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Contact me: Jo Myers-Walker
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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A mouse needs a house
I was showing friends some of my illustration work and caught the attention of Mary Pepper, well-known in Ames as a quiltmaker and former elementary school teacher. She had written a story for a children’s book that needed illustrations, and … Continue reading
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Words and pictures
Being an illustrator is very similar to being a writer — telling a story through images versus words. After painting the illustrations for Lucky’s Feet, I wanted to try telling a story of my own through both words and pictures. … Continue reading
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Tree of celebration
I love this little tree, I have my children’s baby shoes among the ornaments and “countdown” envelopes, and at the top is son Devin’s little blue cap he wore from the hospital. The only problem I had was buying more … Continue reading
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Remembering Ames Children’s Theater
I had the honor of creating this small sculpture to commemorate and celebrate Ames Children’s Theater, which recently wrapped up its illustrious 40-plus-year run. The program provided theater experience to area children, and presented plays and guest artist performances in … Continue reading
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Painting while dogsitting
Earlier this summer I spent some time dogsitting with my daughter’s beloved dogs Frank and Bella (both females), shown at right; then more recently with another daughter’s dog Olive, shown below. Olive is very affectionate and used to sitting on … Continue reading
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Wrapping up summer at Shalom
To round out the Watercolor Playgroup series with our August session, we started by making prints of our feet using washable tempera paint in flat pans. Lots of giggles doing this, but so fun! While the footprints were drying we … Continue reading
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Scenes at Shalom
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
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
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
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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