The wash at dusk
Posted: March 17, 2023 Filed under: Uncategorized 27 CommentsIt’s grey, rainy and damp here in Montreal — and not even good weather for sketching from my car — so I’m going back through my recent photo archives to places that are warmer and sunnier. The wash at Tanque Verde Ranch in Tucson was quite splendid at dusk. The hills turned from a dull ochre to a flaming orange at sunset. I was on my way to a campfire cookout so I couldn’t paint at that time, but the memory of that riverbed scene stayed with me. I like to imagine that this is the view that Paul and Linda McCartney also had every evening when they lived nearby.
Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook 
Wow! The colors are striking! So glad you captured that sunset!
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Thanks so much De.
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OH! Sudden sharp pang of longing for the desert dusk!
Here it is raining on top of a foot of snow.
I vividly recall standing in this wash with you, watching you paint while I closely monitored the flitting Vermillion Flycatcher nearby.
Happy day.
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Ashley, we are having exactly the same weather as you.
Alice and I just came in from a very drippy walk.
Glad I brought you back there along with me. It was one of my favourite moments of that week in Tucson. And the the Vermilion Flycatcher really was the cherry on the cake.
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We slipped out in a dry interval, do you have the Vermont season known as “Mud”?
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Lovely…and a lovely thought.
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Thanks so much Rita.
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Gorgeous painting – those reflections are stunning!
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Thanks Yvonne!!
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I love the blue of the water. Is it cerulean of WN?
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Frieda, that blue is a mix of many blues on my palette. Probably Cerulean, Cobalt and a bit of Ultramarine.
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Oh, those reflections are magical! Perhaps someday you’ll have the time to create an online course on reflections, I could use some instruction.
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Barbara, I do cover a bit of that in Still, Rushing Falling Water but it’s probably time to do another one.
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Magical. The view must have been glorious 🙂
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It sure was, especially at that time of day!
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come back in 2024! What a beautiful painting Shari. I just got my own original back from the framer and it looks beautiful
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Perianne, I will be back!! Just cleaned up my photo of your painting to include it in the promo.
I’ll be back around January 15th for two more weeks. I can’t wait.
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Love this painting! Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks Sandra!
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I love your wash at dusk
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Many thanks Ralph!
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So wonderful!!!
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Lori, thank you!!
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Beautiful. It’s good to have warm memories at this time of year.
Alison
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It sure is!!
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Nice painting of an Arizona Wash. I bet it turns into a raging river after heavy rains. I really like how you captured your scrubby and wild looking trees and bushes, the sun shining off the hills and the rocks in the dried up river. Does Arizona get Monsoons? I think I heard they do, something to do with the Rocky Mountains to the west and weather patterns in the winter. You never think of North America for Monsoons, but Arizona is kind of a unique place.
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Thanks Shawn. Arizona does get monsoon. They have two monsoon seasons, in fact. And I agree, I would never have thought they would get them and I was surprised too!
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