Eva in the bath (VI)
Eva im Bad VI, Pastell, 2010 © Astrid Volquardsen To all my readers, I wish you a happy new year and all the best for 2011. It was really interesting to see all the different feedback I got for the … Read More
Eva im Bad
Spiegelbild, 15×17cm, Pastell, 2010 © Astrid Volquardsen Another Eva. I don’t like my hands. I know about the technique to look and think in geometrical terms when it comes to hands, but I just fight at this point. Funny enough, … Read More
Eva in the bath (IV)
Eva im Bad (IV), Pastell, 21×23cm, 2010, © Astrid Volquardsen Another piece from the bath. This time I left the shower head out, so I wouldn’t have to many details. On the other hand it strengthens the light, so I’m … Read More
Eva in the bath (III)
Eva in the bath (III), Pastell, 21×23cm, 2010, © Astrid Volquardsen It feels so good, that the figurative work is back in my artistic life. In my landscapes I’m interested in a quite realistic way with realistic colours, whereas in … Read More
Eva in the bath (II)
Eva in the bath, 22×20 cm, >Pastell, 2010 © Astrid Volquardsen sold In France, Eva made some really nice poses a la Degas in the bathroom. Everyone had taken loads of photos. From mine I have picked some I would … Read More
La Bonne Etoile – A workshop with Margaret Dyer
Now that I’m back in Germany I realize that I was taken away from my usual daily routine and was put straight into another kind of time ….(I’m missing the right word to describe it). I had such a great … Read More
painting, painting, painting…
The days over here are very intensiv: If we’re not working, we’re chatting, talking and/or eating. This is very easy to do if three different nationalities and generations are coming together. The past two days we have spent with painting, … Read More