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I really liked how Victoria's portrait turned out, where she looks like she's in the style of old posters. I really liked it. I generally love minimalism.
That's why I decided to stick with this minimalism and make another similar portrait!

#artsky #ocsky #scifi #cyberpunk #neodeco #artdeco
The image shows a stylized portrait of a woman in a graphic, almost poster-like style.
March 12, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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NeoDeco 21-07-27 - Corné Akkers
August 12, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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what in the 1987 neodeco hell
leekvs.bsky.social Lauren Mahon @leekvs.bsky.social · Apr 20
Saw this at West Elm the other week and immediately thought "cow tools lamp"
cow tools lamp from West Elm
April 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Neo Deco – 27-08-25

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Oil on portrait linen (60 x 80 x 2 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#printableart #printables #art #neodeco #cubism #cubisme
#oil #painting #neodeco #artdeco #chiaroscuro #clairobscur #print #poster #chiaroscuro #paintings #deco
A Culmination This oil painting ‘Neo Deco – 27-08-25’ is the result of 13 previous graphite pencil drawings of Assia Granatouroff. Finally colour has touched her sweet features. With this painting I want to offer the viewer a 5-course meal experience from the perspective of color. Just like in the last painting I forged the color scheme with uttter care and precision. Surely, I didn’t want colors flying out of control. Apparently, they often do and no exception this time. Overcoming Troubles with Colors Last Sunday I was attending to an exhibition of artwork by Floris Verster in the Lakenhal, Leiden. There I read he was praised by art critics because of his innovative flower still lifes. On the other hand he was constantly suffering a lot during the process of creating them. That’s exactly how I felt at this very moment. Unfortunately, that is what we artists have to cope with each time. However, I have gone through this before and I know I have to keep my head cool and study what went wrong. The problem lies in either the quantity of base colors or their respective quality. Johannes Itten often speaks of qualitative / quantitative contrasts. Wu Wei After careful reconsiderations I decided many colors were too strong (saturation). Next to this, I found yellow to become too dominant in the highlights. So I almost cancelled all the yellow and took care of tuning down many saturated colors. The fun part is that, as in the case in last painting, forms already were perfect. The only care was to match a suiting color scheme. When that’s accomplished all things fell into place. That was today and even to my surprize. It was only last Monday I said to one of my students I had to work on the painting for a long time. This is how it goes: Wu Wei and before you know it … Oil on portrait linen (60 x 80 x 2 cm) Artist: Corné Akkers
September 4, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Neo Deco – 07-05-25

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Oil on linen (60 x 80 x 2 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#art #neodeco #cubism #cubisme #roundism #rondisme #oil #painting #neodeco #artdeco #artcollector #collectingart #chiaroscuro #clairobscur #chiaroscuro #paintings #deco
Gjon Mili’s Inspirational Influence This oil painting ‘Neo Deco – 07-05-25’ is an elaboration of a recent graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco – 10-03-25’. Homage to Albanian photographer Gjon Mili. Last oil painting was from August 2024 so it was high time for a new one. In addition, I always have considered my drawings as prestudies for future oils to come. Now I come to think of it I have so many drawings that to my opinion are good enough to transfer to oil paint. If I only had enough time before time will catch up with me. Maybe I should paint more this year. Perhaps some outdoor sketching. Well, I don’t know really. The artistic wind may carry me to unknown destinations. 6 Main Colors Anyway, using your own drawing as reference is always a comforting thing. The composition is something to simply take over and then …? Sheer copying is out of the question. Therefor, the most natural inclination is to delve right into the realm of colors. There is true value added! And so I did but I have to confess something. Oh Lord, forgive me for I have sinned. Against the magic rule of max 5 colors according to Raphael’s law. In fact, I used them all (6) in this painting. Hence, it took me quite some time to complete this one. Once you set forth to use a complex color palette you know troubles are bound. Backlighted Initially I was in awe with the sheer beauty of the dress. Especially the backlight that turned the scenery into a spectacular tonal vision. For me that’s meat for the beast so I the drawing was finished quickly and with gusto. Now I come to think of it, that was the very reason I used all six main colours. That is, to depict the effect light has when it permiates through structures. You may say the colors I used have got nothing to do with reality or does it? In fact, you might be wrong. Light has the tendency to break up into the full colour spectrum of a rainbow. Furthermore, I strived for a perfect balance between cool and warm, and complementary colors.
May 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Sans Titre – 16-08-25

Drawing on Fabriano Ingres paper (21 x 28.2 x
0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

Website link: corneakkers.com/sans-titre-1...

