Goran’s window
Posted: March 28, 2021 Filed under: Uncategorized 14 CommentsOn a damp and rainy day in Montreal, the sunny view from Goran’s window in Porto, Portugal, is much appreciated. WindowSwap.com — where Goran and others post their views — has been so useful for finding inspiration these past few months. I paint some of these while on a Zoom call with friends, and now sometimes even on my own. The views are all in video format, which is what makes them a little more intriguing for me than a still image. Clouds move, cars go by, there’s ambient sound either from inside or outside the window. After a while you feel as if you are really there, in a strange way. Sometimes the views are uninteresting and rather mundane, but occasionally you come upon something like Goran’s window which just make you gasp. I had to sketch this one!
Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook 
Those rooftops! ❤️ Thanks for sharing tWindow Swap, too. I’ve had more fun looking through the videos and painting! Helps keep me going when the weather isn’t cooperating l. Take care!
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Thanks Margaret! So glad you’re enjoying Window Swap too!
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Lovely! I can see why you gasped.
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Imagine looking at that every day??
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Love this, and love Window Swap-Both such fun to look at!
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Love this. Looks complicated but your use of color pulls it together. What colors did you use? (you can tell I’m studying your course on luminous color. .It is excellent.
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Judy, you are good at guessing my colours, so I thought you would tell me what I was using.
In this case it is mostly Cobalt blue and Quin Burnt Orange. With some yellow in that first wash to create a glow.
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Thanks. Would not have guessed burnt orange (I thought raw sienna) or cobalt blue.
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Is there a way to freeze the video? I don’t think I could paint while the image is moving.
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Ruth, you can just take a screenshot and sketch from that. I do that sometimes when my Zoom session with friends is over and I have to finish the sketch later.
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Oh…Windoswap has changed since the last time I looked at it! Nice sketch…maybe I will try your use of Windoswap, since we can’t travel! Thanks!
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Beautiful view of Portugal. Did you sip a glass of “Port when you were drawing it. I know that Port comes from the Porto Region. I really like how you captured all the buildings naturallly and organicly.
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Portugal is always so sunny……beautiful sketch you have here Shari 🙂
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do you need permission to paint the views
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