Batenburg – 02-08-20

impressionistic landscape graphite pencil drawing

As you may know I often wander about and astray through landscapes I have never been before or in this particular case I know all too well. Batenburg is not far away from Nijmegen, where I was born and raised and upon my word it is a quite pittoresque village along the river Maas.

Berg en Dal – 28-04-19

impressionist landscape graphite pencil drawing

I planned this study to be completed under an hour. I think I improve. The goal is to prepare me for the outdoor season to come.

The Ooij polder – 27-06-16 (sold)

surrealistic landscape graphite pencil drawing

A little pond situated in the Ooij Polder, Gelderland, Netherlands, near Nijmegen, caused me a lot of trouble. I saw human figures in the treeline and the water reflections but I had to come up with some subtlety so I wouldn’t attrack all the attention to the figures as well to the trees as a given realistic fact.