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Teachers Paint!

Posted in Paint Party, Team Building, tagged E Wilson Morrison, Tree of Life on December 8, 2017| Leave a Comment »

EWM Teachers Team.jpg We had a team of teachers from E Wilson Morrison Elementary School paint at The Studio yesterday afternoon. It was a surprise from their principal. FUN!

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Kids Paint Winter

Posted in Art Class, Landscape, tagged tree, Winter Landscape on December 7, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Kids Dec scene The kids painted this lovely winter scene yesterday in class. They look GREAT! Nice work young artists! There is space for more young painters. Contact kwalker@kellywalkerstudios.com to register your young painter for the Wednesday class at 4:15.

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Prussian Blue

Posted in Little Known Facts, Other Bloggers, Tips for Better Painting, tagged Prussian Blue on December 5, 2017| 1 Comment »

From time to time I run across interesting articles about art and paint that I feel should be shared. This is one of those. I ran across this on The Artist’s Road…a terrific little site with interesting articles. This one was particularly good. It starts like this: “It is hard for artists, spoiled as we are by the easy availability of all the colors of the rainbow, to imagine a world wherein one of our important and necessary colors costs more than gold. But that was the world before 1703. The strongest and most useful permanent blue at that time was ultramarine, from the words “oltre marino”—referring to it being brought from “over the sea”. So expensive was it that artists had to rely on their wealthy clients to buy it for them. ” Read the rest of it here. Some of the best known paintings using Prussian Blue is Van Gogh’s Starry Night and The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai.

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Pets…and More!

Posted in Paint Party, Pet Portaits, tagged Mustang, pets, Sander's Ranch on December 4, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Sanders Dec PP.jpg We painted Pet Portraits with our super fun friends from Sanders’ Ranch. They painted their beautiful animals. And we even had a son come paint with his mom. His wasn’t an animal but it was a Mustang! Great work everyone!!!!!

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Another Basset

Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged Basset on December 2, 2017| Leave a Comment »

I worked on a Basset Hound yesterday at Open Studio. It’s coming along nicely. Another hour or so and he’ll be off in the mail for Santa to deliver. 🙂

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Winter Arrives

Posted in Landscape, Paint Party, tagged Private, snow, Winter scene on December 1, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Winter arrived….well, at least at The Studio last night in the form of a beautiful winter painting. This private party group painted some lovely winter scenes. Nice work! There are still a few dates open for your private party. Contact kwalker@kellywalkerstudios.com to set up a party.