#graphitedrawing #pencildrawing #cubism #neodeco #artdeco #femaleform #artprint #homedecor #marioncotillard
August 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Today on #KangarooCareAwarenessDay 🦘, we’re proud to support @pentafoundation.bsky.social in raising awareness of kangaroo care.

Ecraid is proud to contribute to the #NeoDeco study, exploring how optimised kangaroo care may help reduce #NeonatalInfections and #Sepsis in preterm infants in #NICUs. 🩺
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May 15, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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Sans Titre - 07–04-25 (Greta Garbo)

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Colored pencil drawing on paper (21 x 29.7 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#cubism #neodeco #art #artcollector #artcollection #interiordesign #coloredpencil #drawing #gretagarbo #celebrity #fanart #moviestar #1930s
Enigmatic Star This colored pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 07-04-25’ depicts Swedish celebrity moviestar Greta Garbo. Enigmatic, illusive, lonesome yet strong, intriguing and even bestowed with comic talent in Ninotchka. She halted her movie carreer in 1941 only to live her life in obscurity until her death in 1990. Most fascinating! Consequently her name carries many mysteries. Then again, a great mystery why I didn’t came to draw her before. I don’t know really. Always on my bucket list for sure. Postponing yes until I came acrosss this very iconic photograph taken in the 1930s I think. That was the one I was looking for. Full of chiaroscuro and heavily art deco style driven one could say. Unfortunately these kind of photography doesn’t exist anymore today and I don’t now superstars personally. Time to dare taking on Greta’s Portrait. Color Combinations Last of Jean Muir was in yellow. This time I picked pink. You know, I had it in me to do this one in straight cubist planes right from the start. Dire green or freezing blue only would make her portrait more stern than it had to be. Pink would soothe her elegant yet strict appearance a bit. Next to this, I also knew I had to do this one in green, black and white colored pencil right away. Green would gray against the pink in a suiting manner. The idea was to search for a right combination of pink and green mostly whereas black would block them both in. Pigment Troubles As in Ms Muir’s case I didn’t want to hatch down these regions to a complete darkness. This would mean to the end of the paper. Certainly this would lead to a rather anecdotal appearance of the pink. Somehow the pink should keep on shimmering through, searching for connection to facial features. A bit of a trouble there really. Soon I found out the paper didn’t reacted to my Faber-Castell Polychromos pencil too well. The Pitt Matt graphite can be rubbed out just fine but true color pencils react differently.
April 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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I have been working with image generation, coming up with a unique style all my own. I'm calling it NeoDeco Glitchwave. This piece is tangetal to that style. I'm calling it NeoDeco Spotlight. Where glitchwave reduces images to abstract backgrounds and stylized characters, this shows more detail.
a disturbed looking lady stands before a ruined city block. Burnt cars are behind her to the left and a single burnt truck is to POV right. She stands left shoulder leading towards POV, dressed in a dirt stained business suit with bobbed red hair. She looks like a survivor.
August 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Art Deco - 05-08-22

