect view on one of the windmills towering over the city. Immediately I was struck by the circular movement of the tree branches contrasting the straight lines of the buildings. Back home I  employed curves and straight lines and wove them into planes dissolving into one another. Not often it is clear right from the start what the goal of a work of art should be. This was such a moment.

Graphite pencil drawing (Pentel 3B, 0.5 mm) on Canson Bristol paper (21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm)

Artist: Corné Akkers

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