Dordrecht – 07-12-17

cubistic cityscape graphite pencil drawing

A couple of weeks back I was going to the Jongkind exhibition at the Dordrechtse Museum at Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands and I decided to go on a short detour across the city which I visit almost two decades ago for the last time.

The sheik of Araby – 15-10-17

A surreal graphite drawing where a reclining nude female figure forms the contours of a desert landscape, with actor Rudolph Valentino depicted as the sheik on the right and a camel caravan moving below her body.

This graphite pencil drawing ‘The Sheik of Araby – 15-10-17’ is in honor of moviestar Rudolph Valentino. Originally a jazz song, now an artwork.

Roundism – 08-10-17

Cubistic nude graphite pencil drawing

In this drawing I tried to play with triangles, circles and rectangulars forming the model posture. Next to this the laws of singularity as described earlier apply just very nicely.

Nude – 01-10-17

cubistic nude colored pencil drawing

A rather loose cubistic sketch done with colour pencils. For the 4th time in a row I used the same (indian) model. Her skin allows me to use a lot of yellow which I counterbalanced with edgy purple planes.

I lost my contacts – 23-09-17

surrealistic nude graphite pencil drawing

Last Sunday I had another photo shoot and drawing session with my favorite odel and after I saw back the photos there was only one plausible conclusion: There comes a time when you look at a naked woman and discover new things.

Bettie Page – 01-09-17 (sold)

Cubistic nude graphite pencil drawing

This time I made Bettie somehow rectangular, circular and squareish, matching her perfect female forms to simplifyed geometric shapes, not loosing a hint of impressionistic feel of realism.

Bettie Page – 28-08-17

cubist nude graphite pencil drawing

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Bettie Page – 28-08-17’ is a surrealist one. Finally I got to depict this lovely pin-up once more.

Delft – 19-08-17 (sold)

Surrealistic cityscape graphite pencil drawing

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Delft – 19-08-17 (Sold)’ is a surrealist one. One time I was finding myself steering my bike to Delft.