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Pitt Graphite Matt pencil (Faber-Castell) drawing on Hahnenmühle paper (24 x 31 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#cubism #drawing #femaleform #neodeco #artprint #retro #vintage #artdeco #art
New Materials This Art Deco Nude as theme is not something new, the materials are. The last decade I have been using mostly Bristol paper for my graphite pencil drawings. It has a high resolution and enables me to throw in lots of details, although not always needed. My highly abstracted cubist nudes are put on it because it allows you to create soft tonal gradients. Combined with my mechanical pen this paper is the carrier of an incredible output of hundreds of drawings. Therefor does it carry the body of my Roundism inventions. Faber-Castell By sheer chance I happened to stumble upon these new graphite pencils, recently offered by Fa-ber-Castell. Pitt Graphite Matt pencils they are called and my colleague Humphrey Brugman gave me some test samples. See what I could do with them. In the beginning I thought them to be fun-ny. They act a bit sticky on Bristol paper I was used to, almost the feel of colored pencils. They didn’t offer me the scratchy feel of regular graphite leads. For some time I left them be and conti-nued to draw the old way. There is only one thing that bothered me though. Bristol and my 0.5 mm pen are a happy marriage but they act like a slow, lethargic yet loving couple. Lots of creative op-portunities but the build-up is quite a job. Not that I dislike that. I like a good-ol’ planning and don’t want to rush things. Enter Ingres Sometimes I dream of other drawings though. During life sessions I am in need of different materi-als such as charcoal or pastel (Conté or others). Fine enough but charcoal is quite stainy and pastel I already did for decades now. That is when I came across Ingres’ paper by Hahnemühle at Goed-man, The Hague. That took me back to the early 90s when I did some self portraits with it. I quite liked the grainy structure. 1 + 1 makes 2 and so I combined these Graphite Matt pencils with Ingres. They were a perfect match. Finally I could make the best out of this new product.
December 28, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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Neo Deco - 10-08-25

Graphite pencil (Faber Castell, Pitt Graphite Matt, 14B) drawing on Fabriano Ingres paper (21 x 28.2 x
0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

Website link: corneakkers.com/neo-deco-10-...

#graphitedrawing #pencildrawing #cubism #neodeco #artdeco #femaleform #artprint #homedecor
August 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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I second the vote for Clairefontaine - I love their NeoDeco notebooks so much. Sorry for the amazon link - I'm not sure where you are located

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August 5, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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Sans Titre - 31-03-25 (Jean Muir)

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

#cubism #neodeco #art #yellow #vintage #interiordesign #artprint #coloredpencil #pencil #realism #drawing #jeanmuir #celebrity #fanart #moviestar #1930s
Monotyping-like This colored pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 31-03-25’ depicts American celebrity moviestar Jean Muir from the 1930s. Cubism meets art deco glory in yellow. After my latest drawing endeavours on colored Aurora paper I thought I’d try one out for my Sans Titre Series. Somewhere I had a vague idea to do a very styled monotyping-like art deco styled image. Another reason is that such coloured paper is very striking and I like what it did to Neo Deco – 24-03-25. Finding a classic deco actress wasn’t too difficult. For years Ms Muir was on my waiting list and soon I found a great picture as artistic motif. Measuring Out Finding the right proportions of the head was easy. Just about 1.3 cubes in height to box in the total face. Calculating fingers was a bit more difficult. So many forms and of course some needed styling. What I wanted was to keep forms open. The strong yellow background I found pleasantly compelling enough not to hatch things up to a total blackness. The reference picture was one where Jean came popping out of the darkness. That wasn’t my choice though. However pleasant these chiaroscuro overloaded pictures appear in my tonally trained eyes, not this time! Instead I chose to keep planes open. Therefor I drew some slanted powerlines on the sides of her head. If you look carefully I let them approach to the point of singularity to the curve of her head. Openess The result is openess structured by very dark pockets of graphite and white islands. The yellow serves as the midtone. As to the lower part of the drawing underneath her hands I kept it quite simple, not overproducing it. All in all I thought those hands didn’t need a depiction of her pulses or sleeves for that matter. The imagination of the viewer will fill in the gaps. A fun litte project to do, done under 5 hours.
April 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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December 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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They are experiencing another “Lizard Revival” in 2026 as brooches have soared in popularity & the NeoDeco trend has seen a resurgence in styles from the 1920s, including lizard brooches.

