Rivière à l’Orme
Posted: January 28, 2021 Filed under: Uncategorized 37 CommentsIf you stick to the green trail in Angell Woods you might miss this, but a few metres off the path you’ll find Rivière à l’Orme, which seems at that point much more like a stream than a river. I painted a view of it on a warmer day a few weeks ago, but this week after several snowfalls, it calls for cooler colours on my palette — mostly Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Sienna with a tiny bit of Naples Yellow added in both for warmth and for opacity in the greys. Painted on a quarter sheet of Arches Bright White Rough paper, 140 lb.
Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook 
Absolutely beautiful deep blue stream 💙
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Thanks so much Liane!
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Absolutely beautiful deep blue water 💙
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Wow! This is striking.
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Thanks Judy!
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A great
Perspective,blues outstanding, love it.
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Thanks so much Nancy!
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The central area reflection seems so true to the sky and surroundings. How you manage these magical moments is still a mystery to me. I see what you’ve done but I don’t know how you manage to conceive of and actually make it happen. Viva la values! Beautiful.
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Jeff, thank you. I did this one wet-in-wet. Does that help to solve the mystery?
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This is a particularly gorgeous piece. Did you paint from a photo or in situ?
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Hi Pegret. I painted this one from my photo that I took on a walk. It was way too cold to paint outside!
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The stream pulls me right in. You’re so good at painting snow!Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S9, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone
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Thanks!
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Love it even more after taking your winter sketching class! Thanks again!
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Thanks for taking the class Brenda!
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I am always amazed and impressed with your very minimal color palette.
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Thanks Lois. I do love using a limited palette.
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I am so happy to have found your Sketchbook!
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Me too Gale!
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WHOA, Shari! VERY EFFECTIVE use of a limited palette! LOVE the way you pushed the blue in the water, and the Naples Yellow (which I don’t have on my palette – but maybe I should!) makes such marvelous grays. -B
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Thank you so much Barry. It makes me happy when I give you colour ideas. Let me know what you think of Naples Yellow. I recently tried Jaune Brillant because I saw someone use it, but it’s a bit of a strange colour. A little peachy looking and not as useful as Naples Yellow, at least for the way I paint.
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Just beautiful!
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Thanks Cindy!
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The colour of the water looks simply luscious
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Thanks for taking the time to write. Much appreciated!
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Simply wonderful, masterfully done! Love, love, love it. Lucious.
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Thanks so much Bernadette!
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This is just gorgeous, Shari!! Wow!!!
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Thanks so much Linda!
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Beautiful! There’s such a difference in the color palette in both paintings. I love the warmth of the first one, but the dramatic darker colors in this really call to me. Bravo!
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Thanks Joan. Yes, it was fun to try this one two ways.
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Wow, just gorgeous! Love the little white sparkles on the water!
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Thanks so much Iona.
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This is gorgeous and oh, so cold.
I love that deep, evocative blue reflection.
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Many thanks Betsy!
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Good Afternoon dear friend Shari,
That’s an amazing sketch, That blue color is really a wonderful reelection of depth and the breadth of the sketch, but not ignoring other colors.
Super work.
Regards and blessings.
Uma
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Thanks so much Uma!
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