Saturday evening, the 14th I went to an artist reception at the Jon Hassler Theater for the exhibit “Now and Then”. The exhibit was put together by the Greenwood Prairie Art Gallery to coincide with the play Jon and Jen. As artists we showed work from “then” 1970’s for me (and most of us) and… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Julie Johnston
First week of Amazing April… 2012
April’s blooming trees are more than a month early and absolutely beautiful. I’ve been able to take pastels to the park and try to capture the incredible array of pinks and whites of a few of my favorite trees. Also trying to paint with a limited palette in a limited time frame with water based… Continue Reading
Figure Drawing in March
I thought I should post a few of the figure drawings from March before it comes to an end. Most of the time we have from 15 to 30 minutes to work on a drawing. Sometimes I wonder if I would know what I would do if I had a few hours to work on… Continue Reading
Remodeling & Spring Cleaning or March in Minnesota….
Hard to believe that we’ve had 70 degree weather in MN and that spinach, onions, parsley and carrots are up in the cold frame (leftover from last fall). I’m not complaining, far from it. The studio has some wonderful new equipment to go with the light box my son-in-law Riaz made. My new drawing bench,… Continue Reading
February
February has been a month for portraits and more figures in pastel. Thought I’d post a few: Blooming in February Figure drawing Peter Elisabeth and Maxwell Continue Reading
November, December….No January 2012!
Where did November and December go? Lot’s of time with family including a stay in the Twin Cities area awaiting the arrival of our beautiful new grandson Maxwell! He joins Lua and Charles in holding a huge piece of my heart. I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday time, I know I did. There was… Continue Reading
The end of October
Life drawing, babies and landscapes. The end of October is bringing lots of opportunities for mixed media and subjects from watercolor portraits to oil landscapes to pastel figure drawing. The last figure drawing was done pretty much in the dark. One of the students turned off the lights in the room except for the spotlight… Continue Reading
Fall
Fall… beautiful in the bluffs. Pastel of Gilmore Creek at SMU, Winona Cornfields, Bluffs and Sumac outside of Whitehall, WI Woodlawn Cemetery in Winona Continue Reading
More jewelry!
I haven’t been taking any pictures of the earrings I’ve been making and selling. So here goes with my latest. They are made of some odd bits of metal tubing, bike inner tube, beads, washers, plastic and in some cases with semi-precious stones. I’m sure the style will change as I run out of materials… Continue Reading
In the heat of July
oil sketch Koi Pond Koi Pond (oil) Apples (pastel) Fennel (pastel) Koi & Water Lilies (pastel) Apples (oil) Bridge at SMU (oil) Charcoal portrait I’m not sure why my pastel paintings seem so different from my oil paintings but they are. Is it because pastel’s include more “drawing” sometimes? I love oil but it is… Continue Reading