Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Capon Springs on June 12, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday morning was the final art session at Capons Springs and we had a group work on paper paintings and one or two decided to paint in acrylic. It’s so fun helping people discover their creativity. And lucky for all of us we have dates for the fall…mark your calendar for October 26-31. You can come for one night or all five….and it will be SOOOOO much fun! We will have details soon so mark your calendar and stay tuned.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Art Retreat, Capon Springs, Retreat on June 11, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Just look at the fabulous art that was created at Capon Springs yesterday. Beautiful work everyone!
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Capon Springs on June 10, 2019| Leave a Comment »
It’s always a full and busy day when I am teaching art at Capon Springs Resort and Farm. I love it here so I don’t mind at all. I usually am up at 5:30 or so (but that’s normal for me) and have some coffee, come down to the Meeting House to check messages and then set up for classes before breakfast. Breakfast is always a large fare of bacon, eggs, pancakes and all the fixin’s but first we raise the flag and sing the National Anthem….maybe my favorite part of the day. Then I help people paint! I hope that is there favorite part of the day. I love helping people who have never even tried discover that they actually can paint! And then it’s fun to help those who are accomplished painters improve their skills or try something new. Then it’s off to a BIG lunch and a quick rest before the afternoon Open Studio sessions. While I don’t “really” instruct in the afternoon it seems like I usually do because I will come in to check on folks who are working on their own and am happy to help if I can. If I can I get to sneak away to the Spa for a soak or a treatment and then it’s down for dinner (Spaghetti last night with Chocolate Cake and ice cream for dessert) and whatever special entertainment the evening holds. Last night it was BINGO. I can’t explain what a special place Capon Springs is. You must come experience it for yourself. Make plans to do it soon!
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Capon Springs, Family Fun, mountains, sunflowers on June 8, 2019| Leave a Comment »
We are back at the beautiful Capon Springs Resort and Farm for the Spring Retreat. We kicked off the Retreat with a terrific paint party last night in the Meeting House. Everyone had a blast and painted some really nice pieces to take home as a rememberence of their time here. We have even more fun coming up the next few mornings as we paint together some more. Can’t wait to see what everyone does!
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged Lemon Tree on June 7, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The kids did an amazing job painting these lemon tree limbs at class this week. Great work! Don’t forget that Art Camp starts very soon. Sign your young painter up to join in the fun! Click here for more information.
Posted in Animals, Art Class, daily painter, tagged Bird Nest on May 30, 2019| 1 Comment »
The kids painted these beautiful bird nests yesterday at class. Very good work!
Posted in Art Class, tagged Printing on May 25, 2019| Leave a Comment »
My good friend and artist, Sandra Charles, stood in for me yesterday with my Virginia International Academy students. They did these great Gelli printing projects. Terrific.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged flag on May 23, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The kids were preparing for Memorial Day as they painted these wonderful flag renditions at class yesterday. Many thanks to Kelly Pauley for leading this class.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged Apple blossom, palette knife on May 21, 2019| Leave a Comment »
We used palette knives to paint these beautiful apple blossoms over the last week or so with our international students. We found that painting with a palette knife is harder than it looks. Nice work ladies.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged barn, dog house on May 18, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The kid’s painted these red barns….although some changed them to dog houses at class this week. LOL
The Studio 