Dieren voor een sculptuur 1921 - 1922

Isaac Israels made this drawing of animals near a sculpture, and when I look at it, I think about process. It's like he's thinking out loud with the pencil! I can imagine him quickly trying to capture the essence of the scene, those light pencil marks dancing across the page, searching for form. You see the little creatures, they’re there, but they're also kind of dissolving into the background. It makes me wonder, what was he trying to capture? Was it the animals themselves, or the feeling of movement and life around this still sculpture? It reminds me that drawing and painting is not just about depicting something. It's about the act of seeing, feeling, and thinking. Artists, like Isaac, are constantly in conversation with the world around them, and with each other. We can all learn from that ongoing conversation and use that to fuel our own creativity.