Fifteen minutes
Posted: March 24, 2021 Filed under: Uncategorized 43 CommentsI had exactly fifteen minutes to draw — the time it takes from when you finish getting your Covid19 vaccine until the time it is safe to leave the vaccination site. These people also had fifteen minutes. Knowing that I would have a bit of time there, I brought along a sketchbook and a brush pen. At first I started to draw carefully but then my drawing became more animated. Excitement, relief, happiness to be drawing people? A bit of everything I suppose. I forgot to date the drawing before scanning it but I will now. I don’t want to forget this.
Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook 
I sketched during my two 15 min waits as well..practiced chairs too.. So happy you are vaccinated!! Eileen
We are getting there!!
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So glad you were vaccinated too. I smiled all day yesterday after that.
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Nice work! Congratulations on the vaccination.
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Thanks so much Paul!
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I’m still waiting for mine tho I am on a list. But when I go I will take my sketch pad and pen along. 15 min. will be a challenge. Are you sure to want to remember this, however!
I do have a question. I don’t like rough paper . What cold press do you recommend? Thanks..
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Hi Judy. I hope you get your vaccination soon.
As for paper, I like both Fabriano and Arches CP. Excellent quality.
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Shari, love your figures! Re. paper: you don’t use those expensive w.c. sheets for quick(ish) dry sketches, do you??
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I definitely do not! This is just a cheap sketchbook!
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Peter asked: “You don’t use those expensive w.c. sheets for quick(ish) dry sketches, do you??”
Shari answered: “I definitely do not!”
Phew! I was worried Judy Sopher would run out and buy a $100+ sketchbook, misunderstanding your paper recommendation! :^>
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That is funny. No worry I’d spend that much on a sketchbook. Is there such a thing?
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Congratulations, Shari! It is exciting isn’t it?
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It sure is!! Glad I recorded it in my book!
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Yay for your vaccine! I get my second one next week. It feels so good, doesn’t it?!
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Great for you too Lois!!! It sure does feel good.
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What a smart idea! I wish I had thought of that. This is something you will be glad you captured – a moment in time!
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I will certainly be glad I have this in my book Susan. I spent the first ten minutes waiting in a line and observing, which was also a special moment. I was happy for all of it.
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Same for us, I took my camera. I’m a scrapbooker… Congratulations on getting your vaccine.
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I’m glad you recorded it too Janice. I was reluctant to photograph because of concerns for privacy. I didn’t even do an Instagram story from there because of that.
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Congratulations on getting your vaccine! Still on the waiting list here.
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I hope it happens soon for you!
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Glad you got your vaccine Shari! I just got my second one. Love the sketching of the people. I need to sketch more figures!
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Congratulations on being vaccinated Marilyn!!
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Love this! Strange and trying times for so many. We were relieved when we had ours, especially the final. Still practicing all the precautions. Finding out last night that a young loved one is in peril hit us in the deepest parts of humanity. Life is hard and Covid has deepened the difficulty for so many. Creating is a healthy and needed outlet.
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Cindy, I am so sorry to read this. I wish the best for your loved one.
These are indeed difficult times for everyone. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t been affected in some way by this.
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I did the same thing with my second shot. We had an hour wait the first time, just to get into the building. Wished I had brought a sketchbook that time! Second time was a 5 minute wait and we were chatting with a friend the whole time.
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Kate, so happy to read that you sketched too. And congrats on getting vaccinated!!
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I got my second shot today, wish I had thought to bring my sketchbook.
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Laurel, the important thing is that you are vaccinated!
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You turned a chore (even if one you were grateful to get done) into a sketch event! Bravo Shari! Love your people! Urban sketchers unite!
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Yes, urban sketchers unite. Every vaccination is another step closer to being able to sketch together again, in person!
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Looks just like the “waiting room” when we got our vaccines in Florida! People spread out, chairs facing in all directions; people “taking control” by moving their chair that suits them. You’re so smart to record this unforgettable time in our history.
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De, people didn’t move their chairs much but I chose a seat at the back so I could observe as many of them as possible!
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Where was my head!? Wish I would have taken my sketchbook 🤔 Got my 2nd shot and looking ahead to better times or back to normal. Told my husband, instead of a mortgage burning party, I’m having a mask burning party when all is done. 👍
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Linda, so happy you were vaccinated too!
As for the masks, I think they will still be around for a while. I’m so used to them now, I hardly notice when I have one on. Strange times.
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Nice sketch and congratulations on getting the vaccine
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Thanks so much Doug!
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So good to use every opportunity to draw. It’s also a great way to record the day of those who were vaccinated. Luckily I have had both shots. My husband remains on a waiting list? I too have had several menders of our family who did not escape the virus.
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Bernadette, I am so happy for you and I hope it happens for your husband soon. My husband has his today!
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we shared the same thought, deed and resulting emotion. hurrahs for us as recorders and for all of us as humanity trying to find better ways ahead
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Soni, I heard a nurse on the radio who said that many people cry with the emotion of it. I did not have that feeling. I was just so elated. Cheers to better ways ahead.
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I made a really bad small biro sketch of a health worker at my first Covid test, now a year later I doubt I’ll ever throw that sketch away. It speaks volumes.
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I like your words…..excitement, relief, happiness to be drawing people? I was vaccinated a few days after you here in B.C. I’m still trying to let it all sink in. I am enjoying being a new follower of your sketchbook blog.
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Yes, all of those feelings for sure. So happy you were vaccinated too Linda. Things are getting worse in Quebec, as they are in BC, so it is a small relief to have had the shot even if we continue to remain mostly at home as we did before. It just makes a little less worrisome when we go out to get groceries or do other errands. I’m sure you feel the same way.
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