Fort Myers Workshop photos
Posted: December 17, 2019 Filed under: Uncategorized 10 CommentsLast week I spent a few wonderful days teaching a really fun group of sketchers in the historic riverfront district of Fort Myers. In this city there’s no shortage of fascinating stuff to draw, including palm trees, historic buildings, boats and reflections. All the stuff I love. We were even fortunate enough to spend an afternoon at the Edison Ford Winter Estates, sketching the houses and gardens of these two famous guys. It was a cloudless day so we left no time at the end of our day to visit the indoor display of historic cars or the museum that houses all of Edison’s inventions. Typical of sketchers! We never end up visiting half the stuff that most tourists see at any given site since we are always outside sketching.
Below are a few of the short demos I did during the three days: an exercise in values, a little street scene using a limited colour palette, mixing greens around the big banyan tree and a boat scene with reflections. We had a couple of torrential downpours and lots of overcast skies on days 2 and 3, but we managed to find shelter wherever we went. This is Florida, after all, and weather can be unpredictable. We also discovered that when all else fails, a Dyson Airblade hand dryer in a public washroom is the best method for getting wet sketchbook paper to dry.
Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook 
It was an amazing course. As this was my first workshop, it was a bit intimidating but thoroughly enjoyable. Thanks for a great three days. Maggie
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Maggie, your sketches were amazing. So glad you were in the group. Enjoy the rest of your time here! And hope to see you again soon.
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Looks and sounds like a great place for a workshop! Lucky students.
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It was a great experience Joan!
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Your work is amazing Maggie !!
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What a fun time I had! Wonderful bunch of people! Learned so much! Excited to do another workshop – hopefully we can get this fascinating group of philosophers, artists, software engineers, architects, golf course designers, publisher, writers, cyclists and nantucketers all back together again! What a treat to get away for a while and sketch and paint with you, Shari! Thanks for your patience and wisdom and fun loving spirit. Could not have asked for more at my first watercolor workshop.
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It was a treat for me too Emily. Such a fantastic group of interesting and interested people. It was a wonderful experience to meet all of you.
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Such a great learning experience, fun group and 3 day escape. I say we find a way for continuing to share our sketches amongst our group until we meet again. Let’s continue the spirit of Shari’s encouragement (Plus I need the motivation or life will get in the way).
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Agree!
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I agree Tim. Just a really interesting group. I will send out email addresses soon so you can all stay in touch.
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