Category Archives: Travelogue

Ready to get outdoors

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

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

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

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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New class dates for March

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

I’ve added March class dates to the Classes and Events page. We’ll continue our “staycation” theme — above, I just could not resist adding birds to this view of the Château de Lussan in southern France (link is to Google … Continue reading →

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Visiting Lussan via watercolor

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

Both of these scenes are from the restored medieval town of Lussan in southern France. Above:  I was fascinated with the door grillwork. These magnificent doorways were very old and imposing. Below:  La Petite Auberge de Lussan is a small … Continue reading →

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The class visits Italy

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

My watercolor class “staycation” continues! These sketches and paintings from recent weeks feature views of the Italian countryside, which I visited during a Franciscan Pilgrimage to Assisi several years back. During that trip our group traveled in vans and we … Continue reading →

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Class trip

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Jo Myers-Walker

I decided we needed a “staycation” break in my Zoom watercolor classes, so this month we’re going abroad for our painting subjects! Recently we used this scene of Rue Martainville in Rouen, France. I visited Rouen for a month in … Continue reading →

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Welcoming autumn in Amana

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Jo Myers-Walker

I had the honor of painting the label artwork for this year’s Oktoberfest wine from Ackerman Winery in Amana, Iowa. The winery, in business since 1956, is known for their sweet fruit wines and adventurous varieties. They describe 2020’s Oktoberfest … Continue reading →

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Paintings at La Poste

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Jo Myers-Walker

Update:  This year’s IWS Annual Exhibition in Perry has now ended. See the post “Well-traveled” for a followup! I’m honored to have two of my paintings in this year’s Iowa Watercolor Society (IWS) Annual Exhibition. Here I’m dropping them off … Continue reading →

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South Amana swap meet

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Jo Myers-Walker

Jeanette and I have been to The Great South Amana Swap Meet & Farmer’s Market on a couple of Fridays this summer, selling Creating for a Cause cards and enjoying the atmosphere. There are musicians playing, people selling all kinds … Continue reading →

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Our Lady of the Prairie

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Jo Myers-Walker

I traveled to Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat near Wheatland, Iowa to facilitate a workshop on Contemplative Prayer in Watercolor, as part of a Winter Sabbatical for Religious Sisters. It was a restful day of painting and writing in … Continue reading →

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