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Beek - 14-04-25

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Pitt Graphite Matt pencil (Faber-Castell, 14B) drawing on Hahnemühle Bamboo Sketch paper (21 x 29,7 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

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Natte Beek

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Beek – 14-04-25’ depicts a slighty cubist interpretation of an eponymous landscape. There’s this house called the ‘Natte Beek’ (‘Wet Rivulet’) which is funny. All rivulets, creeks or waters in general are wet, aren’t they? This actual spot is very well known to locals because it is a striking scenery. When you pass it via the Rijksstraatweg you’ll easily spot it. That’s because it is situated in an open field in the bushy hills of Beek. Many times I have seen it with childish curiosity sitting in a bus towards my grandmother in the Ooij. Especially in winter it looks like a gothic fairytale, looking forelorn in the woods. In summer it looks less threatening when meadows are all green. Spring has arrived and my outdoors sketching inclinations are growing. Therefor I thought it would be a good start using this spot as artistic motif.

Paper Strucure

Quite a while now since I made a last landscape really. My last one of Beek showed the old and the new Bartholomeuskerk in a cubistic approach. This time I had it in me to combine impressionism with cubism. This feeling appeared to exactly match the presupposition I had with regard to this Hahnemühle Bamboo sketch paper. Rather grainy of structure reacting to my pencil made me think of Ingres paper of the same brand. It happened to be that my soft 14B pencil scratched across the paper like a knife cuts through soft butter. Even rubbed out with a stump the structures still looked broken.
2025-04-22

Berg en Dal - 21-04-25

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Pitt Graphite Matt pencil (Faber-Castell, 14B) drawing on Talens Bristol paper (21 x 29,7 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

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My Favorite Spot

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Berg en Dal – 21-04-25’ is my next landscape endeavour after the previous one, called ‘Beek – 14-04-25’. Cubism meets impressionism once more. The title is a bit arbitrary because I think it might also be part of Beek. Ubbergen, Berg en Dal, Groesbeek, Beek and even Ooij are all part now of the bigger municipality Berg en Dal. Therefor it doesn’t matter really. Since I gave a couple of drawings and pastels the same title I think it’s fair enough. They are made in the same area as this one, which offers a view on the Boterberg positioned to the left. In fact ‘Berg en Dal – 25-10-23’ is a vista on hill in the center to the right. This must be my favorite spot. Probably since 1980 when I visited it for the first time with my parents.

Not Fully in Leaf Yet

The reference photo I took some weeks ago when the trees were not in leaf yet. Only some pines on the Boterberg show some darker leafy planes. Even though there weren’t many leaves yet, tree branches show subtle bifuractions. Especially when the outer ends already show buds their outlines tend to appear as beautiful bulged structures. Certainly, similar to abstract geometric shapes and I simply love those. When trees are fully in leaf often they block the view too much. You simply can’t suggest depth between trees too much anymore. My aim though was to depict the structures of the hilly slopes and treescapes altogether. So was right on time.
2025-04-04

The Hague Forest (Haagse Bos) - 21-06-18

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Graphite pencil drawing (Pentel 0.5 mm, 3B) on Strathmore Bristol paper (21 x 29.2 x 0.1 cm – A4 format)
Artist: Corné Akkers

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A Mixture of Cubism & Surrealism

This graphite pencil drawing ‘The Hague Forest - 21-06-18’ is a mixture of cubism, roundism and surrealism. After Roundism 12-06-18 I wanted something different. Nothing more boring than to do the same kind of motif over and over again. It’s not the first time I tried out such a mixture. Perhaps you remember a previous drawing called ‘Strange Goings on at ‘t Meertje - 10-02-16 (Sold)’. That may have been the first attempt to employ such a combination of styles. Now I felt it was about time to try it out again and see what may stem from my pencil. You see, there was a special event that inspired me to do so.

Just Around The Corner

Normally, riding my bike through The Hague Forest (Haagse Bos) just around the corner I see only beauty. On a sunny day and in season it usually is a leafy light and shadow play. But one time I happened to bike through it at 3 AM in the dead of night. You see, I was coming from a party in Benoordenhout. The shortest yet the creepiest way back home was through this forest with no street lights at all. Wouldn’t you just love the challenge of overcoming deep fears for the darkness in such woods? Then I came across the central lake in the forest and creatures big and small came out. I tried to capture this feel during daytime. 

A Forest

As such, a forest is a archetype for all our fears. Because behind every tree perverts, notorious highwaymen and other strange folks can dwell. So you better be aware.
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Beek – 23-06-24

Pitt Graphite Matt pencil (Faber-Castell, 14B) drawing on Canson Bristol paper (21 x 29,7 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

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cubist impressionist landscape graphite pencil drawing
2024-05-13

Beek – 09-05-24

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Pitt Graphite Matt pencil (Faber-Castell, 14B) drawing on Winsor & Newton paper (10.5 x 14.8 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

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cubist treescape graphite pencil drawing
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