Pier Teufelsbrueck, Sketchbook, 2012 © Astrid Volquardsen There are many people out there who have a deep desire to express themselves with a sketchbook but lack the courage to do so. In our fast moving world there doesn’t seem to … Read More
LES DEUX MAGOTS, Sketchbook, 19,5 x 14 cm, 2012 © Astrid Volquardsen Relaxed sketching in the streets of Paris. People are crowding the bistros, some of them kind of show offs, other for a relaxed reading in a newspaper and … Read More
Dampf Rundum – Steamboat Schaarhörn, Sketchbook, 2011 At the beginning of July, the small town Flensborg (at the Danish border) was hosting a couple of old beautiful steam boats. While waiting to go on one of them for a round … Read More
Today in the supermarket I thought I would suffere again under my jetlag and didn’t read correctly. But there was no misunderstanding. Actually, there’s a new vegie on the market and if you would translate it sounds like: »Asperaccoli« (no … Read More
Sketchbook,Rickmer Rickmers, Inkand Guoache 2011 © Astrid Volquardsen Originally the sail ship Rickmer Rickmers was built for gods transport and its first journey in 1886 brought it as far as Hong Kong. Now it has found its place in the … Read More
Sketchbook, 2011, Astrid Volquardsen Last weekend we went to the International Maritime Museum in Hamburg. Originally we wanted to stroll around the harbor, but a thunderstorm made us go into the exhibition. I sat down to sketch in a corner … Read More
