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.

Cubist Expressionism – 08-09-20

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After careful considering I chose for a rendering with hatched strokes like I am used to in doing pastels and many a drawing, even though this is the first time in oil.

Bedside Moonlighting – 31-08-20

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My model and I were looking for intesting poses and on the bedside there it was: a beautiful one with some interesting lighting. Sometimes extreme light like in this particular case can offer a new insight in compositionary possibilities.

The Venus of The Hague – 23-07-20

Surreal graphite drawing of a reclining female nude with a shark’s head, resting on a brain-like sphere, surrounded by fish, shells, and a diver in an underwater scene.

Being a deep sea fish a coelacanth hardly ever come face to face with a white shark way up high but sometimes it does. If so, what would you expect to happen.

The Venus of The Hague – 09-07-20

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Animals kept crawling in so it was inevitable to incorporate them into these series. The first one I saw was a lioness in her thight and second the hares in her buttocs.