Twee landschappen met een wolkenlucht c. 1886 - 1923

This is 'Twee landschappen met een wolkenlucht,' by George Hendrik Breitner, made with some kind of drawing implement on paper. It’s a quick notation of land, sky, and atmosphere. I like the scribbly freedom of the lines and the confidence in capturing just enough of a feeling. There's a dark patch on the left, like a storm brewing, and these vertical lines that imply rain or maybe just a curtain of light. It’s not precious. Look at the zigzags in the upper right. What do they mean? Are they clouds, emotion, or just the artist testing the tool in their hand? Maybe that’s the best part of a drawing like this, it’s open to so many possibilities. This reminds me of some Cy Twombly drawings, where the messiness is the message, and the act of making the mark is as important as what the mark represents.