A Second One This graphite pencil drawing ‘Art Deco Nude – 06-08-22’ follows one day after the first, done with my new pencils. In fact, immediately after the completion of the first one I started the second in my studio at Brugman Art. However, finished a day later but within an hour in total. Surely this shows my enthusiasm. The Pitt Graphite Matt pencils and the Ingres paper to me are a perfect match. You have to know that I like to search for new ways to quickly put my ideas on paper. Charcoal simply is too stainy, even though it is quick and easy to correct. Pastel is also quick but falls off the Ingres paper quite easy without fixation. They are not very handy to carry around in my backpack as well. Pencils I easily can carry with my in my handy Derwent pencil folder. Deco Again This Deco title is a bit of a laugh really. Art Deco is a pre World War II art, fashion and architectural style. However, in itself it entails Eclecticism. In short, that is a word to indicate that all sorts of styles are combined and served as some kind of hotchpotch. In fact, I feel quite related to such combinations. The reason is that I strongly believe this is the only place for a true artist to dwell in. Just as a musician picks up the trail of his predecessors and turn that into a new song. I do the same more or less by associating a style from the past and make it my own. A New Ism? Often have I written about seeing one thing in another. That goes for themes as well as styles, better known as -isms. So, perhaps it’s not a shame at all to call it Deco. But wouldn’t it be time to invent a new ism for my kind of art? What do you think? Deco sounds chic but also retro, even a bit musty just as beautiful retro furniture yet covered in dust. For the time being I am happy with this little piece of work. I like the rhythym of the diagonals at the top of her body. Covered in dust in the form of graphite particles. Not musty at all? Pitt Graphite Matt pencil (Faber-Castell) drawing on Hahnenmühle paper (24 x 31 x 0.1 cm) Artist: Corné Akkers
Art Deco Nude – 06-08-22 was created by artist Corne Akkers in 2022. This art piece , which is part of the Drawings - Corne Akkers portfolio, is a Drawings / Sketch artwork. The style of this artwork is best described as Cubism, Fine Art. The genre portrayed in this piece of art is Anatomy, Composition, Figurative, Inspirational, Nudes, People. The artwork was created in Pencil. The size of the original art is 24 (cms) H x 31 (cms) W.
Words which artist Corne Akkers feels best describe this work of art are: arte, art, arta, artista, artiste, artist, artdeco, deco cubism, cubisme, seni, sanat, kunst, فن, 艺术, कला, corne, akkers, corneakkers, clairobscur, creative, inspiration, dutch, finearts, graphite, iloveart, kunst, drawing, pencildrawing, pencil, potlood, bleistift, crayon, realism, cubiste, искусство, cubismo, cubistic, アート, الرسم, кубизм, Κυβισμός, kubismi, lập thể, 입체파, ਘਣਵਾਦ, مذهب, קוביזם, 立體主義, キュビズム, արվեստ, művészet, nude, nu, nackt, naakt, desnudo.
My work can be seen in many countries all over the world. I employ a variety of styles that all have one thing in common: the ever search for the light on phenomena and all the shadows and light planes they block in. My favorites in doing so are oil paint, dry pastel and graphite pencil. It is not the form or the theme that counts but the way planes of certain tonal quality vary and block in the lights. Colours are relatively unimportant and can take on whatever scheme. It is the tonal quality that is ever present in my work, creating the illusion of depth and mass on a flat 2d-plane. I combine figurative work with the search for abstraction because neither in extremo can provide the desired art statement the public expects from an artist. Besides all that, exaggeration and deviation is the standard and results in a typical use of a strong colour scheme and a hugh tonal bandwith, in order to create art that, when the canvas or paper would be torn into pieces, in essence still would be recognizable.
I teach art (drawing / painting) at Voorburg, Netherlands where I have my second studio next to my first at The Hague, Netherlands, where I live.