Watercolor Artist - USA (2019-12)

ArtistsNetwork.com 21

moreopaquecolors—ceruleanblue,yellowochreandcad-

miumred.They’remuted—Ican’tgetthosesamedark

colors,butI don’twantthat.I wantthatfoggy,cloudywin-

tryday.”

THETOOLS SHECARRIES

Blaukopfisn’toverlyparticularaboutherequipment,and

asidefroma fewextralayers,thetoolsandsuppliesshe

usesinJanuaryare,byandlarge,thesamesheusesin

July.Thisincludesa smallenamelpalette,a sketchbook,

waterbottles,a fewpencilsandpens,anda singletravel

brush.“Somepeopleaddvodkatotheirwaterinwinterto

stopit fromfreezing,butI don’tknowaboutthat,”she

says.“IfI needvodkatokeepmypaintfromfreezing,then

I thinkit mightbetoocoldformetobeoutthere.”

OneseasonaldifferenceinherkitisthatBlaukopf

preferstouserougherpaperduringthewintertobetter

producethetextureofsnow.Ratherthanusea sketchpad,

Northern

Exposure

Canada, perhaps not

surprisingly for such a vast

country, has produced its

share of significant

landscape painters. Among

historical artists, Blaukopf

especially admires the Group

of Seven, a landscape

painting collective that

flourished in the 1920s and

’30s. Among contemporary

practitioners, she particularly

respects the oil painter John

Little (b. 1928), a Montreal

native. “He has painted

gorgeous winter scenes of

the city,” she says. “He’s

absolutely my inspiration.”

BELOW
In Sixth Avenue (11x15,
watercolor and pencil
on paper), Blaukopf
used a triad of
primary colors—
cerulean blue, yellow
ochre and organic
vermilion—for a
muted color scheme,
adding a bit of cobalt
blue for the darks.

Limited

Winter

Palette

• Cerulean
  blue


• Alizarin


• Hansa yellow