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jomyerswalker@gmail.comThe Virtual Left Bank Studio
I’ve sold the little bank in Gilbert, and now I’m based in Iowa City where I continue to create and make things! We will tell you about my goings-on here on the blog.
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Art in Amana
Last week I led an art journaling workshop in lovely Amana, Iowa, part of the Art Iowa Workshops offered every year by the Amana Arts Guild in cooperation with Grant Wood AEA. The class had 20 very busy students working … Continue reading
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Cool and warm
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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Working together against trafficking
Here I’m shown at YSS’s Risky Business Conference in Ames, facilitating a group of young people making banners to create awareness about human trafficking. We drew and painted colorful symbols on banners to be carried in demonstrations and parades or … Continue reading
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Watercolor sketches at Summerset
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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Visions of the beach
Right: Besides the card-catalog easel for large paintings, other “easels” get into the act for rotating, editing, and refining (sofa easel, print rack easel…). Below: The color of the Florida ocean, dipping my toes in pretend water. It was a … Continue reading
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Card-catalog easel
For large watercolors, like 32″ x 40″, I needed to create an easel large enough to accommodate large papers and still movable so as to be able to rotate and lay flat. Voilà — the ISU library card catalog I … Continue reading
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Watercolor Painting Underground
Friday evening was the opening event for Watercolor Painting Underground, an exhibit of my students’ artwork showcasing their expressive and beautiful watercolor stories. The artists have been painting and drawing with me beginning in September 2013, and now their “underground” … Continue reading
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A tip of the hat
This winter I’ve been thankful that my wool hats are warm and not just ornamental! During my travels I noticed women wearing scarves and the cutest hats, with a lot of bows, very feminine. The milliner at La Boutique de … Continue reading
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February 2015 Newsletter
Click the link below to view or download: Jo Myers-Walker February 2015 Newsletter (7-page PDF document, approx. 1.44 MB) In this edition: 2014 in words and pictures Join me in art journaling People, places and paintings of Rouen “Little Gems”
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Waiting for spring
Above left: Herky’s currently at the Iowa City Parking Division waiting for the weather to warm up, then he goes out on Iowa Street. Above right: It’s too cold to paint outside now! This is the Englert Theater viewed through … Continue reading
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