Skitse af dyreskelet og lama-hoveder og -ben 1900 - 1905

This sketch of an animal skeleton with llama heads and legs, probably made with graphite on paper by Niels Larsen Stevns, seems like it's straight out of an artist’s notebook. I can imagine Stevns hunched over his pad, maybe at the zoo, quickly capturing the forms of these exotic animals. He’s not trying to be perfect, it’s more like a visual note-taking. Look at those sketchy lines, how they dance around the page, suggesting form and movement. It’s like he’s thinking aloud with his pencil, trying to understand how the bones fit together, how the muscles might wrap around them. You know, sketching like this is a way of seeing, a way of knowing. It’s a conversation between the artist and the subject, full of trial and error. It reminds me of Picasso's animal sketches, the way the line is so alive. Artists like Stevns show us that even in the simplest sketch, there’s room for curiosity and expression.