Posted in Sale, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, roses, Virginia Artist, Yellow Roses on July 31, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Yellow Rose VII
acrylic on paper
7.5″x11″
Yellow & Peach Roses
acrylic on paper
7.5″x11″
Yellow Rose IV
acrylic on paper
7.5″x11″
Yellow Rose IX
acrylic on paper
7.5″x11″
Yellow Rose V
acrylic on paper
7.5″x11″
Today’s sale items are five acrylic paintings on watercolor paper. These are demonstration paintings in a representational abstract style. Your choice for the SALE PRICE of $10 each!!! Contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com to purchase.
Posted in Sale, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah River, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on July 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Overlook from Dickey Ridge II in Plein Air
11″x14″, Oil on Canvas
SALE PRICE: $40
The sale continues today. Contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com to purchase any of these original oil paintings.
The RIver’s Full
11″x14″, Oil on Canvas
SALE PRICE: $40
Season’s Change
11″x14″, Oil on Canvas
SALE PRICE: $40
View from the Meadow
14″x18″, Oil on Canvas
SALE PRICE: $45 SOLD!
Posted in Sale, tagged acrylic, daily painter, Dog Days of Summer Sale, E. Wilson Morrison School, Hilda J. Barbour School, impressionism, Landscape, Ressie Jeffries School, Virginia Artist on July 29, 2013| 2 Comments »
The annual Dog Days of Summer Sale start today. This week I will list a few paintings each day that will be offered at extremely discounted prices. These are all original paintings so there is only one available. The description will give the size and medium of each piece. Just email me if you would like to purchase any of these special offers. And thanks for your continued support!
Today’s group of paintings are the demonstration paintings of the schools done for the Warren County Anniversary project for school kids. Just contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com to purchase.
Hilda J Barbour School, acrylic on watercolor paper, 12″ x 21″, SALE PRICE $25.
E. Wilson Morrison School, acrylic on watercolor paper, 12″ x 21″, SALE PRICE $25.
Ressie Jeffries School, acrylic on watercolor paper, 12″ x 21″, SALE PRICE $25.
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, MLB, O co. Coliseum, Oakland, Oakland A's, Virginia Artist on July 27, 2013| Leave a Comment »
O co. Coliseum
Oakland Athletics
The 17th in the series of 30 MLB Fields is the home of the Oakland Athletics – O co. Coliseum. The unusual 6 floor seating area in the outfield was built to satisfy Al Davis, the Oakland Raiders owner, to provide more seating and lure the football team back from L.A.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Andy Warhol, Art Camp, Warhol VW on July 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Our final painting for this session of Art Camp is a bright and fun VW Bug based on Andy Warhol’s. The kids loved doing this one and they did an outstanding job.
We had a wonderful week studying famous painters and the young painters have some wonderful new art for their homes. Great job!
There is one session of Art Camp remaining this year, August 5-8. If you have a young artist who would like to paint contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Cezanne, fruit, impressionism, Still Life with Apples on July 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday we focused our study on Cezanne and still life painting. The art campers did a terrific painting of Cezanne’s Still Life with Apples. You guys are amazing!
Posted in Art Camp, Dogs, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Dog by kids, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Bulldog, Dogs, English Bulldog, George Rodrigue, Virginia Artist on July 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday we had such excitement at art camp. We were studying George Rodrigue of Blue Dog fame and we painted a blue dog and Waffle! Waffle is Maggie’s, one of the art campers, new puppy. So Waffle came to class to have his photo made with the painters after they finished his painting. How adorable!
He is a young guy, I think about 4 months, and he is all puppy fat and cuteness. Who could resist? Not me. I had to pick up his little chunky self and squeeze it a little. He wasn’t thrilled but let me get in a few hugs and kisses. 
Thanks Waffle for being our inspiration.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, Manet, Manet's Peonies on July 23, 2013| 1 Comment »
Another session of Art Camp is off to a GREAT start! Yesterday we painted a wonderful copy of Manet’s Peonies, one of my favorites. And the kids painting turned out magnificent. Terrific painters. Can’t wait to see how today’s painting turns out.
Ps. I got a question about why one kid keeps covering his face. His parents prefer that his image not be posted on the internet but I wanted him to be able to show off his beautiful work so this is our compromise. 🙂
Posted in daily painter, Tips for Better Painting, tagged organization, studio on July 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Still not sure what got into me this weekend but I went into cleaning mode. When you paint full-time supplies begin to pile up and sometimes get out of control. And about once a year I can’t take it any more and decide to organize. I guess that is what happened this weekend. So I didn’t do much painting but got everything ready so that I can be more creative this week.
Art supplies – brushes, paints, canvas, easels, frames, framing supplies, papers, palettes, etc. – take up a LOT of space. Having them in some kind of order makes it easier to be creative.
On the closet door in my studio room I have several paintings/drawings that my nieces did for me over the years. They were probably 4 or 5 when they gave me these. Now they are both in college. WOW! Where did that time go.
Posted in Books, Recipes, tagged Art Books, Books, Carnation Company, Fun to Cook Book on July 21, 2013| 2 Comments »
The things you find when you clean up your studio. Yesterday I spent all day cleaning up, straightening up, moving around, etc. Now I’m exhausted! The big thing I wanted to accomplish was to get all my art books in one location. I did it but it took all day and one thing led to another so I ended up rearranging three rooms!!!
While moving books from one room to another I found this old cookbook. It is my very first. I remember Mama ordering it for me. We had to save three labels from Carnation products and mail them with a quarter. (That is when you could actually mail a quarter in the mail.) And then I waited for it to arrive. How exciting it was! I think I was about 7 or 8 years old.
So glad that I found it!
The Studio 