Creating Roundism – 29-03-20

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Solarisation

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Roundism – 29-03-20’ is a bit of a mix of surrealism and cubism. After all, solarization is invented by Man Ray, even though by accident allegedly. His photos normally are classified as ‘surrealism’ by art critics. These Corona times I miss my model and look forward to have her over to sit for me again. In the meantime I make do with pictures from previous sessions although live drawing sessions are the best. I decided to employ a bit of solarisation and rendered the body slightly roundistic. Perhaps you can see me in the drawing as well? Spoiler alert: somewhere in the periphery of the artwork.

Body Position

Of late I had it in my mind to choose a different body position. In the past I already had her pose in so many different ones. Then, all of a sudden I was intrigued by this pose that I saw on a vintage picture online. It almost looks like a pentagram. Surely, it was the perfect pose I was looking for. Since I can afford myself hiring a model on a montlhy basis I prefer to let my model taking this pose. That’s far better than using vintage photographs anymore. As to copyright they are mine and I can make adjustments. (Un)fortunately one can do everything when you have money. However, I keep on looking for vintage pictures that inspire me.

A Step Further
In the next one (Roundism – 31-03-20) I took it one step further with regard to abstracting it. Lucky for me I sold that one very quickly. This one still is in my portfolio. Perhaps one day you will buy it from me?

Graphite pencil drawing (Sakura 0.5 mm, 3B) on Canson Bristol paper (29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm – A4 format)
Artist: Corné Akkers