Landschap met een kerktoren 1905

This sketch of a landscape with a church tower was drawn by Willem Cornelis Rip using graphite on paper. It's such a lovely little drawing, full of movement. I like the way Rip seems to have just let the marks flow, almost like he’s dancing with the pencil. There’s a real sense of freedom in the marks, especially in the foreground. You can almost feel him dragging the graphite across the page. It's pretty sparse, but the scratchy, almost scribbled lines create a sense of depth. See how the church tower is kind of the focal point, but it’s also just part of the overall rhythm of the landscape? It’s not trying too hard. It kind of reminds me of some of Guston's looser drawings, where the line is allowed to be a little clumsy, a little awkward, but full of life. It's a reminder that art doesn't always have to be perfect, sometimes it's the imperfections that make it interesting.