Old and new
Posted: March 26, 2023 Filed under: Uncategorized 8 CommentsThere’s a little bit of old and a little bit of new in this sketch. The tulips are new — brought over by a friend the other day — and opening slowly in my dining room. The painting on the right behind the tulips is old. It’s a big one (a full sheet), that I painted years ago, of a white chef’s shirt on a hanger. I don’t remember why I had a chef’s shirt because I was never a chef, but it was hanging on a door handle, freshly ironed, and it made a good subject for a painting. Sketched in my Hahnemuhle sketchbook while heavy snow was falling outside.
Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook 
Beautiful tulips. The painting of the chef’s shirt amazes me.
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Thanks so much Joan.
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Beautiful Shari!
You mention Hahnemühle, I’m using Hahnemüle’s Nostalgie and Akademie at the moment in one of Liz Steel’s classes to compare the two types of paper. Which H sketchbook are you using?
And you paint looks like gouache. Is it?
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Hi Ginie, The book I use is the Hahnemuhle 100% cotton sketchbook. That is the only one I like. These are fairly new. They came out last year, I think. And this is watercolour, not gouache.
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Beautiful juicy washes! And thanks for the info re the sketchbook. I appreciate that. Keep up your lovely, inspiring work!
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I like your thoughts about the chef’s shirt painting and “years ago”. Spent some time doing a little spring cleaning today and found things I don’t remember much about – been in the house for 40 years, so took the opportunity to clean out a little. Maybe I should sketch some of them before I give them away –
You gave me the inspiration
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Haha, I just did the same thing. I found slides that I took 40 years ago and starting scanning them so I could use them as photo references for painting.
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Beautiful, as always!
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