Koppen en een nek van een giraf c. 1930

Here's a look at some giraffe heads and a neck, sketched by Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, likely in a notebook, with pen or pencil. It's that kind of drawing where you can almost see the artist's hand moving across the page, feeling out the form. Look at the neck of the main giraffe, see how the lines bunch together, almost like a little scribble? It’s not about perfection here, it's about a feeling, a gesture. The drawing almost becomes a kind of abstract pattern, an exploration of mark making. Cachet isn't trying to capture a perfect likeness. There is a freedom to the line, the image almost dissolves into abstraction, like something by Picasso or Matisse when they get into line drawings. It's all about the energy of the line, the joy of looking and drawing.