On the Beach – 11-12-20

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Years ago I saved a vintage picture of a nude on the beach. Origin unknown and my best guess would be from the 1930s or 1940s. The picture was rather grainy and but it showed a great composition of a female body in slanted position.

Hommage to the Entombment of Christ by Caravaggio – 05-12-20

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In my classes I often use ‘The Entombment of Christ’ by Caravaggio to demonstrate how artists normally distribute space. Next to this, in my eyes a great artist is one who lets the composition reflect the idea the main theme has to to convey.

Roundism – 15-11-20

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The previous drawing Roundism – 06-11-20 was set up rather elementary, contary to this one.

Roundism – 06-11-20

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After Roundism – 27-10-20 I thought to postpone future colored pencil drawings for a while and return to graphite pencil.

Roundism – 27-10-20

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Last model session resulted in a nice pose through which I was inspired to continue my roundism series.

The Cat – 23-10-20 (sold)

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A cat comes in handy when you are out of options and do not want to simply draw a pretty picture of a beautiful woman.

Roundism – 22-09-20

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After an odd month doing other project it was time to do one in my roundisym style again.

Solarized Geometry – 10-09-20

Graphite drawing of a stylized reclining nude female figure rendered in sharp light–dark contrasts with geometric shapes in the upper left corner.

After my drawing Roundism – 29-08-20 it was time to delve into this type of solarized geometry. Next to that I employed a bit of cubism.

Roundism – 20-08-20

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After my drawing ‘Roundism – 19-08-20’ I put it as my goal to do another solarized one but a little bit less and more abstract.