Udkast til "Den gode Hyrde" 1937 - 1938

Niels Larsen Stevns made this sketch for "The Good Shepherd" with graphite on paper. It's all about the line here, isn't it? So immediate, and kind of vulnerable. It's like seeing the artist think. There's something so satisfying about a line drawing – the way it lays bare the artist's hand, their thought process. It feels deeply personal, like you’re getting a peek into the artist’s mind. Look at the lines depicting the figures, they are searching, tentative, with erasures and corrections visible – and the paper is lined which adds another dimension to the way the image is presented. Think about other artists who are amazing draftsmen, like Giacometti, who also captured the essence of a figure with the fewest possible lines. Art, like life, is an ongoing conversation, a constant process of questioning, exploring, and reinterpreting. It's never about having all the answers, but about embracing the ambiguity and finding beauty in the process.