This is our friend and dog sitter extraordinaire, Kayla. Lincoln and Jed LOVE her. She’s taking care of them for me for a few days.
Archive for December, 2011
Kayla with the Boys!
Posted in Dogs, tagged dog sitter, Dogs, Shenandoah Valley on December 31, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Polar Bears
Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, art lessons, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, polar bear on December 30, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Our young artists painted polar bears this week. You can see the photograph that we used on the wall behind Michael’s head. My friend, Jennie, took this photo while on an expedition to visit these beautiful creatures last year. She shared this photo and a couple of others with me so they kids could paint them. Good job guys!
Student Art for Christmas
Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, art lessons, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, trees, truck, Virginia Artist on December 29, 2011| 1 Comment »
A Cabin in Fort Valley
Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Hunting Cabin, impressionism, Landscape, Log House, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Virginia Artist on December 28, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I was thrilled to be commissioned by a friend to paint a special present for her father-in-law as a Christmas gift from the family of his favorite family place, their hunting cabin.
It is a great old log cabin and was fun to paint. And it’s always a thrill to me when the client let’s me know the reaction of the recipient. Take a look here to see what she said.
Bob Cat
Posted in daily painter, Farm Animals, tagged acrylic, bob cat, cat, daily painter, daily painting, farm animals, impressionism, Virginia Artist, yellow cat on December 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Nine Pets
Posted in Dogs, tagged acrylic, cat, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on December 26, 2011| 1 Comment »
I painted the largest pet portrait that I have ever done this holiday season. A client commissioned me to paint the nine pets that had belonged to his wife in her lifetime from the very first pup to the big golden retriever they now have. It was quite an undertaking.
I started with a rough sketch. This was the hardest part of the process…deciding how to layout the painting in order to get every animal to appear in a way to show their unique beauty,
Then each animal was roughed in with color. And finally I went back to each animal and completed details and added the back ground that you see in the finished version in the photo above.
I got a nice message yesterday from the client. He said his wife loved it! Whew! So glad to hear it.
Here is how it looks hanging in its new home…
Merry Christmas!
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged daily painter, Dogs, Small Town Life, Virginia Artist on December 25, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Last minute Holiday Gifts
Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet, Delilah's, gifts, hats on December 23, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Tea Bag on Purple
Posted in Cup of Joe/Tea Time, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Tea, tea bags, Virginia Artist on December 22, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Tea Bag on Gold
Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Tea, tea bag, Virginia Artist on December 21, 2011| Leave a Comment »