Henriëtte Sibie This pastel drawing ‘Model Session – 18-10-25 – 1’ is a continuation of my cubist endeavours during live model drawing sessions. Henriëtte Sibie was our model this time. She came to visit us again in community center ‘De Blauwe Tram’. However, not the first time. Last time was about a year ago and in the past I worked with her at Brugman Art in Voorburg. Those who consider themselves live model draftsmen and painters matter once they had the pleasure to meet her. Surely, there are a lot of models around. They flock academies throughout the Netherlands and groups like ours but Henriëtte is knows by all. Also yours truely and my painting of her portrait I made back in 2013 got even sold. Time to extend my series of artworks with her beautiful features and personality as theme. A Reclining Posee A reclining pose was the first one whe had her struck this afternoon. Luckily I had a good view on her front with a slightly slanted mattress she reclined on. Regularly it strikes me people during a live drawing session often tend to begin right away. Not me though because I take my time to thoroughly think through a fine composition. Rule number one I learnt in the past: when someone is lieing flat in a full frontal vision, be alarmed! Trying to capture a model from head to toe is useless. It’ll only deliver you a slender sausage on a paper with more than 75% negative space. That was the reason to skip the lower leg of Jelco in my last pastel drawing by the way. Impressionist Cubism In order to avoid such mishaps I decided not to include her lower legs. From elbow to the upper side of the head formed about 2/3rd of the total height of the paper. The mattress forms were also fun and a good excuse to fill up the negative space. Not to much though, merely a supportive detail to support the body structures. Personally, I like these angular types of impressionist cubism. They serve me well in my search for capturing the model’s forms quickly.

Model Session – 18-10-25 – 1

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Pastel on paper (48 x 62,5 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

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Great Classic Face and Gorgeous Trained Body This pastel drawing ‘Model - 17-05-25 – 1’ depicts a woman with a great classic face and gorgeous trained body. All the more reason to capture her in classical realism. Donica is her name and she is a professional model and contemporary dancer. In fact, quite muscular and she can hold a pose, even extremer ones. However, we as a group decided to do only two long sessions of one hour each in the past. A walk in the park for our model of today. So we discussed two comfortable poses, both on cushions on a table. In municipal center ‘De Blauwe Tram’ it isn’t cold this time of year. Therefor we didn’t even have to put on the heater for her. Challenging Forshortenings There it was, a great angle from my position. A complete view on her facial features and chest with some challenging foreshortenings from the waist down. Just my cup of tea. The cloth she lies on was her own. A kind of black velvet with a nap. Getting the right proportions was easy more ore less. Capturing her exact facial features was a bit bothersome and she repositioned her arms a couple of times. Nevertheless, the final result at the end of this first session was satisfying enough. However, those foreshortened limbs weren’t perfect but I saw the potential to do more. A Whole Lot of Elaboration Back home I set out to elaborate this pastel in my studio. Studying the reference picture I took during the session I saw I could adjust the positioning of the arms. Not that I was completely wrong compared to last session of last month. It was only that she positioned her hands with a much wider space between them. Sadder but wiser I decided to erase what I got. Brutally redoing much of the hands, arms and even her head. Perhaps also a gutfeel that this final position was more aesthetic and pleasant to look at. Luckily for me I work quickly and soon I got the right proportions again. The result is a smooth finish. Maybe not hyperrealistic but even impressionist.

Model Session – 17-05-25 – 1

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Pastelon paper (48 x 62,5 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

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Alive and Kicking This graphite pencil drawing ‘Geesje kwak – 05-05-25’ is a return to laying hatched strokes in an impressionist style. Last time I employed it was in ‘De Smorenhoek – 15-12-24’. Almost half a year ago. Since then I did a lot of pastels, no oils (still one in progress) and several cubist portraits and nudes. This is how it goes. Last week I was searching for something new. Whilst installing a new laptop I had all the time in the world and then suddenly it hit me. Why not revisit the ‘Geesje Kwak’ theme. Somehow I knew there was still stuff in the basement. However, I ran out of Breitner reference pictures of her but why not make one up myself. After all, my last painting of her as very much altered to my taste. You know, Geesje isn’t dead really. She just lives on to keep us charmed. A Better Job Then I thought of a drawing I made of her holding a vase. I knew I could do a better job. A bit static maybe but what if I could broathen the scenery by introducing a window to the left. Then I could do a bit of a homage to Breitner. So I depicted his famous Rokin painting with horse and cart in the back. All my life I simply adored this painting. This time I had a closer look at it and it looks more freely or roughly painted than it lets on. It’s just that I reckon painting the horse and carriage placed in slanted position to be a tall order. Surely, it must have costed him some trouble since it’s not easy to get these proportions right impressionistically. Blobs of paint also with the window frames in the back easy can deliver you a rubble pile. Revival Anyway, a bow once more to a great artist. Also a thank you for quite some charming photos and of course paintings of Geesje. Without him we wouldn’t have known of her existance of which we know so little. She symbolizes all unkown hard working people from the past whose tracks are erased by history. If I can manage to revive one of them wouldn’t that bring many alive again too?

Geesje Kwak – 05-05-25

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Drawing on paper (21 x 29.7 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

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Reclined Position This pastel drawing ‘Model Session - 22-04-25 (Jelco) – 2’ is the second pose of this month’s live model session. A reclined position to top it off. The first session took some toll on our male nude model. Surely he did a fine job, standing straight for an hour holding a stick. That’s a tall order but worth the pose. A strong one, almost a bit agressive and that’s always nice for a change. Women I depict are a lot lovelier mostly. Drawing men doesn’t come natural to me, even though I like to delve into the musculature. Then again, an artist should study many things and persons, regardless what gender, species or form. Troubles are Bound Reclined positions can mean trouble. Well, for many participants during sessions. To meantion some troubles: foreshortenings! They can be bothersome if not mastered thoroughly. Often my students draw what they know rather than what they see and therefor proportions are off quickly. As a trained artist I’m off the hook. Another trouble can be taking position right in front of the model. If you’re unlucky the body looks too much horizontal, leading to compositionary boredom. Luckily I managed to manoevre into a position looking at Jelco in a slanted way. Difficult enough because many body parts looked very foreshortened anyway. Take his left arm (viewed from us) for example. It almost looks ‘offish’, especially compared to the extended impression of the leg running across the paper. Corrections Big Time! At the end of this successful live drawing event I was content. However, I did not finish my pastel. Somehow it looked satisfying yet very rudimentary. Doubts with regard to proportions too, I guess. Back home I compared the reference picture I took with the live result. A totally different look and fear really hit me instantly. I think I was off by a mile it seems. But I measured it all out just nice and dandy, I thought. I know I did but the picture looked better.

Model Session - 22-04-25 (Jelco) - 2

Pastel on paper (48 x 62,5 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

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Realist nude pastel drawing

Model Session – 15-03-25 – 1

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Pastel on paper (48 x 62,5 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

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Realist nude pastel drawing

Model Session – 15-03-25 – 2

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Pastel on paper (48 x 62,5 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

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