pieterlategansketchbook

 

 

Purpose of This Page This page functions as a working sketchbook — a place for capturing ideas, design thoughts, and visual references in an unfiltered state. It’s not a finished artwork gallery — instead it archives visual cues and design seeds that may grow into future concepts. What is the photos about Multiple images from a single session or set of references — likely photos of objects, compositions, shapes or textures that intrigue you. The aesthetic feels minimal, observational, and structural — as if you are exploring how forms sit in space and interact visually.  Potential Directions Use these as guiding questions or prompts for your next session: What is the visual relationship between these forms? (weight, balance, repetition) Can these references become compositional studies for drawings or paintings? Are there patterns or motifs emerging you want to explore further? Which images provoke emotion or narrative without adding text — simpl...

 

 

boodskap 22 Januarie 2026 gestuur.rd.  :) ------------------------------------------- 

Click here to go back home “Further process notes are archived separately.” © 2026 Pieter Lategan.   All text, images, concepts, and drawings on this site are original works by the author.   Silent Monumentalism is presented here as an original artistic discipline. Silent Monumentalism — Structural Notes (Sketchbook) Pieter Lategan, 2026 This sketchbook is not a space for finished images. It is a working field where structure, discipline, and thinking are made visible. The focus here is not style, but logic . Core principles under study: Structure Load / weight Support Repetition Grounding Stands / Exists The movement of the work: 2D → 3D Figure → object → structure Less said → more present The figure is not treated as narrative or emotion, but as a carrier of weight and mass . There is no story. No symbolism. No emotional instruction. The form stands . It exists . Discipline, not style Silent Monumentalism is approached here as a di...