Studio blog of Julie Galante – painting ridiculous things in Scotland
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24 x 18 cm, oil on canvas panel. This eggplant was calling to me at the market, so I brought it home and painted it. But now what? I’m allergic to eggplant, so I can’t eat it. I guess it’s what my husband is having for dinner. —- I finally followed the advice of several … Read more
Hippodrom, 24 x 18 cm, oil on canvas, ©2010 Julie Galante. [SOLD] The Hippodrom is one of the most colorful tents at Oktoberfest, which starts tomorrow! Munich will be drunker and more crowded than usual for the next two and a half weeks. I’m looking forward to all the visual inspiration that is sure to … Read more
oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm. After I last shared this painting in progress, it started looking too similar to another recent portrait. To combat that, I decided to work with some different colors, especially in the face. I like taking creative liberty when it comes to skin tones.
[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.
In my studio this week: I spent half of the week traveling, so didn’t get in as much studio time as usual. Still, I managed to make the most of the time I had and cranked out a few daily paintings before taking off. I started using a new wooden palette. I can’t decide if … Read more
20 x 20 cm, oil on canvas. [SOLD] When I came back to this painting today, I expected it to need more work, but looking at it with fresh eyes I decided I liked its messiness. So I’m leaving it alone, and devouring the subjects for lunch.
SOLD I’m no stranger to using fresh produce as my still-life subjects, but for some reason painting this lovely head of radicchio seemed rather, well, silly. I blame the name.
In my studio this week: I’ve been pretty diligent about keeping up with my daily paintings, although I don’t seem to be able to stick to any single subject or style for very long. This week I painted palette-knife cities, still lifes, and Oktoberfest scenes. I’ve been re-working my portrait of Jen to the point … Read more
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
This week I had a thought process that led to some fun ideas for paintings. It started with this monthly painting challenge announcement on Artists Helping Artists, which got me thinking about subjects that could represent September. Here in Munich there’s a big obvious answer: Oktoberfest (which takes place the second half of September). I … Read more