Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook

Alice is a bit like me during hockey playoffs. There is too much tension in the tv room so she tunes out. I like to think that she is listening to the play-by-play and imagining the game in her mind. When I draw her, I try not to use good sketchbook paper because I have to start the drawings again and again until she falls into a deep sleep and stops moving around. For last n...

I am very grateful to my friend Alison. When she read that I couldn’t find daffodils at the store, she picked an amazing bouquet from her own garden and went out of her way to bring it to me. Alison is the best gardener that I know and she’s especially skilled at growing bulbs and spring flowers. Lucky me. My bouquet is far more interesting than what I would have picked up at...

It’s finally warm enough here to sketch outside and that is something to celebrate. I was trying to find a subject to sketch on Main St. in Hudson today when this view caught my eye. Of course I loved the striped parasols at the pizzeria, but I also felt I should join in on hockey fever by drawing a Habs flag. In case you don’t follow hockey, the Montreal Canadiens are in the...