Studio blog of Julie Galante – painting ridiculous things in Scotland
I love the beginning stages of a collage, when everything is so chaotic, various materials slapped together in disharmony. At least that’s how mine usually start out. This collage-in-progress is inspired by my recent trip to Slovenia. The background consists of pages from an old Slovenian book my friend and I bought for a euro … Read more
One of the things I am loving about my new SLR camera is discovering its capabilities in low-light situations. Photos that would have looked dark and uninteresting on the point-and-shoot come out beautifully with the DSLR. I’m still kind of stabbing around in the dark when I play with the settings, but I’m getting a … Read more
I’m back! My new Mac arrived a few days ago, and I have been busy catching up on the internet, transferring files, and generally learning my way around my new computer. The transition from Windows hasn’t been hard at all, especially since my Windows machine was a total whiny uncooperative bitch these past few months. … Read more
30 x 30cm, acrylic on canvas Last seen in this post, my Volksbad painting has been sitting stagnant for quite a while. I did a little more to it this week. I still think it’s pretty… boring. It’s not the kind of painting I want to produce. Can’t decide if it’s worth any more work … Read more
I know these aren’t the most brilliant things I’ve ever created, but they’re a whole lot of fun. This second one is a re-working of the middle painting from my last post. It just didn’t have enough personality before. Now all ten little canvases are full, and I’m going to have to come up with … Read more
I’m not sure all of them are done, but if I waited until I was 100% satisfied with things before posting them here, I’d never make any posts at all. These are all 15 x 15 cm canvases, acrylic paint.
I’ve put off posting this, my first work with gouache, for what should be obvious reasons now that you’ve seen it. In an effort to make the edge of the buildings a little crisper, I decided to employ some masking tape. You know, as a mask. It seemed like a good idea at the time, … Read more
I think this painting (last seen here) is done, and I’m quite happy with the way it came out. I need to take a better photo of it, and then I think it’s ready to go up on my art website. This one I’m less happy with. Back in December I was almost ready to … Read more
I’m back at home in my studio for a few days between trips to Ireland*. I’m trying to make the most of this studio time, but I haven’t decided on my next big project yet. I’ve lost steam on the two paintings series (Munich and Tuscany) I’ve been working on. Perhaps I just need a … Read more
I find myself in Dublin with a little free time on my hands, and I’m using it for a couple of creative pursuits. I brought along my new gouache and some postcard-sized watercolor paper, as well as a sketchbook and various sketching utensils. But my main focus is on working through the book Perfect Digital … Read more