Category Archives: Painting

Sketching the city

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Jo Myers-Walker

I’ve been walking around the city three miles a day and sometimes more. I’ll stop and sketch a little or take pictures for painting, still doing my research on foot. In Monday’s workshop we were sketching on Linn Street working … Continue reading →

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Transported

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Jo Myers-Walker

Here are two more of our models posing for the figure drawing workshop at Summerset Winery. Below:  I had fun taking them from the model stage in Indianola, to Linn Street in Iowa City where I pictured them having a … Continue reading →

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Popping up all over

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Jo Myers-Walker

Pop-ups are popping up all over! For the brochure at right, AMP participant Christopher drew the young person who pops out to give a thumbs-up to the program, “a youth-driven, statewide group that seeks to unleash the full potential for … Continue reading →

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Vocation with a view

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Jo Myers-Walker

My apartment building is getting new windows. All one week workers put up scaffolding, then one morning these guys were working outside my living room window. Yeah, more models! They could see as I began to draw them so I … Continue reading →

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Guantánamo clippers

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Jo Myers-Walker

This painting I did more than 40 years ago when my husband and I were stationed at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. This is where I started painting in acrylics and teaching at their small art center on the base. I was … Continue reading →

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Drawing from life

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Jo Myers-Walker

In July’s figure drawing workshop at Summerset Winery, our models posed for about 20 minutes at a time while we sketched and painted. It’s not easy being a model — you have to be in good shape to hold a … Continue reading →

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July 2015 Newsletter

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Jo Myers-Walker

Click the link below to view or download: Jo Myers-Walker July 2015 Newsletter (6-page PDF document, approx. 1.34 MB) In this edition: Summer on two wheels Revisiting old friends Value studies Journal making in Amana

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Red, white and blue

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Jo Myers-Walker

Moving from one studio space to another, I rediscovered this painting with colors befitting the holiday. “Winter Walk” is a big painting from when I had a big studio. Two small, faint figures walk by the evergreens, going over the … Continue reading →

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Cool and warm

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Jo Myers-Walker

To hold a painting together visually, we choose 2 cool colors (blues, purples, greens) and 1 warm color (yellows, reds, oranges) for cool color dominance, or 2 warm and 1 cool for warm color dominance. Echoing the colors pulls the … Continue reading →

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Watercolor sketches at Summerset

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Jo Myers-Walker

We had a wonderful turnout for last week’s workshop at Summerset Winery, 17 students, strong painters. “Watercolor Sketches and Beyond” emphasized drawing and composing in our journals to start with. Each student received a journal with worksheets that they could … Continue reading →

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