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April 16, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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I’m hoping for worlds fairs but I’m also hoping for neodeco to get snuck in with it
July 13, 2023 at 4:43 PM
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Neo Deco - 02-09-24

Available as original (if not sold), prints and printable

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Graphite pencil on paper (21 x 29,7cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#graphite #graphitepencil #graphite #graphitedrawing #roundism #drawing #cubism #femaleform #artdeco #neodeco
September 3, 2024 at 8:04 PM
kelittlejohn.bsky.social
I finally found some of the Clairefontaine NeoDeco notebooks a few months back and bought a pile of them and I love them so much, but I had been looking for over a year so I am always on the lookout for alternatives
October 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Neo Deco – 12-01-25

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

#pastel #vintage #artprint #pastelpencil #drawing #cubism #femaleform #artdeco #neodeco #cubist #retro #1920s #1930s #deco #nude #art
Trude Fleischmann This pastel drawing ‘Neo Deco – 12-01-25’ pays tribute to Austrian photographer Trude Fleischmann. Last 26th December 2024 I had the pleasure to meet her in Museum Arnhem. That is, to see her photographs in an exhibition called ‘Radical – Female Artists and Modernism 1910-1950’. Simply astonishing it was: the creativity they spawned in spite of deprivation. Modern women hundred years ago were in the process of overcoming male and perhaps also female prejudices. Thanks for them because we can enjoy their heavenly gems still. Tucked away in a corner there were a couple of pictures that caught my eye instantly. Since I am in a pastel mood I was stimulated one of those pictures. See what a bit of my particular cubism can do. Tonal Training Last pastel was drawn on colored paper. This time I had it in me to use black paper. Perhaps inspired by a conversation I had with a student during art class. Yesterday I once again emphasized the importance of tonal training. Doing live model workshops I take a pleasure in supplying students with white paper and charcoal for the first sessions. However, last lession I give them black paper and white chalks only to see them fall down like toy soldiers. Even though painful for many, it forces them to think tonal values only. Many keep on drawing what’s in their minds and that’s the meaning (of a body). This is a false concept of course. The result is viewers can experience body forms but they are nothing more but the play of light and darkness. Cubist Styling The drawing itself didn’t use much nifty creative innovations from my part, only a bit of cubist styling. Somehow I didn’t want to have the cubistic planes delineate without linear structures, so I incorporated some. All in all I tried to keep the scenery maximally airy without closing contours of planes too much. Thus the elegance of a slender model and the artistic views of both photograper Trude and artist Corné are preserved.
January 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Meyendel - 22-03-16

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Drawing on Canson Bristol paper (21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#treescape #meyendel #cubism #neodeco #artdeco #trees #tree #finearts #graphite #pencil #landscape #drawing
Cubist Approach This graphite pencil drawing ‘Meyendel - 22-03-16’ is a cubist approach to a tree typical of the place. In the south of Meyendel you can find many trees heavily affected by the Southwesterly wind. It’s the regular one hitting our dutch coast practically on a daily basis. Consequently, trees directly facing the wind grow opposite of it. To me they are very dear because they can take on many kind of baroque-like shapes. That is why I have been there quite a couple of times in the recent past. There is always something new to see because it’s a rather vast area. Also easy accessable on bike for everyone coming from The Hague. Deformed Trees Two years ago I did a couple of deformed trees but mostly in an impressionist or realist style. This time I had it in me to deploy some cubism on one of them. Also in 2014 I drew a very minimalistic female form with only short thin and thick strokes. That was my secondary aim doing this one. However, soon I found the preliminary result a bit inconsistent or incoherent. Hence, a further elaboration with some more atmospheric depth. However, the interrupted, almost whitish spaces in the joints of the tree branches bear witness of my initial attempt. In fact, I like this mix of both styles. Contrast The trees in the back I kept a bit vague. Consequently the darker main tree in the front would show enough contrast to create the necessary depth. The cracks in the bark only enforces this contrast. The final result is not quite what I had in mind but that’s the way it goes.
February 7, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Neo Deco – 10-07-25

Oil on portrait linen (60 x 80 x 2 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

Website link: corneakkers.com/neo-deco-10-...

