Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Residency, daily painter, impressionism, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on March 17, 2011| 1 Comment »
And sometimes an idea that seemed good at the time, didn’t make it to the final production as in the river idea on the far left bottom of the top photo.
Notice in the next photo I decided that it didn’t work and painted over it. I opted for a different view of the river in the final version.
Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Residency, daily painter, impressionism, Virginia Artist on March 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The work continued on the sample painting. I started filling in the 12″x12″ squares with elements that I thought I could make work for 4th graders while still making it correspond to the history of Warren County.
Hopefully those of you familiar with Warren County will begin recognizing some of the subjects that I chose: the Courthouse, the Gazebo, the Entrance to Shenandoah National Park…
Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged acrylic, Art Residency, barn, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Small Town Life, Virginia, Virginia Artist, Warren County 175th Anniversary, Warren County Virginia on March 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The next step in the process for the Art Residency project was to start sketching out the different elements. And then to paint.
Here you can see the beginning of A. S. Rhodes Elementary school, the Gazebo, the entrance sign to Shenandoah National Park and a barn. Look closely and you will see the Courthouse is sketched in as well.
And today I actually start the project with the kids at A.S. Rhodes Elementary and Hilda J. Barbour Elementary. Can’t wait to meet the 16 kids at each school. Hopefully they will be excited about painting and about the project.
Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged acrylic, Art Residency, daily painting, impressionism, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Virginia Artist, Warren County 175th Anniversary, Warren County Virginia on March 14, 2011| Leave a Comment »
As if the “Bark for the Park” series wasn’t a big enough project for this year, I have started another one. I am teaching an art residency at the five elementary schools here in Warren County. We will be painting a piece to depict the 175th Anniversary of Warren County. I’ve had to do quite a bit of research in order to tie the project into the History SOL’s for 4th grade as well as come up with interesting pictures for the kids to paint. Over the next few days I will show the progress of the sample painting that I did. Then, hopefully, I will be able to share the paintings that the kids finish.
The finished painting will be 4’x4′. Each of the 16 students selected at each school will paint one 12″x12″ panel. In order to plan a layout, I laid out a paper drawing with 16 equal squares.
Then I wrote in what I thought would work.
After having the initial design idea in place, I prepared the actual canvas that I would paint the sample on and started laying in printouts of the ideas on the canvas to see if they would work together. It was sort of like a puzzle. Stay tuned for more….
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Class, daily painter, impressionism, kids paint, Virginia Artist, young artists on March 11, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Take a look at these wonderful Young Artists at work. This is the Thursday class.
In today’s post I want to catch you up on some of the paintings my Young Artists classes have been doing. Take a look at their art from the last few weeks. Great job everyone!!!
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, Chihuahua, daily painting, Dogs, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on March 10, 2011| 1 Comment »
Chihuahua Jack belongs to my friend Sally. Sally has rescued dogs for years and always has a pack of dogs as part of her family. Currently she has nine. That’s right, 9 dogs!!!
But this little guy has set her world upside down. She is crazy about him. He was found living outside, all alone, and it took a long time for them to catch him. But he has the good life now. He’s stolen her heart and that of the rest of his family. I think it was his underbite that did her in. 🙂
This painting is part of the “Bark for the Park” series on display at the Warren County Community Center to promote and fund the new dog park. Stop by and see it. (In private collection Raleigh, NC)
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, Black Lab, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, Lab, Labrador Retreiver, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist, Yellow Lab on March 9, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Really! Anyone who has ever had one wants another. They are just the sweetest dogs ever.
The Yellow Lab is a sweet pup I took a photo of at the shop a few years ago. And the Black Lab is my Jed. Both are acrylic paintings on canvas measuring 12″x12″. They are on display at the “Bark for the Park” Art Show and Sale at the Warren County Community Center, 538 Villa Avenue, Front Royal. Stop by and see it.
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Virginia Artist on March 8, 2011| Leave a Comment »
You are invited to the “Bark for the Park” Art Show.
Kym and I hung the paintings at the Warren County Community Center on Friday. It looks great!
Please stop by and take a look and come to the Opening Reception on March 29th. We will be showing the plan for the new dog park.
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Chessie, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Rescue dogs on March 7, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Chesapeake Bay Retriever, acrylic on canvas, 12″x12″. SOLD!
This is Molly. She keeps life stirred up for my friend Amber. Although with a sweet face like that, how can she be bad. 🙂
Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Tulips, Virginia Artist on March 5, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The Studio 
