Studio blog of Julie Galante – painting ridiculous things in Scotland
I worked on a bunch of art projects today, but most of them are not yet blog-worthy. So here’s another page from my monster sketchbook. The other art of the day was of the performance variety, kind of. I participated in a flash mob in Munich. (If you don’t know what a flash mob is, … Read more
Another page in my ahhh monster sketchbook. I printed out a photograph from my trip to London in black and white and pasted it in the sketchbook. Then I colored in parts of it using gouache and magic markers. PS – If you want to read more about London, I wrote up my trip on … Read more
This week in London we saw a fabulous sunset. We were riding west in the front seats on the top level of one of those red double-decker buses, and the Christmas lights strung across the streets were coming on above our heads as the sun went down. I’m hoping to capture just a tiny bit … Read more
I promise I’ll start posting something besides monster sketches again soon. Maybe even tomorrow.
Still traveling. Fit in some sketching today, but haven’t had a chance to photograph my creations. Therefore I bring you a sketch I did earlier in the week: the monster sightseeing, in a city that looks vaguely like Munich.
Sometimes it’s hard to fit in art when I’m traveling. Currently I’m in London, and I packed really light so I wouldn’t have to check a bag. The only art supplies I have with me are my monsters sketchbook and a couple pens and pencils. So today I sketched some monsters from paintings at the … Read more
As I mentioned yesterday, I am participating in the Sketchbook Project, for which I was assigned a topic. The topic I received couldn’t have been further from what I usually depict. The topic label simply reads: Ahhh! Monster! It’s ridiculous how hard of a time I’m having trying to fill a sketchbook with monsters. I … Read more
I am participating in Art House Co-op’s Sketchbook Project, and AEDM has come along at just the right time to help nudge me to finish the project and send it off by the end of the month. Art House Co-op is putting together a library of small sketchbooks from artists from all over the world. … Read more
This was a canvas (40x30cm) I had prepped with black gesso mixed with sand. Today I got out a few pigments, mixed them with acrylic medium, and created this scene of Tallinn, Estonia (based on photos from our trip there earlier this year). I’ll probably tweak a couple little things, but it’s mostly done.
Art Every Day Month is underway. I’m starting with a small project, a thank-you note for friends who hosted us in Toulouse last week. I could have worked on this little gouache scene for hours more, but I forced myself to declare it done and move on.