Author Archives: Jo Myers-Walker

Tree of celebration

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

I love this little tree, I have my children’s baby shoes among the ornaments and “countdown” envelopes, and at the top is son Devin’s little blue cap he wore from the hospital. The only problem I had was buying more … Continue reading →

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Remembering Ames Children’s Theater

Posted on November 3, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

I had the honor of creating this small sculpture to commemorate and celebrate Ames Children’s Theater, which recently wrapped up its illustrious 40-plus-year run. The program provided theater experience to area children, and presented plays and guest artist performances in … Continue reading →

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Painting while dogsitting

Posted on September 27, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

Earlier this summer I spent some time dogsitting with my daughter’s beloved dogs Frank and Bella (both females), shown at right; then more recently with another daughter’s dog Olive, shown below. Olive is very affectionate and used to sitting on … Continue reading →

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Wrapping up summer at Shalom

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

To round out the Watercolor Playgroup series with our August session, we started by making prints of our feet using washable tempera paint in flat pans. Lots of giggles doing this, but so fun! While the footprints were drying we … Continue reading →

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Scenes at Shalom

Posted on August 16, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

For our July Watercolor Playgroup at Shalom Spirituality Center, I took photos of the grounds outside, then using a viewfinder found a part that spoke to me rather than painting the whole yard. We painted the closeup area and added … Continue reading →

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Watercolor playgroup

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

On June 26 I was at Shalom Spirituality Center in Dubuque, facilitating the first session of Watercolor Playgroup, a plein air retreat. Unfortunately for the “plein air” plans, it rained all afternoon, so we took our artmaking inside. We worked … Continue reading →

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Ready to get outdoors

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

In the Spring an artist’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of … plein air painting!* Online watercolor classes were a great way to escape the winter climate; as the weather grew nicer, my students and I were growing impatient to get … Continue reading →

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April classes: Painting Monet’s gardens

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

For my Zoom watercolor classes in April we are painting Monet’s gardens, focusing on water, trees and flowers. We work from a photo, a value sketch, and a color palette before we start painting. Pictured: My traveling companions and I … Continue reading →

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Creating with Heidi

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

On Wednesday I had an enjoyable phone call with friend Heidi Kaisand, owner of Hen & Chicks Studio in Conrad, Iowa, for her show “Create With Heidi,” available from the podcast page of the Hen & Chicks website. The episode … Continue reading →

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New class dates for March

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

I’ve added March class dates to the Classes and Events page. We’ll continue our “staycation” theme — above, I just could not resist adding birds to this view of the Château de Lussan in southern France (link is to Google … Continue reading →

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