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Happy Birthday Mamie!

Posted in daily painter, tagged Cairn terrier on August 23, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Mamie Eisenhower Walker

Today is Mamie’s 6th Birthday.

Happy Birthday Little Girl!!!!

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Summer Bouquet

Posted in daily painter, Flowers, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Virginia Artist on August 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »

A quick study of a Summer Bouquet of flowers from a friends garden and some I picked up at the Farmer’s Market last Saturday. This painting was done in acrylic and measures 8″x6″. SOLD!

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The Studio Calendar

Posted in daily painter, tagged The Studio on August 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Since The Studio opened on August 1st we have had all sorts of exciting and creative classes from painting to cupcake decorating to yard art totem making to social media seminars and much more. It’s hard to believe we are packing so much fun into that little building but we are.

So don’t miss out. Take a look at the calendar for the rest of this month and beyond and you will see we have even more great workshops and classes planned. Coming up is Intro to Digital Photography and Bookbinding and Embroidery and Marketing and……

Take a look by clicking here.

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Cupcake Critters

Posted in daily painter, tagged Cupcake Critters, cupcake decorating on August 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Cupcake Decorating 2 Yesterday I had a chance to help with the “Cupcake Critters” decorating class at The Studio. What fun! We made frogs and horses and lions and dogs and Angry Birds and more.

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Cupcake Critters by Ruth Wahl

The kids had fun making cupcakes to take home for dessert…and maybe they ate a little icing along the way. 🙂

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Main Street Travel Mural Completed!

Posted in daily painter, Landscape, tagged acrylic, Beach scene, impressionism, Landscape, mural, seascape, Virginia Artist on August 10, 2014| 2 Comments »

Finished mural with brick window detail.

Finished Mural

Two weeks ago I posted about a mural that I was beginning to paint at Main Street Travel in Front Royal. (See that here.)

Well now the mural is finished. And here is the final look along with a recap of the project.

We decided to go with a brick window since the front window of her store is outlined in brick. (See photo.)

The client is happy so that makes me happy!

Mural with Ocean and Sand laid in

View from direction looking out window

Trees laid in

Chairs in and entire area covered

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Main Street Travel Mural Chairs

Posted in daily painter, Landscape, tagged acrylic, Adirondack chair, Main Street Travel, mural, Virginia Artist on July 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »

The Main Street Travel mural got chairs yesterday. Now that everything is laid in I can go back and start with some details. Still several more hours to get done but it’s coming along. Just hoping to get it all done before they put carpet on the floor so I don’t have to be “extra” careful. 🙂

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Painting Continues at Main Street Travel

Posted in daily painter, Landscape, tagged Adirondack chair, mural, ocean mural, palm trees, Virginia Artist on July 28, 2014| 1 Comment »

Yesterday I spent another couple of hours working on the mural at Main Street Travel.

Now we have trees laid in! We have selected colors for the chairs so they are next along with some more details and we will have a completed mural.

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Mural at Main Street Travel

Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, Adirondack chair, daily painter, mural, ocean mural, palm tree, Virginia Artist on July 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »

1-Blank wall with chalk drawing

2- Mural with Sky laid in

3- Mural with Ocean and Sand laid in

4- Mural with Sand Shrubs laid in

5- View from direction looking out window

I spent most of yesterday painting a mural at Main Street Travel. (You can check out their Facebook page here.)

I enjoy mural painting. It’s fun to see the client’s vision come to life. And Ginny is a wonderful person for which to work. She and I had fun deciding what and where to put it. You can see from the photos my step by step work yesterday.

I got the background in: sky, ocean and sand. Today I hope to get the rest done: palm trees and Adirondack chairs.

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Sketching Supplies

Posted in daily painter, Tips for Better Painting, Workshop/Retreat, tagged sketchbook, sketching on July 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »

The Sketching seminar (Read more here) was a great reminder that I need to slow down and take more notes and look at shapes and colors. Sometimes I get tied up in the day-to-day of trying to make a living and forget just how much fun the work of making art can be.

At the seminar we were given a sketch book and watercolor pencils along with a water brush and view finder that we could use to help us narrow down a composition.

Getting into the habit of carrying a sketchbook is something that many artists do in order to record things they see that they may want to paint at a later time. I think having a camera with you everywhere you go (cell phone) has made the sketchbook a tool that artists have stopped using. It’s a shame.

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Declaration of Independence

Posted in daily painter, tagged Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2014| 1 Comment »

“When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness….”

We should take the time, at least once a year, to read this amazing document. Take the time today and click here to read the rest.

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