I am working on the “Art of Dance” project including the largest pastel painting I’ve attempted so far. I thought it might be interesting to document the process of the latest dance pastel painting. I started on 24″X36″ Wallis paper and used an acrylic wash over my initial drawing. Now in the process of applying… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Julie Johnston
Figure Drawing
Tuesday evenings are devoted to our figure drawing group plus a Wednesday here and there. I love drawing people, bodies and faces and playing with the colors in light and shadow. Poses go from 3 minutes to 35 and everything in between. Here are a few from the end of September and beginning of… Continue Reading
Greeting Cards! They’re here!
It is so exciting when something you’ve dreamed of doing becomes a reality. This week brought my first printed greeting cards. It’s something I’ve thought about doing for the last year and now they’re here. Next week the reproductions of some of my pastel, watercolor, acrylic and oil paintings on white linen paper and envelopes… Continue Reading
Beginning of September
September is here along with cooler temperatures and a chance to get outside to paint more often. Not a lot to show for my outdoor efforts unfortunately but that is the way it works…. I do have some life drawings to share. Hopefully landscapes and dancescapes to soon follow! Continue Reading
Art in Motion
The fall class catalog is out for Semester 1 of the Minnesota Conservatory For The Arts and I am excited to be offering two workshops for the new visual arts department. The workshops are called Art in Motion, Drawing a Powerful Still Life. You can download the new catalog or find out more about visual… Continue Reading
July into August
July has flown by filled with unseasonable heat and some special visitors. Sunday brought the AS IS (Artist Salon In Session) to my house in Winona. What a wonderful day with deepening on topics that effect our lives and art, doing an art project together and lots of great food and visiting. I was the… Continue Reading
Drawing the Figure and Ballet
At the Tuesday evening drawing group I decided to work on portraits. Another pose. Working on the ballet project. Continue Reading
June brings Kids Arts Camp…more ballerinas…and a landscape thrown in for good measure
June gave me an opportunity with two other artists to be a part of Winona’s first Art Camp for kids. A joint venture between the Minnesota Marine Art Museum and the Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts. The week began with learning to draw using lines to make texture, ellipses into vessels and on to still… Continue Reading
The Art of Dance
This is the start of my project for the next year. I’ve been sitting in on ballet rehearsals, documenting as best I can the graceful movements, leaps, dips and swirls of brilliant color. I’ve seen the dancers work incredibly hard and perform brilliantly. Now to take my gesture and “stick” drawings and make something… Continue Reading
Figure drawing and more….
Before I begin to focus on a new project for the year, “The Art of Dance” I thought I’d post some of April’s figure drawings and an acrylic landscape. I’m teaching a Plein Air class in July with acrylics and am having fun painting with them again. They sure are easier to clean up then… Continue Reading