The Queen of the square

Posted: March 3, 2015 | Author: Shari Blaukopf | Filed under: Uncategorized |10 Comments

There she was, silhouetted against the winter sky in all her tarnished bronze and granite glory. Queen Victoria, high atop her pedestal, reigning over her square in Old Montreal. I was so excited to be out of hibernation — to be sketching in downtown Montreal, to be out of the February rut of going from house to work to house again in the hopes of staying warm — that I fear I made the sovereign a little too big in proportion to the rest of the memorial. But from my view in the doorway of a building she seemed so stately and so grand, and I guess I used a bit of artistic license in my drawing. Sketched with a ballpoint pen in a Stillman & Birn Alpha sketchbook.

10 Comments on “The Queen of the square”

Dee says:

March 3, 2015 at 4:33 pm

Really nice!

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- Shari Blaukopf says:
  
  March 4, 2015 at 9:04 pm
  
  Thanks Dee!
  
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Pat Brookes says:

March 3, 2015 at 4:40 pm

Perhaps her reputation and length of service to her country influenced her size! 😉

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- Shari Blaukopf says:
  
  March 4, 2015 at 9:05 pm
  
  That may very well be true Pat!
  
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AM Welsh says:

March 3, 2015 at 6:54 pm

Such nice line work!

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- Shari Blaukopf says:
  
  March 4, 2015 at 9:05 pm
  
  Thanks AM!
  
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wrightottawa says:

March 3, 2015 at 7:00 pm

what fun! The warmer temperatures seemed to have loosened up your hand. And ballpoint too!

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- Shari Blaukopf says:
  
  March 4, 2015 at 9:06 pm
  
  Let’s hope for more warm temperatures John. I’m sure you must be fed up of the cold too. Loved working with the ballpoint pen!!
  
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Larry Zink says:

March 3, 2015 at 8:08 pm

Good value work. Brings out the bold contrast with the black and white. Good job!

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- Shari Blaukopf says:
  
  March 5, 2015 at 3:21 pm
  
  Thanks so much Larry.
  
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