Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, Virginia Artist on April 13, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Thursday Painters
This week the Young Artists painted a beautiful scene from the apple orchard. Great job everyone! 
Apple Tree Painting Reference Photo
Here is my demo painting and the reference photo. These trees are in an orchard in Purgitsville, WV. A lovely place with a beautiful view.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged acrylic, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on April 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »
We had a new student in class yesterday morning so I painted this demonstration piece so he could follow along. Still a few final details to add in but we got a great start.
If you have ever wanted to paint consider joining us for class on Wednesday or Thursday at the Blue Ridge Arts Council.
Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Class, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, sunflower, Virginia Artist on April 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Southerlands Sunflower, acrylic on panel, 8″x10″. Demonstration painting from class at the Southerlands that I finally got around to touching up.
Posted in daily painter, tagged bicycle, bike, daily painter, daily painting, first ride, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on April 10, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Last year my friend Mario shared a wonderful photo of his son riding his bike for the first time without training wheels. I loved it so I painted it yesterday. Thanks Mario for allowing me to paint from such a terrific photo.
“Mario & Son“, oil on panel, 8″x6”.
Posted in daily painter, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Plein Air, Rescue dogs, West Virginia on April 9, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Got to paint outdoors in this beautiful weather this weekend out at the cabin. I got a great start on a piece but when I got home yesterday and wanted to put finishing touches on it I realized that I had left it there. So maybe I can finish it up in a few weeks.
And this is what the helpers do while I paint. What would I do without them? 🙂
Posted in daily painter on March 31, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The day is finally here. Groundbreaking for the dog park at 9 a.m. at Eastham Park off of Luray Avenue in Front Royal. Join us.
Posted in daily painter on March 30, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I discovered that an image that I had been given permission to paint in one of our kid’s classes was not the artist’s image at all. It was not original to them. Oh, they had painted it but had apparently copied another artist’s original image. Therefore it wasn’t their permission to give to the young artists to paint. Instead of accepting their word I should have spent more time checking it. I didn’t. My fault.
As soon as you create something you have copyright to it. You can’t copyright an idea but once you paint that idea, the copyright is yours. In the digital age it is increasingly difficult to protect copyright. There was a time you could ask someone for permission to paint from their image and they would either say yes or no. Now you have to ask yourself, do you trust this source? Is it their original image at all? Is the permission they are giving you really theirs to give?
I have apologized several times to the artist who created the original painting and have removed the image from my blog and destroyed the demo that I painted. I’m not sure they cared how it happened. They are just angry that it did, as they should be. But now I have learned another valuable lesson about copyright. Be extra sure you TRUST the source of the material if you are painting from someones image and not your own. And in next week’s classes we will discuss copyright again. It’s never to early to help students understand it. And I will apologize to them as well.
Posted in daily painter, Farm Animals, tagged daily painter, daily painting, farm animals, impressionism, pet portrait, Virginia Artist on March 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I couldn’t resist painting her.
You can see more about Nutmeg and all of Suzanne’s other animals at www.chickensintheroad.com .
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Virginia Artist on March 20, 2012| Leave a Comment »
This is Max Booe.
This is Max’s portrait.
This is Judi, Max’s mom after she received the gift of Max’s portrait from the friend who commissioned the painting. She likes it.
Posted in daily painter, tagged daily painter, daily painting, golf, golf ball, golf club, golf shoes, impressionism, oil painting, Virginia Artist on March 16, 2012| 1 Comment »
Golf, oil on canvas, 8″x10″, available for $145.
The Studio 