A few weeks ago Mia (on the left in photo) brought in a sock monkey that she had gotten. It sings! We decided to have a photo shoot and took some pictures of sock monkey and painted his portrait. Good job girls.
Archive for January, 2012
A Green Sock Monkey?
Posted in art class, tagged acrylic, art class, art lessons, daily painter, impressionism, pet portrait, sock monkey, Virginia Artist on January 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s All About Tea
Posted in Cup of Joe, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Small Town Life, Tea, Virginia Artist on January 28, 2012 | 2 Comments »
It’s all about tea today at the Main Street Daily Grind. Come down from Noon – 3 to sample to new tea line that they are introducing at the shop and watch as I do a painting demonstration. You can also register to win some great prizes. Hope to see you there.
Pandas
Posted in art class, tagged acrylic, art class, art lessons, daily painting, impressionism, Panda, Panda bear on January 27, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Wednesday Young Painters Thursday Young Painters This week the young artists painted Pandas. Super cute! Great job everyone. If you have a young artists, ages 7-13, that might like to paint with us just let me know. kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com
No More Gingerbread House
Posted in dogs, tagged daily painter, dog party, dogs, Gingerbread, gingerbread house, Rescue dogs, Small Town Life, Virginia Artist on January 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The Gingerbread House is no more. We had a Gingerbread House eating party yesterday and Lincoln and Jed invited their friends Ordo and Dixie to come help them. They had a great time and ate loads of gingerbread house, especially the roof with the milk bones.
Make a Trip to Buggy B’s in Strasburg
Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged Buggy B's, daily painter, Shenandoah Valley, Small Town Life, Strasburg VA, Virginia Artist on January 24, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I’m thrilled to have my work in Strasburg, VA, at Buggy B’s, a great little shop with furniture, flowers, and finishings! It’s at 239 E. King Street. Stop in next time you are in Strasburg or better yet, make a trip over to see the store. It’s worth the trip. You can see part of my [...]
So many new artists!
Posted in art class, tagged art class, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on January 23, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Brandi’s First Painting Bonnie’s First Painting Lisa’s first painting Sonja’s First Painting A few weeks ago we started a Wednesday morning art class and I had several new students join me in their quest to learn to paint. And look at the great job they are doing. If you would like to paint remember that [...]
Tammy’s Otis
Posted in daily painter, dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Poodle, Poodle mix, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on January 18, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Tammy’s Otis, acrylic on 12″x12″ canvas. This little beauty is a rescue that belongs to my friends Tammy and Tim. He’s a lucky fellow because I think she treats her babies as good as I do.
Fancy, the German Short Hair Pointer Pup and Jade!
Posted in art class, daily painter, dogs, tagged acrylic, art lessons, daily painter, dogs, German Shorthair Pointer, GSP, impressionism, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on January 17, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Meet Fancy. She’s a German Shorthair Pointer pup that belongs to some friends. I met her yesterday and you talk about cute!!!! She oozes cute. Now meet Jade. Fancy is a member of her family and she wanted to paint a picture of her for her mom. We met yesterday for a lesson and she [...]
Workshops Scheduled for 2012
Posted in daily painter, tagged Abstract, abstract art, acrylic, daily painting, flowers, Virginia Artist on January 13, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I often hear from people who say they would love to come to art class but their schedule just won’t let them do it during the week and would I please offer a weekend class. So I have put together the 2012 schedule of workshops that will be held on the weekends. Take a look here at [...]
Olivia with an Iris
Posted in art class, tagged acrylic, art lessons, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, Virginia Artist on January 11, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Olivia painted this beautiful Iris last weekend for her grandparents. She did a lovely job. She takes private lessons with me. I have many young artists painters that I work with either in class (ages 7-12) or taking private lessons. Kids younger than 7 often do best with one on one instruction in art. If you [...]
