Category Archives: Painting

Journal birds

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

The feathered friends flocking around their journal — we had another retreat recently at The Left Bank Studio working with the meaning of color and finding gratitude, awe, and wonder. We painted, cut things out, and made funny lettering for … Continue reading →

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Seasonal trees

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

The Left Bank Studio class members wanted to paint Christmas trees one week, so we painted trees in snow. I told them, think of the snow as whipped cream and you’ll be fine! First we painted the “whipped cream,” then … Continue reading →

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Happy holidays

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

from The Left Bank Studio!

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First wash

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

The Thursday-afternoon students at The Left Bank Studio have been working with value and composition, learning how to take their sketches and better compose them for painting. Then when you paint, it’s fun! The planning has already been done, and … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving trip

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving! I made new figures (shown at right) to repair the All the World’s a Stage BookMarks sculpture, and took advantage of my trip to Iowa City to hand them over to the Parks … Continue reading →

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Working toward a watercolor

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

In a value study, you focus on the relationship of lightness-to-darkness in the subject, and how this gives a sense of space and perspective and gives form to things. The Drawing & Composition class did value studies by drawing with … Continue reading →

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Literary influence

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

(Update: the opening reception is past, but you can see my exhibit at the Octagon through December 22, 2012.) I have an exhibit going up in the Octagon’s third floor Main Gallery (427 Douglas Ave. in downtown Ames), and there … Continue reading →

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Visual effects during surgery

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

These are the paintings I gave to my doctor to show what I saw during cataract surgery on each of my eyes. The colors were more muted during the second surgery (on the left), possibly because I didn’t have any … Continue reading →

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Journey through family history

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

Recently I took a trip to Indiana where all of us cousins had decided to bury our parents together. We’d been planning this for over a year and had a lovely service (in the church we had attended with our … Continue reading →

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Fall stories and colorful cats

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

Last week I did some activities with area assisted-living residents in celebration of National Assisted Living Week. At one location I took a microphone and recorded people’s stories about fall, and hope to use them on KHOI. At another location, … Continue reading →

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