I’ve been thinking about Berlin a lot lately. We just returned from the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Poznan, Poland (more about that in another post) but before that we spent 6 days in Berlin…| Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook
My friend Deborah has an incredible garden — swathes of perennials, apple trees, carefully tended shrubs, exotic lilies and colourful annuals flowering in containers of different sizes. I think late July or early August is the best time to visit. When I visited her last week I had a bit of time to paint in […]| Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook
Alice is tired today and catching up on some rest. She swam on the weekend when we visited friends at their lakeside cottage, and it’s more activity than she’s used to. In the summer she can’t run in the woods because of the tick problem. Instead she walks with me on the boring suburban streets, […]| Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook
As much as I try to complete a painting on site, it’s not always possible. Here’s one from our trip to Crete in the spring. I started this on location in April but was interrupted when …| Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook
On my first morning in Rockport, I rushed down to the harbour to paint. I have a favourite bench in a shady spot, a little bit away from the pedestrian traffic of Bearskin Neck. It’s fitting that my first painting in the town this year was of the visitor’s centre across the water. That was […]| Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook
Each time I go to Cape Ann, I return to my favourite painting spots. I don’t always have time to sketch but I take lots of photos so that I can continue painting when I get home. This time, besides returning to Pigeon Cove, I also returned home with some new paper: a block of […]| Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook
Go ahead and type “Motif #1 painting” in your search engine. You’ll find hundreds of paintings and sketches of this iconic red Rockport fishing shack. I’ve painted it many t…| Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook
2 posts published by Shari Blaukopf during June 2025| Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook
It’s great to be doing errands in my neighbourhood, stopping here and there to sketch outside. That’s what the summer is all about, right? Yesterday my errand was in Hudson, so I took the time to sit outside with an iced coffee and paint the beautiful planters at Mikko Coffee Roasters. What you don’t see […]| Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook
When we moved into this house about a year and half ago, it was almost winter and the garden had already been put to bed. Last year was a summer of waiting to see what would come up. I discovered lots of greenery (ferns, hosta, perennial grasses) and some nice hydrangea. But not many flowers. […]| Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook
Happy Canada Day! I usually choose some red flowers to paint on July 1, but this bouquet from Alison’s garden was just too beautiful to pass up. I can’t name everything that’s in here but it’s exactly the kind of arrangement I love — a little wild looking and different from every angle. Thank you […]| Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook
The dictionary app on my laptop gives me these definitions for a vignette: vignette | vinˈyet | Noun1: a brief evocative description, account, or episode2: a small illustration or portrait photogra…| Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook
It’s break time for me — in between one Madeline Island School workshop group leaving and one arriving tomorrow — so I thought I’d take some time and post a few of my favourite sketches…| Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook
On our daily walks in the woods, Alice and I discover different trails. We’ve been taking one lately that is quite magical in winter because of all the bent tree branches. It was especially g…| Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook
