von Antje | 8. März. 2017 | Verkauft/Sold
I have sketched this building before, back in September (and then again, recently). Many decades ago someone’s grandmother lived here, and this someone found my earlier sketch as she was searching online for clues about her forebears. We emailed and she told me...
von Antje | 6. März. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches
This guy guards the entrance to the merchant quarter in Hamburg. He is Christopher Columbus, explorer extraordinaire, man of parts, coloniser and so on and so forth. To his left stands Vasco de Gama who I haven’t managed to sketch yet. If it wasn’t for...
von Antje | 2. März. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches
Every time I see the roofline of the warehouses in Hamburg’s ‚docklands‘ I get this special feeling. They are incredibly ornate for warehouse roofs! But then again, these warehouses weren’t and aren’t owned by just anybody. The HHLA who...
von Antje | 18. Feb.. 2017 | Privatbesitz/NFS, Skizzen/Sketches
Two drawings this time for the weekend, both with carbon ink and pigment markers on craft paper. About the paper: formerly it was used to wrap canvas boards which I had ordered. That’s where I ’sourced‘ it. You can find interesting drawing paper in...
von Antje | 17. Feb.. 2017 | Zu verkaufen/Available
This interesting building was the watchmen’s house. It sits right by the river and on the edge of a wide open space. Back then, this space was where barges full of wood would unload their precious cargo. The wood was stored in the yard and watched over by the...