Hus ved indkørslen til en skov 1905

Ludvig Find drew this landscape ‘House at the Entrance to a Forest’ in 1905. You can see it’s all soft graphite marks, with these tall thin trees in the foreground. I’m thinking about him sitting there, maybe a bit cold, making this observational drawing and how it feels like he’s recording something in front of him, but the feeling of it too. It reminds me of those times when you're just trying to capture the essence of a place. Look at the marks around the foliage, they're so wispy and delicate. I can almost feel the movement of the wind through the leaves. He captures all the light and dark without using any colour! It is a tonal symphony of greys. The drawing shows that art-making can be an intimate conversation with the world around us. It can invite us to pause, to see more, and to feel deeply.