Perspektivisk konstruktionstegning 1906

This drawing was made by Niels Larsen Stevns; it's a perspective construction drawing, on paper, held at the SMK in Copenhagen. I can just imagine Niels with his pencil, carefully mapping out all those lines and shapes. There's something so intimate about seeing the thought process laid bare like this, as if we are looking at a secret diagram of how the world appears in perspective. I find it inspiring to consider the way Niels is thinking through the act of drawing. There is something really absorbing in these simple marks, the angles, and the way each line relates to the overall structure of the piece. He is in conversation with artists who came before and with those yet to come. Paintings and drawings have the capacity to embody a conversation, between the artist, the medium, and the viewer, offering a space of ambiguity and multiple perspectives.