Studier af ørn 1864 - 1941

Here we have Niels Larsen Stevns' sketchbook featuring studies of an eagle; it’s all soft pencil lines on paper. I feel for Larsen, sketching like this. I sketch a lot, but the preliminary sketch can be killer, right? You get this idea in your head and the hand just can’t match the vision. I imagine him trying to get this bird down, trying and trying again; feeling the movement and the tension in the bird’s body. And it’s a study, so there’s the freedom to play and experiment. I see him searching, trying to capture the essence of the eagle through simple lines, you know? It’s a dance between observation and interpretation, feeling the push and pull of trying to capture something real. And that feels deeply human. That feels like something other artists can relate to, even now.