Studie, abklatsch van een krijttekening 1909

This is a chalk drawing by George Hendrik Breitner, it's a study, an impression taken from a chalk drawing. It looks like he's figuring something out, maybe an architectural structure, the foundations of a building. Imagine being Breitner, standing there with a stick of chalk in your hand, eyes squinting at the subject in front of you. There's a lightness and an improvisational feel. The texture is dry and powdery. I can almost feel the chalk dust on my fingers, the slight resistance as it meets the paper, leaving its mark. See that little doodle to the side, like a strange glyph? Chalk can be so fragile and provisional, but that’s also its power, right? I love seeing that vulnerability, the artist’s direct touch, searching for a form. Artists have this ongoing conversation across time, picking up where others left off, smudging, erasing, and starting again. It's like they are saying, "Hey, I see you, and I'm gonna try this too."