Sans titre – 26-10-18​

Cubistic portrait graphite pencil drawing of Angie Dickinson

When I was looking at the reference picture of Angie Dickinson my colleague at Studio Brugman, Gilbert said her face looked almost chiseled like a statue.

Sans titre – 11-10-18 (sold)

Surrealistic Frida Kahlo nude graphite pencil drawing

I am not sure what I thought about her, except for her strong personality. I sometimes liked her paintings and then I didn’t. What I have in common with her is that we both are autodidacts and that we like(d) to go our own way in life. Somehow I always come across her once in a while and that is why I decided to draw her. I saw a lovely – rare – nude photograph and thought I’d include her in my sans titre / roundism series.

Sans titre – 27-09-18

Cubistic portrait colored pencil drawing of Tallulah Bankhead

In this drawing I tried to capture the edgy character of U.S. actress Talullah Bankhead and still bring softness to her face.

Sans titre – 30-07-18

Cubistic portrait graphite pencil drawing of Faye Dunaway

I was captured by the high lights at the top and the bottom and decided to keep the planes straight, putting the stress on the rough edged character of the figure.

Sans titre – 08-06-18 (sold)

Cubistic Diana Ross graphite pencil drawing

I always liked Diana Ross (except for that ghaslty song ‘My Old Piano’) and when I saw a video recently I was intrigued by this shiny 80-dress oozing out glitter and glamour.

Bettie Page – 19-05-18

Cubistic nude graphite pencil drawing

I found this great early picture of a young Bettie Page posing before her pin-up days of fame.