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Twins!

Posted in Small Town Life, tagged , , , , on July 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »

There are the cutest twins in our neighborhood.  Jed and I see them daily when we take our early morning walk.  A few days ago I caught this shot of them with their mom in front of my neighbor, Clara’s house.  She waters early and they like the morning drink.

They, along with about a dozen other deer, we see on a regular basis in the yard.  It’s sad that they don’t have a better place to live.  I’m worried that the little ones will get hit by a car driving by.  Hopefully people will be on the lookout for them.

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Plein-Air Painting

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , on July 13, 2010| Leave a Comment »

This is my favorite easel for plein-air painting, painting outdoors.

I love it because it sets up so easily and gives a large space for the palette. 

I do sometimes use this easel when painting demonstrations indoors, again because of the ease of set-up and small amount of floor space that it takes. 

I will be doing a demo in Strasburg at Buggy B’s on King Street from 5:30-7:30 Friday.  I will provide more info later in the week.

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House and Garden I

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , on July 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »

House and Garden I is an oil on canvas measuring 12″x12″ and is available for $195 framed.  This is the first in a series of paintings that we are doing in our Thursday evening painting class at the Blue Ridge Arts Council.  Come join us.

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My New Kindle

Posted in Books, tagged , , on July 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »

I got a Kindle for my birthday and I absolutely love it which surprises me since I have always been a traditionalist about books and newspapers.  I like the feel of them in my  hands.  But I really do love the Kindle.  And I just finished reading my first book on it which is the reason I am blogging today.  You MUST read this book, Sh*t My Dad Says.  It’s by Justin Halpern and I think it might be the funniest book I have ever read.  It’s not for kids or the faint of heart if you can’t take a little language.  But it’s worth a read.  His dad is a modern-day philosopher and has great lessons in his crazy sayings.  Take a look.

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South Beach Chairs & Jed’s Birthday

Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 9, 2010| 1 Comment »

South Beach Chairs is an oil on canvas panel measuring 9″x12″  and is available for $165.  This is one of the paintings that I did on location last week at Hilton Head and I just wrapped it up yesterday.

And today we wish Happy Birthday to Jed!  He’s 3 years old.  Good boy!

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Children’s Art

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , on July 8, 2010| 1 Comment »

This is Charlee.  You’ve seen her before on my blog as she is one of my best young students.  She really has an eye for art and loves it.  Recently we had a private session where she painted this portrait of her cousin, Austin.  She did it for his birthday.  I think it turned out fabulous.  I especially love the way “Woody” is peeking in the corner of the painting.  Great job Charlee!

Tony just joined our Wednesday Art Class.  This is the first painting that he completed with me.  We were very impressed with how great it was.  Keep painting Tony.  You are doing a super job!

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View of West Virginia through Apple Orchard

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 7, 2010| 1 Comment »

I was away for  the 4th of July weekend in West Virginia painting.  I remembered to take a series of photos while I worked so you could see the progress.

This was the view.

 

The set-up and a start to the painting.

  

This is my helper….Jed.  He spends most of his “painting” time running and chasing the deer and bunnies away so they don’t bother me.  Isn’t he helpful????!!!!!

 

And below is the painting about 90% complete.  When I get back to the studio I generally make a few minor changes to a

painting that I have done on location.

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Hilton Head Island, South Beach II

Posted in daily painter, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , on July 2, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Hilton Head Island, South Beach II is an oil on canvas panel measuring 9″x12″ and is available for $165. 

This was a fun painting because I spent most of the time watching a grandfather and his grandchildren playing in the water.  The kids were young and really giving Grandpa a workout.  I’ll bet he will be glad when their  vacation ends.  🙂

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Hilton Head Island, South Beach

Posted in daily painter, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 1, 2010| 2 Comments »

Just returned from Hilton Head where I got to paint on South Beach a few days.  I like to paint there because there is always a good breeze blowing and it’s not overly crowded.  I’ll post the results over the next few days.

This one is South Beach I, Hilton Head Island.  It is an oil on canvas panel measuring 9″x12″ and is available for $175 by contacting me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .

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