#printableart #printables #art #neodeco #cubism #cubisme #roundism #rondisme #oil #painting #neodeco #artdeco #artcollector #collectingart #chiaroscuro #paintings #deco
Color Theoretical Challenges This oil painting ‘Neo Deco – 10-07-25’ demonstrates everything I know about color theory. In fact, it’s a search to converge all 6 main colours of the color wheel into a majestic scenery. A tall order you might say and I do agree. Didn’t the great Raphael once proclaim to only use a maximum of 5 main colors at the same time? Well, to some extent I do agree. The use of too many colors can lead to screamy kitsch. Almost as if Bob Ross would have set to work his palette with all colors of the rainbow on it. Therefor, using all six of them seems like wanting to have a taste of the forbidden fruit. However, in the past I already used all 6 before such as in my oil painting ‘Nina – 12-10-23’. The reason my inner urge directed me to used them all once more I will explain below. A Big Gordian Knot It all began with my graphite pencil drawing ‘Roundism – 05-07-16’ which I sold very quickly after its completion. For years I had this on my to do list of oils yet to start. I always thought of it to be a great cubist concept. Successfully merging cubistic body parts I knew this also held the potential of a grand painting. Somehow I had this concept of matching this mergance to the use of colours as well. Almost as if one would look at a display of mother of pearl-like colors. As stated above, a tall order and a big Gordian Knot. This time not one Alexander The Great would solve by simply cutting through it. Soon I found myself in big trouble because all colours were screaming at me in full force. both in the positive and the negative space. The Solution Consequently, this time the forms, composition and proportions weren’t the problem. Those have been sorted out by the prestudy in graphite pencil. For 95% of the time I have suffered because I was constantly looking at a big candy box full of screamy colors. Even though I tuned down many of the color saturation into more subdued colours the solution arrived only today.
July 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Neo Deco – 28-12-24

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

#pastel #artprint #artprocess #pastelpencil #pencil #graphitedrawing #roundism #drawing #cubism #femaleform #artdeco #neodeco
On the Brink of a New Year This pastel drawing ‘Neo Deco – 28-12-24’ is a test really. At Brugman Art I found this new mix media paper made by Clairfontaine. Sturdy and nice 250g/m2 paper that comes in different colours. Lately I am having fun doing pastels again. That must be have been motivated by last month’s live model drawing sessions held in ‘De Blauwe Tram’. So there I am, on the brink of a new year. All things in due order: a brand new page I built on my website and enough artworks created in December. After a couple of months I picked up oil painting again. My project ‘In Hoc Signo’, based on a drawing under the same name, is waiting for completion. In between I had some spare time to do a little drawing. This is the result. Need for Speed Another reason for this pastel drawing was the speed I made last pastels with: within one hour. It made me realize how much fun it is to create a sort of ‘on a whim’. Basically with the same intent I made ‘Neo Deco – 04-11-24’. There is no real innovation in these, only cubist styling I applied. That’s enough for me for the moment. Normally I always striving for incorporating something new. Just like some kind of genetic mutation in each consecutive work. However, not this time. Instead, I tried to feel how this new paper would react to my chalks. Quite nicely I must say. Green Paper The paper itself has not an impressive tooth but it clings on pigment particles efficiently nonetheless. My eye felt on the green paper in the block. The result is a bit magical. The female form I forged looks like a green bronze statue. You could say this opens up a lot of new possibilities. Surely not the first time I used paper with color in it but a renewed acquaintance I quite like.
December 29, 2024 at 5:17 PM
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1930s glamour meets pastel pencil. Neo Deco | Metallic Contours explores the intricate challenge of capturing shiny metallic fabrics and complex drapery.

Drawn with pastel pencils on Ami Sketching paper (21 x 29.7 cm).

