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Goats!

Posted in Art Class, Farm Animals, tagged acrylic, Art Class, farm animals, goats on April 9, 2015| Leave a Comment »

The kids painted goats yesterday. They did FABULOUS paintings. What fun!! Kids Class for ages 7-12 is every Wednesday from 4:15-5:15 at The Studio at 105 E Main Street in Front Royal.

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Remembering Picasso

Posted in Little Known Facts on April 8, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Picasso’s Cat

Picasso’s Goat

On this day 43 years ago (1973) Pablo Picasso died. He was a Spanish painter and sculptor who spent the majority of his life in France. (Learn more about him here.)

Recently there have been a variety of news stories involving his granddaughter, Marina Picasso, selling off his art. There are many reasons for selling art – the most obvious is to make money however she seems to be selling to get revenge. It’s an interesting story. Take a look here. It’s fascinating.

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Not to Be Missed Classes

Posted in Crochet, Sewing, tagged Cigar Box Purse, Crochet, Polymer Clay, sweatshirt jacket on April 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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From Sweatshirt to Fabulous Jacket

We have four exciting classes coming up this weekend. Take a look by clicking the link for the details of each one.

From Sweatshirt to Fabulous Jacket, Saturday, 9 am – 1 pm

Cigar Box Purse

Make a Cigar Box Purse, Saturday, 2 -4:30 pm

Traditional Granny Squares

Not Your Grandma’s Granny Square, Sunday, 2-4 pm

Polymer Clay Crochet Hooks

Polymer Clay Crochet Hooks (or Pens), Sunday, 4:30-6 pm

Registration information is on each link or email kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com to sign up. You don’t want to miss these. They won’t be repeated any time soon as we have a guest teacher coming from Charleston to teach a couple of them. So be sure to join us!

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Crochet-It’s Back!!!

Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet, crochet flowers, granny squares, granny stripe on April 6, 2015| 2 Comments »

Flat Flowers for Curtains, blankets, etc.

Granny Stripe

Crochet has become very popular again. Maybe it’s the retro feel of it; maybe it’s because people want a fun hobby they can do that will wind them down at the end of the day. Who knows? But there is no denying that crochet is in again.

We have had so many people take crochet classes at The Studio and we are offering even more. This week (Tuesday) we have a Crochet Flowers class. Learn to make beautiful flowers that can be used to embellish hats, blankets, etc. And then on Sunday we have a Granny Square class where we will learn to make traditional Granny Squares as well as some that are NOT your Grandmother’s Granny Square. Why don’t you come join us?

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A New Student at TVOR

Posted in Art Class, Farm Animals, Landscape, tagged Art Class, barn, duck, kids class, Landscape on April 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Every other Friday I teach art at The Village at Orchard Ridge in Winchester. This week one of my students called to ask if she could bring her granddaughter who was visiting her to art class. Of course!

And this little 4-year-old turned out to be a great little student. She had so much fun painting the two little canvases I brought for her. And didn’t she do a wonderful job. She was so excited to show her parents.

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45 Extra Minutes

Posted in daily painter, Landscape, tagged Landscape on April 4, 2015| Leave a Comment »

I arrived a The Village at Orchard Ridge about an hour early yesterday for art class so I set up a canvas and started this little painting. I am hoping to get there early again next time and finish it up. It’s a good start!

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Kids Paint Tulip Fields

Posted in Art Class, tagged tulip fields, windmills on April 3, 2015| Leave a Comment »

The Kid’s Class painted lovely tulip fields with windmills this week. Great work everyone!

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Small Crochet Flower

Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet, flowers on April 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »

After I got tagged yesterday on Facebook about a Yarn Bombing there was a lot of conversation about that as well as making small crochet flowers to put in trees to make it look like spring until spring arrives. There are so many flower patterns but here is a simple little one that always turns out nice and can be made with 4 or 5 petals. Give it a try.