Author Archives: Jo Myers-Walker

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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Visiting Lussan via watercolor

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

Both of these scenes are from the restored medieval town of Lussan in southern France. Above:  I was fascinated with the door grillwork. These magnificent doorways were very old and imposing. Below:  La Petite Auberge de Lussan is a small … Continue reading →

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Current events

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

The Iowa Watercolor Society’s (IWS’s) online Members Show includes one of my South Beach-inspired paintings. Take a virtual stroll through a variety of works by artists throughout the state. Note: This show has ended — check out the IWS website to … Continue reading →

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The class visits Italy

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

My watercolor class “staycation” continues! These sketches and paintings from recent weeks feature views of the Italian countryside, which I visited during a Franciscan Pilgrimage to Assisi several years back. During that trip our group traveled in vans and we … Continue reading →

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Class trip

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

I decided we needed a “staycation” break in my Zoom watercolor classes, so this month we’re going abroad for our painting subjects! Recently we used this scene of Rue Martainville in Rouen, France. I visited Rouen for a month in … Continue reading →

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