#NeoDeco #PastelDrawing #ArtDecoStyle #TraditionalArt #FigurativeAr
Clothing for a Change This pastel pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco | Metallic Contours – 2026-09-11’ shows a clothed woman for a change. I had some glitter and glamour in mind. Last one was an angular cubist drawing of a seated woman and I thought I should make another one. However, something came to mind and that was a drawing of a year ago, inspired by photographer Gjon Mili. A lot of backlighting made that dress almost look on fire. Then I remembered those art deco shiny dresses female moviestarts wore in the 1930s. Louise Brooks came to mind and probably a lot more actresses had these on. Folds – Always a Challenge The idea was to have my model sit and the folds of the dress would become the main theme of the drawing. You see, I’m specialized in the female form but clothing – especially folds – always is a challenge. See what I could do with them this time. First, there are so many forms that can appear: little wrinkles and some big folds, almost like waves. Obviously, in such a shiny dress there is a hugh tonal bandwidth to be found. A lot of abrupt tonal shifts and some nice gradients too. Consequently, these take a lot more time to capture because there are so many of them. The result is spectacular though and worth the effort. Soften It up Last night, after midnight I thought I had finished the drawing. Evening light always makes tonal values a bit more dull. This morning I saw the tonal play in the dress still looked a bit ‘harsh’. Sometimes, when they are not handled properly, they can look like icebergs. A bit of softening and darkening up the negative space did the job alright. Makes me want to do some more.
September 13, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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Roundism – 10-06-19

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Pitt Graphite Matt pencil (Faber-Castell) drawing on Hahnenmühle paper (24 x 31 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#cubism #drawing #femaleform #neodeco #artprint #retro #roundism #artdeco #art
Return to Roundism After a bunch of landscapes and cityscapes I felt it was time to return to my roundism ladies. For me changing the theme once in a while is very useful. I forget about model sketching for a while because I was occupied sketching outdoors (see my graphite pencil drawing ‘Voorburg – 01-06-19’). Maybe it is because I would like to see what happens after some time. It may be just so sketching landscapes also will affect my nudes on paper and by this process I keep from getting stuck in a style. Inspiration Surely I was inspired by the model in the reference picture showing attractive triangles and I decided to focus on the rhythym tonal values show, contrasting abrupt contour delineations with gradual transitions. As can be noted I wanted strong repetitions of light, dark, light, dark, etc. That is the rhythym I talk about! Straight and Slanted If the spectator has a keen eye on art, he or she also can discover the balance in horizontals, verticals and diagonals. Unfortunately this is not invented by me, as I took this picture out of a magazine but my added value, next to drawing it, also is the recognition of it.
December 29, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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Neo Deco – 03-02-25

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Drawing on paper (21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#pastelpencil #pencil #graphitedrawing #roundism #drawing #cubism #pastell #femaleform #artdeco #neodeco
4th Drawing Appreciating Fleischmann and Bauroff This graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco – 03-02-25’ is another token of appreciation of photographer Trude Fleischmann and model Claire Bauroff. As explained in my last pastel drawing ‘Neo Deco – 25-01-25’ I saw them in Museum Arnhem. Why is it that I feel being attrackted to these artists all the time? To briefly sum it up once more: great chiaroscuro photography and composition. Claire of course is an artist and female dancer in her own right. Next to this, her slenderness is both very female and athletic. A reminder for us all, living hunderd years later, of how people can look in their natural glory. healthy and slim, not being obese. A Drawing and an Oil Painting As you true followers might know by know is that I always keep one drawing in progress at hand. Without one I simply would feel artistically forelorn. Since this artistic life is the only one I lead that means a lot. So there it is: a drawing and an oil at the same time always. With my focus on my painting ‘In Hoc Signo’ and Spring still waiting to arrive, a sort of a quicky. Well, not that exactly but I try to keep up the pace by posting an artwork a week. This makes sure I keep on thinking sphericaly like Fellini used to prescribe. If I keep up the speed the oil painting will be finished by the end of Winter. Then I can go and sketch outdoors. Artistic Accountability When you see these grand photographs of a century ago there is always a moment of doubt. First, why is it that all things nice have been done before? Secondly, what could I add to the splendour of such magnificent artistic motifs. My recepy is to simply start and measure out all proportions. There is always a slight mutation or deviation that slips into the mind. This way I came up with a series of vertical and horizontal blocks counterbalancing all things diagonal in the body. Initially I thought of executing this one in pastel.
February 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM