White Bow, 13×13 cm, Pastell, © Astrid Volquardsen, 2011
Another painting from the 5×5 series. In this one I was faszinated by the blue shadow.
Posts for »September, 2011«:
Tug
25th, September 2011 - 11:19 AM
Tug, 30×30 cm, Pastell,
© Astrid Volquardsen, 2011
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After all the blue in my paintings I have had a trip to the land of reds….
Without the numerous tugs cruising through the harbour, the cityscape of Hamburg would be incomplete.
Edgar Degas exhibition: Degas and the ballet: picturing movement
19th, September 2011 - 09:27 PM
Since the 17th of September a new exhibition about Edgar Degas has opened at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. The exhibition focuses on Degas‹ interest to capture the movement of dance and puts his approach in the context of photography and film.
A realy good review about the exhibition was done by Katherine Tyrell Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement and further thoughts The Degas Exhibition: notes for pastellits. If you are a pastel painter, do stop by.
Interestingly parts of this exhibition was on display in Hamburg/Germany with the title, Intimicy and Pose. But the great pastel paintings were not included.
I followed one of Katherine links, where Alastair Sooke: How Degas captured movement has done a very interesting video about the exhibition.
Clouds
18th, September 2011 - 11:55 AM
Ziehehende Wolken (Triptychon), je 13×21 cm
To view the triptychon, click on the pastelpainting
What makes a place special for an artist? What keeps him/her coming back to this place? That’s hard to explain, but sometimes there’s some kind of magic in the air.
One of those places is the view to the headland of Holnis at the Flensborg Fjord. On this day it was quite windless and those big clouds moved slowly across the sky.
Red bow
14th, September 2011 - 09:07 PM
Roter Bug, 5×5, pastel,
© Astrid Volquardsen, 2011
This is a sketch for a bigger pastelpainting. I would have never thought that one day I might say I don’t have enough oranges or reds on my palette, because I have so many.
New Gallery on my website (5×5)
11th, September 2011 - 05:06 PM
© Astrid Volquardsen, 2011
I have added a new gallery to my website. It’s called 5×5 inches and there I show pastelpaintings which are studies for bigger pictures or where I try out new techniques or subjects.