Left page, right page
Posted: February 2, 2018 Filed under: Uncategorized 33 CommentsOn the left hand page of my sketchbook I occasionally test out pigments I am going to use in a sketch. Sometimes I also do warm up drawings or make notes. This spread is very much like the one with the Little Blue Heron. I intended to draw one thing but got sidetracked drawing another, so this left hand page is a combo of colour and creature.
On the right hand side of the spread is an old favourite. People have been asking where it’s been hiding. As you can see, it’s been quite hard to spot this winter but with the past few warm days the snow has melted, and, much like Wiarton Willie, the wheelbarrow saw its shadow in the snow today. 
Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook 
Sooooooo glad to see it’s first appearance of 2018! Thanks.
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Thank you Nessa!
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Oops, sorry, its.
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No problem. I knew what you meant.
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I like the wheelbarrow a whole lot better than a groundhog!!
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Me too.
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You made my day, Shari. I smile every time I see your wheelbarrow. I’ve even thought of leaning mine against a tree but we caught a woman stealing ours and so it’s now under lock and key 🙂
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Larry, what’s going on in Quebec City. Stealing a wheelbarrow?? Really?? I guess mine is so rusty if anyone tried to wheel it away I would hear it creaking all the way down the block!
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Her “explanation” was that she was just going to borrow it so she could collect cans from blue boxes in the neighborhood and that she was going to bring it back 🙂 Sadly, I’ve seen a lot of examples of people not understanding the concept of ‘private property.’ Not necessarily stealing but a willingness to walk through people’s yards and ‘borrowing’ things. I remember one night yelling at a woman whose car was in my front yard, straddling the sidewalk, because she wanted to drive around street construction. Weird, but so is Quebec City 🙂
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Ok, now I get it. Thanks for the detailed explanation. I guess those things happen everywhere, but still, I can’t imagine walking into someone’s yard like that!
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Hooray!
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Thanks Anne. Obviously a popular subject.
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I too rejoiced in seeing your old faithful wheelbarrow. So, it it safe to predict that spring will come sooner to Montreal than to the East Coast? No shadows here today for sure!
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Gayle, isn’t it the opposite. If the groundhog sees its shadow it goes back into hibernation and it’s six more weeks of winter. If not, it’s an early spring. So we will have the longer winter here and your spring will arrive early.
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Thanks for setting me straight on that …and for the hope of an early East Coast Spring!!!
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The drawing of the dog captures a certain sentiment. Perhaps a yearning of some kind. Great post!!!
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Melba, definitely a yearning, and I know what kind. A yearning for a walk, which did eventually come, after the sketch.
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I think I have them all! Love every one of them!
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Ah, thank Dee!
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Thanks for the story of Willie. I always wondered what Groundhog Day was so I got sidetracked in Wikipedia. Good to see the wheelbarrow making an appearance 😊
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Ros, I guess this is not something you have, right? I think it is a very North American tradition.
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A lovely sketch, did you use just the 3 colours? Can I guess them? Hansa Yellow med, Perm Aliz Crim, Ultra Blue. Im probably way out.
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HI John, I did just use three colours in the sketch. You almost got them. I am trying some Stephen Quiller watercolours, so these are Transparent Yellow, Quin Red and Ultramarine Blue. They are very bright and make a nice primary triad.
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Beautiful – left & right; love them both!
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Thanks so much Sigrun.
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I’d missed that good old wheelbarrow!🌺
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Me too!
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Ahh😀 Is that Alice? What a beauty!! I’ll take her any day.
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Yes, that’s Alice. I never draw her sitting like this but she stayed in that position for a long time so I did that quick sketch.
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Oh, Shari, you certainly brought a smile to my face. I wish I could convince my husband that our wheelbarrow is a garden ornament! No such luck… My two favourite subjects – Alice and The Wheelbarrow. Thanks.
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Thanks Susan. Why doesn’t your husband like the wheelbarrow? They are so beautiful if they’re old and rusty. But that must be what he doesn’t like, right?
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Glad to see the wheelbarrow has resurfaced. Annie isn’t napping in this sketch…what happened?
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This was before the walk instead of after, so she was giving me the eye! She wanted exercise.
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