Studio blog of Julie Galante – painting ridiculous things in Scotland
Munich study: Market at Mariahilfplatz, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 cm. ©2010 Julie Galante. [SOLD] We are having such a beautiful fall here in Munich – crisp, sunny days along with deeply colored leaves. It makes our Saturday morning walks to the farmer’s market absolutely delightful. I never want it to end – can … Read more
20 x 15 cm, oil on canvas. Buy this original painting now on DaWanda. This is another in my series of everyday Munich scenes. The days of big sun umbrellas and outside cafe tables are just about over for the season here. Luckily most of the fruit and vegetable sellers persevere all winter long, even … Read more
20 x 20 cm, oil on canvas panel. [SOLD] I really love the harbor in Hamburg. It’s by no means beautiful, but visually fascinating nonetheless. Here we have a partial view of one of the many, many container ships which come in and out every day.
[SOLD] The first customers sit down at an Italian restaurant in Munich at the beginning of a hot August evening. This painting is 20 x 15 cm, oil on canvas.
This week I’m playing around with palette-knife painting. I just love the textures that come out of applying thick blobs of paint via palette knife. I didn’t love the way the materials worked on these first attempts – perhaps the paint wasn’t as thick as I’d like, and the board (gessoed Masonite) not quite the … Read more
SOLD Munich is such a picturesque city, from the monumental churches and town halls to the calm, peaceful English Garden. So many scenes to paint! This week I’ve been doing some daily paintings that focus on parts of the city that aren’t necessarily famous or iconic, but interesting all the same. SOLD I find myself … Read more
I love medieval cities, especially the parts where the buildings are chaotic mixes of construction and decay from various centuries. I am constantly in awe of how beautiful they manage to be. I mean, how is it that people 600 years ago could create buildings that could age into something this charming, while my culture’s … Read more
This isn’t one of my favorites, but it was fun to play around with a new style. It certainly doesn’t do justice to Naples.
Last seen here, this little postcard-sized goauche painting of London is done. I am still getting the hang of gouache. My tendency is to use it very watered down so that it behaves almost like watercolor, but that seems silly given that I’m not particularly good with watercolors. I want to keep playing to see … Read more
Yesterday’s monster was inspired by the Art House Coop’s Weekly Project. This week the project was to take a photo out your favorite window. This is mine; you can see the other submissions (and sign up to participate in future Weekly Projects yourself) here.