Solarized Roundism – 26-11-21

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This graphite pencil drawing ‘Solarized Roundism – 26-11-21’ concerns a pose I had my model strike a couple of sessions ago. Strangely it takes me back a year ago when I experimented with solarization during the first lockdown in the Netherlands.

Binckhorst Nude – 03-08-21

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At the Binckhorst I met a model who posed nude for me and a student of mine. The live model sketch was in pastel and in fact I got the taste to do some more.

Sheep Have More Fun – 23-07-21

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Sheep have more fun or do they? It so happened that my dear friend, poet and photographer Alexis de Roode went for a little stroll in nature.

Roundism – 23-12-20 (sold)

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Just on the brink of Christmas I thought I should make a roundism drawing looking rather risqué. It was a strange and hefty year for us all, I think.

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.