Clingendael – 24-04-19

impressionistic graphite pencil drawing of a pond with swans

Wednesday (daytime) is my ‘day off’. Teaching art class is due in the evening and I have lots of time to go outdoors now spring has arrived. Estate ‘Clingendael’ is just around the corner to where I live here in The Hague and there i saw two swans swimming by.

Kethel – 22-04-19 (sold)

Surrealistic cityscape graphite pencil drawing

I was heading for Julia Filament’s exhibition on Katendrecht when I decided to take a detour through Kethel, a small encapsulated village in the north of Schiedam, near Rotterdam.

Leidschendam – 21-04-19​

impressionistic cityscape graphite pencil drawing

Today I went to Amsterdam to see Rembrandt’s etchings and on my way how I stopped in good ol’ Leidschendam at the Sluisjes where I quickly sketched this view with ‘De Peperbus’ (an old church) in the background.

Zierikzee – 16-04-19

impressionistic harbour graphite pencil drawing

The first great day of Spring has arrived and my mood for landscape painting and drawing still is growing.

Leidschendam – 11-04-19 (sold)

Cubistic cityscape graphite pencil drawing

I am in a spring kind of mood and since my last drawing I see more blossoms although real fine weather is only due for next week.

The artist and his model – 31-03-19

Surrealistic graphite pencil drawing

This drawing is a protest and and prestudy altogether. The latter for the sake of a bigger painting and the first because I need to be more clear about nudity once again.

Roundism – 26-03-19

Cubistic nude colored pencil drawing

The sheets on my duvet on which my model lay show nice checkered patterns. Her body contrasted them quite nicely and I decided to exploit this to the max.

Olympia – 22-03-19

cubistic nude pastel drawing

Before last Tuesday’s model session I thought of a great pose I instructed to my model.