The Little Shop
Posted: February 3, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized 26 Comments »My sketch today is a bit of crazy chaos, a bit like The Little Shop where I painted it. If you haven’t been to this place (on Ogilvy Ave. in Park Extension) it’s worth the trip although it is a bit hard to spot the faded sign from the street. The three-storey brick house is jammed with vintage everything — clothing, furs, fabrics, bags, jewelery, books, shoes, hats, rugs, umbrellas, wedding dresses — and it’s a sketcher’s paradise on a winter day. Especially since every visitor gets offered tea and cookies as they walk in the door.
I love it!!!!!!!
Thanks! You can come there with me next time : )
It’s so so cute:)
Thanks Monique!
Great layering!
Creating depth was difficult on this one. There were so many different textures…
You handled it beautifully, there is so much to see but it isn’t overly busy.
Thanks. I think it got a bit muddy and I wish I had handled the darks more cleanly instead of layering a bunch of washes. This type of environment is new for me but I will go back there another day to try a different part of the store.
Shari, you are a person who sees ideas for a sketch in the most unusual places. How wonderful for all us that you have the ability to create these jewels anywhere and every-
where. What a treat for the eyes……thank you for all the inspiration you give us on a
daily basis !
Ruth
Ruth, you are very kind. I am approaching 500 posts in the next month or so. After that many sketches you have to look for ideas in unusual places!
Hey Shari, that;s a good look for you. You’ll fit right in with the hip sketchsters in Barcelona !
Hi John. I forgot to mention in my post that I bought the full outfit to wear in Barcelona. Do you think I will be too warm in a red fur hat and a green wool scarf in the summer in Spain? I know I will need the sunglasses for sure but they may make all my sketches look greenish. I will probably only wear them in the evening.
Ees better to look good than to feel good……
Gracias Fernando!
Absolutely delightful sketch Shari, filled with fun and whimsy in both squiggly and straight lines
and all bathed in the richest earth tones. That mannequin certainly is saucy and comes to life
with a comically long Modigliani neck, adorned with a lovely green (colour?)scarf and jewellery. You’ll fit right in in Barcelona with all the Gaudy art
So glad to see your site back posted today!
Thanks Mary. I wasn’t my intention not to post yesterday. Just got back too late last night. These things happen occasionally.
Shari, would you have a minute to tell us the colours you used in this painting and
was it painted in your little moleskin sketch book ? It’s amazing how you find all these little jewels in Montreal and in this sketcher’s paradise what is that funny little white oval/cylindrically shaped thing lower front?
Mary, I used every colour I had for this. This was not a limited palette.
There’s lots of Alizarin crimson in the hat with a bit of cadmium and some blue too.
There cerulean and some sort of yellow in the scarf. Lots of ochre in the jacket.
As for the thing that resembles a roll of toilet paper — that is the headless neck of the mannequin wearing a mink collar and ruffly shirt.
Ha! You cannot fool us, Cherie! Very nice self-portrait! However, what is that behind the model’s left shoulder? At first I thought “Musical instrument,” then I thought, “broom.” Now I do not know what to think.
I wish I looked as glamourous as her Lee!!
There are handbags hanging behind her. Although you would probably find either of your suggestions in the shop.
I love this!
Thanks! It was fun to sketch it!!
A true work of art — love it!
Thanks Jane!! A work of art?? No. Lots of fun?? Yes!!
Oh, come now, be serious… you really expect me to believe that this isn’t the self-portrait that you have been promising to do for the past 12 months? (And reading the comments above, I wasn’t the only one who picked it.) Of course, you have cleverly disguised yourself with the yellow-framed dark glasses and the red fur (or is that your hair?)… both of which suit you particularly when combined with the green scarf… move over Chanel. : )
Darn. Outed!