Jo-Neal Graves #236
which will be the second and third Saturdays and Sundays of October for me-
October8, 9, 15, 16
10AM until 5PM all days
Studio #236
Capitola, CA
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Jo-Neal Graves #236Preparing for this years Open Studios , which will be the second and third Saturdays and Sundays of October for me- October8, 9, 15, 16 10AM until 5PM all days Studio #236 Capitola, CA The painting above is a detail of a larger piece I just finished. It is done in pastel. I am pretty excited about this new medium which is so different from watercolor...which I still love as well. I hope that you can come and see my new work!
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I apologize to be posting after the event...but I became so overwhelmed with preparation! I did almost nothing else for the two months before the event. I have a puppy now so except for her Open Studios was my concentration. It was a great turn out the first weekend and a good turn out the second weekend. All in all a very rewarding experience. So many people making me feel quite good about my efforts. I failed to take pictures during the event, but I did take the following pictures as we began to set up. I hope you enjoy them!
From May 6th through May 11th I enjoyed painting with many students. The weather was wonderfully cooperative, dropping only a few drops on one day right at the end of our session. The dogwood were in full bloom and the falls were cascading wildly. One night we were treated to a wonderful thunder and lightning storm. Yosemite Valley from the road to Glacier Point and Wawona Beautiful, although not native Pink Dogwood Here we have the native White Dogwood, found in many places all over the Yosemite Valley. Here you find a few of my charming students enjoying their day.
My two favorite coastlines (I am sticking to coastlines I have seen in person) are Big Sur and the Amalfi coast in Italy. This is a mixed media piece. I am getting ready to be part of the February "New Perspectives" featured artist show at Gallery Los OLivos for the month of February. There are six artists participating; Carrie Givens, Renee Kelleher, Michelle Knecht, Alice Murphy, George Rose and me.gallerylosolivos.com/ This past summer I took a pastel workshop with Tricia Reichert who teaches locally at Cal Poly. She's a very good teacher. She teaches drawing, watercolor, printmaking, and probably more...in addition to soft pastel. On the last day of class she told us of a new pastel society that was just starting up so I attended their meeting that very day and joined. It's a great group! Today some of us got together to paint birds. We are getting ready for the California Bird Festival in Morro Bay morrobaybirdfestival.org/ this coming January. I always wanted to paint a raven. It turns out they do not migrate. Google tells me that sometimes they wander south in fall and winter! Here's a link to the California Central Coast Pastel Society-3cps.org/
I spent four days painting in Santa Barbara, taking a workshop from Barbara Jaenicke. She is a wonderful teacher and I had a challenging great time! Two out of four presentable paintings...not so bad for a beginner...!? Both paintings were done in the studio. We did paint en plein aire but those two did not survive!
A WEEK FROM TODAY WE WILL HEAD TO YOSEMITE WHERE I WILL TEACH FOR THE YOSEMITE CONSERVANCY FROM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY!! SEPTEMBER 17-22 and September 24-29. We are very excited as this will be our "Virgin" voyage in our new little Retro trailer and we will be carrying precious cargo in Robert's new Toyota Highlander, our 14 year old puppy, Dea!!! She has never seen Yosemite! Oh boy! All sorts of new smells and lots of fun for her and us! My paintings from these upcoming weeks will probably not be of the falls as I am guessing there will not be much water at this time. The Conservancy art experience has moved from near the valley store out to the Nature Center near the beginning of the trailhead to both Nevada Falls and Half Dome. The Yosemite Conservancy is a wonderful organization that supports not only art programs, but many other restoration projects in the park. Click on the link below to read about the organization and possibly become a member!!
www.yosemiteconservancy.org/about-yosemite-conservancy Last week I finally got out to practice painting outdoors. I painted with the Thursday Morning Painters of San Luis Obispo. What a very nice group of people. We painted at the See Canyon Fruit Stand. So much fun!
I will be back to the Santa Cruz Art League to teach three workshops this summer! The first class is scheduled for the first weekend in July, 7th and 8th and will be an Intro Class for Watercolor. The first weekend in August, 4th and 5th, there will be two back to back one day workshops. The first will be a traditional watercolor class where we will tackle a series of skills. The second day we will begin with a base of watercolor but will work in mixed media. The final weekend in August will be a two day marbling workshop. We will marble on paper and silk. Please check out the descriptions at SCAL. Click on the link below to find them. Hope to see you there! P.S. Class size will be very small for the marbling workshop so sign up early if you have that interest. Santa Cruz Art League https://scal.org/weekend-workshops/
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AuthorI am Jo-Neal Graves Boic, born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Long time resident and teacher in Santa Cruz County, currently living in Capitola, California. Archives
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