Auto 1890 - 1946

Cornelis Vreedenburgh made this drawing of a car sometime in his life, with pencil on paper. I like the quickness of it. Vreedenburgh wasn't trying to be slick; it's more like he was just trying to get something down fast, before it drove away! I can almost see him, squinting, trying to capture the way the light hits the metal. It’s not about perfection. It's more about getting a feeling, an impression. There’s this one dark scribble at the top, like he was testing the pencil, or maybe he was just annoyed. It reminds me that art doesn’t always have to be precious. Sometimes, it’s just about capturing a moment, a feeling, with whatever you’ve got on hand. It makes me want to loosen up and just draw whatever’s in front of me, without worrying about whether it’s “good” or not.