Jo Myers-Walker's Blog

Paulette’s French shoe sketch

Look at that piano with out the lid, it is a wine tasting table, can’t you just see the folks sitting on stools and sipping wine?

Classic Rides and Tractor Show, Jo used to drive one of these as a kid, her car’s name was Petunia. July 24

Entertaining French students at the LBS, slumping plastic shoes and glasses. “We do not have this slumping plastic in France” says Charlotte. July 26th

Pretty good for chocolates, finished Chocolate Paintings.

What fun we had today! Painting with the well handled, maybe licked, chocolates from Stam. Jo melted the chocolates in microwave till soft and we painted with them, licking our fingers. The chocolate is so smooth and rich! We added a bit of watercolor for shadows or a center. Oh what fun and beautiful too..

Getting ready for Stam Chocolaterie show July 29th and Aug 5th, 2010, 4-8!
Quotes from the painting….“Yes, I did paint the chocolates with Stam Chocolates and licked my fingers too!”
“Note to self, don’t eat all the chocolates or what is there to paint!”
“Ate these two first, then painted the reflections…”
“How many colors of brown? Let me sample the ways…”

Friends enjoying dessert on a shoe at the Write Brain Cafe, Wanda’s pie crust is to die for. Lunch is 11-2 with something new every day.

(Update: I’ve sold the little bank in Gilbert, and now I’m based in Iowa City. Check out my blog to see what I’m doing these days!)

One of Jo’s dear friends passed away Monday and he loved orange marmalade. He lived in Jo’s Dad’s room in Story City. God Bless

We are getting ready for our show at Stams, even putting our
sketchbooks together of (what we think when we paint) into a small booklet form. It’s all about Chocolate.

Come join us on July 29th and August 5th, 2010, from 4-8 pm where we will be demonstrating our watercolor painting and showing our work at the Chocolaterie Stam at 230 Main Street in Ames. We have been painting and eating chocolates for 10 weeks now, not to mention the gelato, tea cups and tea pots, wine glasses and wine. There will be a wine tasting featuring Prairie Moon wines and some chocolates. We look forward to seeing you then!