Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook

We’re having a good autumn in Montreal.

I’m just back from a few glorious weeks in Maine.

It’s a banner year for my hydrangeas and I don’t know why.

A quarter sheet of paper has been hanging around on my drawing table for months.

September is the most beautiful month in Montreal.

I’ve been getting out to sketch and paint in my new neighbourhood, and in my old one too.

I’ve just finished jotting down three pages of notes from a weekend workshop in Montreal with the great watercolour painter Alvaro Castagnet.

The best viewpoint to draw Olana (historic home and property of Frederic Church) is from below.

When I’m teaching on location, I often try to arrive a day early to find painting locations for my group.

I’ve finally found a bit of time to scan all the sketchbook pages from my July teaching trip in Alsace.

I appreciate having time at home to experiment with materials.

Like everything else that I’ve done this summer, I’m a little late in getting out to paint in my garden.

I got an early start at the breakwater today, in an attempt to beat the heat.

I’m a little late for the start of boat painting season but better late than never.

We’ve had a lot of rain over the past two days.

My favourite thing this summer season is going to the U-pick garden when I collect my weekly CSA farmer basket at Ferme Tournesol.