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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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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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Still Daily Painting

Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Farm Animals, tagged art lessons, chicks, daily painter, Dogs, farm animals, fruit, hen, Rescue dogs, Shenandoah Valley Artist, still life, Virginia Artist on March 7, 2015| 5 Comments »

An idea for an upcoming Retreat painting that is just sketched in

A Pet Portrait commission in progress

An art class demo that needs just a little more work

I get questions all the time about “daily painting”. The most often asked is “Do you paint every day?” And the answer is “almost”. When I first joined the daily painting movement I did paint every day. And I completed a different small painting everyday….for a long time. I did this for about 4 years. Then I started working on larger paintings and while I painted every day I didn’t complete one each day.

But then I started offering other types of classes besides painting so it required me to create in other formats (like crocheting, multi-media, etc.) to prepare for classes so now my answer is that I create something everyday. It may not always be a painting like it was in the beginning but I do something creative each and every day.

Right now I have a couple of paintings that I am working on that still need a little work to be finished. Here are a couple. You will hopefully see the finished paintings soon.

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Swimming Baby Ducks

Posted in Art Class, Farm Animals, tagged acrylic, Art Class, baby ducks, duck, farm animals, impressionism on February 27, 2015| Leave a Comment »

At Kids Class we painted a swimming baby duck this week. Look at the great job these painters did on this one!

Kids Art Class is every Wednesday from 4:15-5:15 pm at The Studio.

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Pat & Baby Goats

Posted in Art Class, Farm Animals, tagged Art Class, baby goats, farm animals, goats on February 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »

I love baby goats. They are just the cutest little things. And Pat painted two recently. Her daughter has a little farm and has baby goats that look just like these. So adorable. Great job Pat!

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Cock-a-Doodle Doo!

Posted in Animals, Farm Animals, tagged acrylic, daily painter, farm animals, impressionism, Rooster, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist on January 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Completed Rooster

Rooster going to his new home

Rooster in original state

Rooster with Gesso

Yesterday Lynne and her very funny hubby, Michael, came by The Studio to pick up their Rooster-a commissioned piece she asked me to do. (You might remember that Lynne is my friend who went to the Pioneers and Primitives Retreat at Sassafras Farm with me last September. You can read more about that here. Lynne is the first one on the left on the second row from the bottom in the photo.)

She purchased this large cut-out of a rooster and wanted it painted. It was a little bit of a challenge as it had the grooves cut in it but in the end that made it really interesting.

I started by painting it with a coat of Gesso. Then it was a matter of laying in a variety of colors to make him have some depth. In the end, it turned out great. I liked it and I think Lynne and Michael were happy with the result.

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The 3-A-Day Challenge

Posted in Animals, Farm Animals, tagged donkey, goat, jack-ass, sheep on January 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »

“Mr. Cottswold”, oil, 6″x8″

I was challenged by a friend and fellow artist to participate in the 3-A-Day Challenge where I have to post 3 paintings per day for one week on my wall on Facebook. Today is Day 3 of the challenge. The first day I posted three paintings that were demonstration paintings from Paint Parties and yesterday I posted 3 paintings from the Farm Animal series that I did several years ago. The farm animals lit up the comment section…and they reminded me how much fun they were to do. Here are the three paintings I shared.

Not sure what I will be showing for my three for today but it has been fun going back and looking at some of the older paintings that I have done. Thanks Cindy for the challenge.

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More Scenes from Sassafras Farm

Posted in Farm Animals, tagged Chickens in the Road Retreat, farm animals, Sassafras Farm on October 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Cute Goat

Cutest goats!

Another shot of the cute goat

Chickens everywhere

The Chicken Poses

Maia in her Tutu

Maia Can’t Wait for her Animal Crackers

Maia in her Super Hero Cape

One thing I love about going different places are the reference photos I take so that I have loads of material to choose from when I paint. Of course, at Sassafras Farm this weekend there was lots and lots to photograph. Here are some shots from the weekend.

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Folk Art Sample

Posted in Animals, Farm Animals, Travel, tagged acrylic, cow, daily painter, folk art, Folk Art Farm, Landscape, Virginia Artist on September 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »

I worked on a sample painting in a “Folk Art” style for the Retreat that I am teaching at this weekend at Sassafras Farm. We will be doing one canvas painting as well as a painting on a bucket!

Looking forward to meeting some new friends and having a fun weekend at the “Pioneers and Primitives” Retreat.

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Debbie’s Clarence

Posted in Farm Animals, tagged acrylic, daily painter, donkey, farm animals, impressionism, mule on September 2, 2014| Leave a Comment »

“Debbie’s Clarence”

Clarence’s Reference Photo

A friend posted a photo of Clarence on her Facebook page recently and I immediately sent her a message asking for permission to paint his portrait. What a handsome guy!!! I just love the way he looks.

“Clarence”, acrylic on canvas panel, 6″x8″. Available by contacting kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com

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