Neo Deco 09-04-24, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper, 2024

Corné Akkers  

Aspect Solarisé This graphite pencil drawing 'Neo-Deco – 09-04-24' is the first after some drawings in pastel. Captured by my oil painting in progress, I maintained the publication rhythm with some sketches of live models. Meanwhile, I had this work in progress and I had no idea what to do with it. So every time at Brugmann where I teach, I worked on it, little by little. Originally, I had something surreal in mind. Soon, I changed the arrangement and decided to opt for another solarized aspect. In fact, my latest work 'Sands Time – 23-03-24' resembles this one a bit. The fact is that I did not want to lose the brilliant shadow patterns on the model's body. Some patterns and especially the lighting are good enough to be celebrated by a certain artistic imposition. Willy Zielke The drawing is inspired by a 1930s photo by Willy Zielke. Recently, I looked again online looking for photos of the art deco era. Some photos at night stood out because of the sharp lighting he used. Certainly my kind of thing, so to speak. My addition to the scene is the aforementioned solarization and the thick linear outlines. My goal was to create contrasts between soft and abrupt tonal transitions. I also let the body vaporize in the negative space. You can see it on the left arm, above the right chest, and on the leg. This way all the contrasts are present. There is light against darkness, soft transitions against hard and angular against rounded. Personally, I like the hair strands the best. They look funny and strange in solarized form. Graphite pencil (Faber Castell Pitt Graphite Matt pencil 14B) drawn on Bristol paper Talens (21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm) Artist: Cornè Akkers :: Drawing :: Art Deco/Art Nouveau :: This work is accompanied by an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signature location: Lower left corner :: Paper: Portrait :: Original: Yes :: Framed: No