![image](/logos/14289/21-07-21 - corné in a blue velvet jacket (crop portrait)_150.jpg)
Corne_Akkers
-
ArtistCorné Akkers
-
Typeimage
-
Dimensions69.4 x 49.8 x 0.1 cm
Refurbish It This pastel drawing ‘Golden Roundism – 03-03-21’ is based on a graphite pencil drawing ‘Roundism – 03-01-16 (sold)’. After the previous pastel ‘Golden Purple...
Refurbish It This pastel drawing ‘Golden Roundism – 03-03-21’ is based on a graphite pencil drawing ‘Roundism – 03-01-16 (sold)’. After the previous pastel ‘Golden Purple – 25-02-21’ I thought it would be fun to pull a really old one out of the drawer. Sometimes art works I made a long time ago can make me shy. Often I can see my art grew throughout the years when it comes to diction and technique. In this particular case I have mixed emotions. It is a powerful drawing and on the other hand it is a little shaky from both an anatomical and consistential point of view. Time to refurbish it and turn it into a pastel. Blushing with Shame The Golden series I am working on represent another aspect next to the previously described use of yellow hues. That is to overcome the fear of using brown and grey hues. We are talking about the realm of saturated and unsaturated colors now. Some time ago I read Von Goethe’s art statement: “Colors are admired by primitive pe