Marktkraam op een straat 1890 - 1946

Here is Cornelis Vreedenburgh's sketch of a market stall on a street, created with pencil on paper. I love how the artist has captured a sense of place with such sparse means, the barest of lines conjuring the hustle and bustle. You can almost hear the vendors hawking their wares! I imagine him standing there, quickly trying to capture the essence of the scene before it disappears. See the way the lines are so tentative and searching? It reminds me that drawing, like painting, is a process of discovery. There's a kind of vulnerability in leaving the sketch so open, unfinished. It invites us to participate, to fill in the gaps with our own imagination. It’s like a conversation between the artist, the subject, and us, the viewers. There's no attempt to nail things down, instead, there's a feeling of movement and change. It’s a reminder that art isn't about perfection; it's about feeling and seeing.