Rijswijk - 04-12-15

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A Neat Little City

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Rijswijk- 04-12-15’ explores the interplay of straight forms and curvature as its central theme. Since I find myself in the mood to draw landscapes and cityscapes I regularly set out to discover new sceneries. Often beauty lies around the corner and so is Rijswijk. It’s a neat little city glued onto the greater realm of the Haaglanden area as an integral and indispensable link. Maybe I overlooked Rijswijk in the recent past. Hence, the very reason to visit it. The centre is compact and inspired, dominated by the church smack in the middle.

A New Doctrine

‘Culemborg – 21-11-15‘ as drawing was fairly good but I definitely missed something: a natural and not man-made element. That was the very reason I crafted the subsequent drawing ‘The Court’s Pound (De Hofvijver)’ - 26-11-15’ including water. Water by nature moves in mysterious ways and forms a perfect contrast with the buildings in the back. There you have it: forging a new doctrine with regard to future cityscapes to draw and paint. Everythin straight and rectangular has to be counterbalanced by something curved and organic-looking.

The Lily and Salomo

Such is life: when you plant an idea in your mind, it begins to attract what is kindred. Consequently, the first thing that struck me, standing in front the church, was aforementioned interplay. That would be straight contour delineations of the church and inspiring curves the tree branches took as forms. Do they state something about christianity and for that matter, any religion? Now I understand what Jesus said about the lily and Salomo better. The massive look of an impressive church can never surpass the elegant and simple beauty of nature. I like to add something to Jesus’ teachings: it’s all about the contrast. We can only enjoy nature fully, comparing it to all things man-made. They are in need of eachother and thus both play their part.

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