Skitser af dyreskeletter 1900 - 1905

Niels Larsen Stevns made this sketch of animal skeletons with graphite on paper. Look at the way the lines just keep going! Stevns isn't precious. It's all about getting the essence down. It's the art of ‘just enough,’ you know? The texture of the page itself is part of the drawing. See how the graphite catches on the paper's little bumps and valleys? The whole thing feels light and airy, like it could float away. And that one dark line, grounding the skeleton to the lower centre. It's like the artist is saying, 'Yep, this is real, even if it's just a sketch’. Stevns reminds me of Alfred Kubin, who also used simple, raw lines to evoke something deeper than just what's on the surface. Art isn't about perfection, it's about the conversation, the back-and-forth between what you see and what you feel. It's alive, messy, and always changing.