Shari Blaukopf – Sketches

Wandering through the interwebs today, I found a blog that consists entirely of artists’ sketchbooks, Sketches and Jottings. It’s a great site worth checking out on its own, but the real find for today was a link to Shari Blaukopf’s site, The Sketchbook. Blaukopf is a Montreal artist (Beaconsfield, to be precise) who posts a sketch a day. Mostly watercolours, these exquisite little gems are a delight to behold that capture Montreal & environs with deftness and charm.

Carré St-Louis

I am a graphic designer and teacher who spends too much time working on the computer and not enough time drawing and painting. This blog is an attempt to commit to a daily drawing or watercolour.
– Shari Blaukopf

Gare Jean-Talon

Of course one of the reasons I enjoy Blaukopf’s work is that I love Montreal, but while I live in the more central Mile-End neighbourhood, she lives in the relatively suburban West Island. I enjoy the change in perspective, and the opportunity to see the suburbs-and-cottages side of Montreal life I rarely experience myself. Granted most of the samples of her work I’ve posted here are from the city, but all the more reason for you, dear reader, to explore her blog on your own. Blaukopf got a writeup earlier this year in the Montreal Gazette, Montreal’s only English-language daily newspaper:

“When you walk around, mostly you are just daydreaming, or involved with the thoughts in your own head,” she said. “But if you slow down and really look around, it can be quite meditative. You find things that are so amazing.”

Sketchblogging, she says, makes her ask herself: “What’s unique about this day?” The answer might be as simple as a basket full of chili peppers or evergreen branches heavy with snow.

– the Montreal Gazette, May 25 2012

Jardin Botanique

So there you have it: Shari Blaukopf, sketchblogger.  I encourage you to check out her work.

Pointe-Claire Yacht Club