Wales Coastal Path

15th, August 2010 - 08:12 AM

One of the best opportunities to discover Wales beauty is probably the Wales Coast Path. From north to south the path covers 800 miles of stunning coastline. The path takes you along the shore with cliffs, down to sandy beaches and coves, small harbours, some nice Ins and tearomms and of cause some really great castles. This is defenatley a place I would love to come back. I did some sketches and what striked me most is the color of the water. It really is turquoise in a way – seemed to be somehow fake.

Sketchbook, 2010
© Astrid Volquardsen
© Astrid Volquardsen

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9 Comments:

  1. bridget Hunter wrote at the 15th, August 2010 - 11:05 PM

    I love the freshness of your sketches and the composition.

  2. Astrid Volquardsen wrote at the 16th, August 2010 - 07:13 AM

    Thanks Bridget!

  3. Anonymous wrote at the 16th, August 2010 - 07:14 AM

    It's lovely. I only know Scotland, but Wales seems really worth a long journey too. Scotland (with isle) is stunning.
    May I ask you the size of your Sketchbook? The pastel sketch in the upper right corner is beautiful. You caught the colours so well :)
    Cynthia

  4. Astrid Volquardsen wrote at the 16th, August 2010 - 07:34 AM

    Hi Cynthia,
    yes, Wales is worth a long journey…! The size of my sketchbook is 19×19cm. The pastelsketch was done on Sennelier Pastel Card (9×18cm) and was added later to the sketchbook.The sketchbbok paper doesn't hold pastel pigments very well.

  5. Anonymous wrote at the 16th, August 2010 - 08:36 AM

    Hallo!
    Der Sketch ist wunderbar. Ich liebe das türkise Wasser.

    Ich warte schon ganz gespannt, wann es dieses Jahr wieder einen Kurs gibt.
    Viele Grüße,
    Karin Goeppert

  6. Astrid Volquardsen wrote at the 16th, August 2010 - 09:33 AM

    Hallo Karin,
    dieses Jahr finden keine Kurse mehr statt. Erst im nächsten Frühjahr wieder.

  7. Caroline wrote at the 16th, August 2010 - 11:18 AM

    Very impressive sketches, the turquoise colours are so lovely and we have them here on the West Coast of Scotland too.

  8. Brian McGurgan wrote at the 22nd, August 2010 - 02:39 PM

    I like the sketches very much and enjoy seeing them in your sketchbook like this so beautifully arranged with your notes. I haven't yet been able to make much of a habit of using a sketchbook – I tend to neglect it or to want to tear out the drawings I'm unhappy with – but your sketchbooks are giving me lots of inspiration and ideas, Astrid.

  9. Jala Pfaff wrote at the 3rd, September 2010 - 04:56 AM

    Very nice. Strange for there to be turquoise water; I'd never have imagined it there.