Beer bottles (1984)

realistic colored pencil drawing of beer bottles

An early coloredpencil sketch of beer bottles, learning to create mass out of tonal values. In retrospective I like this one because it shows the transition from a child to an adolescent and more mature look at things.

Still life with fruit (1978)​

Child's painting by Corne Akkers

An early attempt to draw realistic motifs. I can see that all depth still is lacking and I cannot remember when I saw tonal values for the first time.

Still life with fruit (1979)

Child's drawing by Corne Akkers

An early attempt to draw realistic motifs. I remember the struggling and I was pissed off because I couldn’t get the 3d optical illusion right.

Kiss (1975 – 1980)

child's drawing by Corne Akkers

This one might have done in 1978 or earlier, around the release of ‘I was made for loving you’. As a child I was crazy about them, also because of the funny costumes and because I liked rock very much. A typical kid’s drawing still.

Abstract flower (1970 – 1975)

Child's drawing by Corne Akkers

Abstract flower (1970 – 1975)  One of the earliest works I ever made. In retrospective I rather like it and of late some etsy-like website even thought it to be cute if they would include this one in their catalogue. I don’t know. Many of my child’s drawings look as such but this one looks […]