Posted in Landscape, tagged Art Class, Beach, dunes, impressionism, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist on March 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Beach Scene II
We had a new student in our morning painting class yesterday. And when someone new joins the class I usually paint along with them on the first painting they do so as to show them how to color mix and use brushes, etc. She chose a beach scene as her first painting. The one she did has just the dune on the left but before the evening painting class I worked on it a little more and added a little more interest.
So this is “Beach Scene II”, acrylic on canvas panel, 8″x10″.
Posted in daily painter, Flowers, Landscape, Workshop/Retreat, tagged impressionism, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist, wildflowers on March 14, 2015| 1 Comment »
Wildflowers Along the Road, acrylic on canvas
“Wildflowers Along the Road“, acrylic on canvas, 8″x10”.
Reference Photo by Suzanne McMinn, http://www.chickensintheroad.com
This is a demonstration painting for an upcoming retreat that I will be teaching in West Virginia that’s theme centers around wildflowers.
Posted in Art Class, Landscape, tagged acrylic, Art Class, impressionism, Landscape on February 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Kids Class Feb Winter Scene
Demonstration Painting for Kids Feb Winter Scene
At Kids Class yesterday we painted a nice little winter scene. These kids did a wonderful job creating a painting they can be very proud of. Can you believe they do this in just one hour?!
Great work!
Posted in Landscape, tagged Beach, impressionism, kids at beach, Landscape, oil painting, umbrellas, watercolor on January 3, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Here are two more older paintings that Brother and sister-in-law have hanging in their home.
As a daily painter there was a time that I was painting about 250-300 paintings a year…mostly smaller pieces. Producing so many I lost track of many of them. I did start keeping better records a few years ago but these were produced before that time.
It’s thrilling for an artist to see their work hanging in homes. So I really got a kick when visiting Brother’s home to see these. So glad they enjoy my work.
Posted in Landscape, Paint Parties, tagged acrylic, impressionism, Landscape, Paint Party, pumpkins, Shenandoah Valley, sunflower, Virginia Artist on November 2, 2014| Leave a Comment »
We painted beautiful Sunflower Scenes -and some with Pumpkins- at the 1st Saturday Paint Party yesterday at The Studio.
And what a fun-loving group! Thanks everyone and excellent job!!!
If you missed this one you can join us today (Sunday) at 4 pm for a special Paint Party where we will be painting buckets and trays. Why not join us?!
Posted in Landscape, Plein Air, tagged brick painting, Historic Village of Waterford, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Plein Air, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist, Waterford Virginia on October 10, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A study in brick on location in Waterford, VA
A view of Waterford, VA. Park behind the church
A view of a street in Waterford
Another streetscape in Waterford
Yesterday I painted with the Plein Air group in Waterford, Virginia. Our group meets to paint together outdoors in different locations to hone our skills and enjoy the fellowship of other painters. And Waterford was such a nice choice. I had never even heard of it and it is just about an hour from where I live.
The entire town is a national historic village. It was founded by a Quaker from Bucks County, PA in 1733 and many of the buildings still is use were built before 1840. It’s adorable. (Learn more here about Waterford.)
There were so many wonderful streetscapes in this adorable little village that it was hard to choose what to paint. I took many, many photos so that I would have some material for later.
I decided to paint the front portion of a cute little brick home so that I could do a “study in brick”. I don’t often do streetscapes so I took this opportunity to practice working on shape and color. I like how it has started and hope to finish it soon in the studio. The lady who lives in the house came out to chat for a few minutes. She was delightful.
I have missed painting with this group and hope we get a chance to paint together a couple more Thursdays before the weather gets too cold.
Posted in daily painter, Landscape, Plein Air, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Oxbow Farm, Shenandoah Valley, sunflower, sunflowers, Virginia Artist on September 28, 2014| 1 Comment »
I spent a delightful morning painting a sunflower field at a beautiful farm north of town yesterday.
It has been awhile since I have been out to paint and I had almost forgotten how much I enjoyed it.
As with most Plein Air paintings that I do this one is almost finished but will get a little adjustment now that I have it in the studio. You can see the step-by-step progress in this collage.
Sunflower View I is an oil on canvas panel measuring 11″ x 14″. SOLD!
Posted in Landscape, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, hay bales, impressionism, Landscape, Virginia Artist on September 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »
TVOR Demonstration Painting
TVOR Demo Painting Completed
I took a little time to work on the demonstration painting that I did last week at The Village at Orchard Ridge. (Read about that here and here.) Often when doing a demo painting I get it about 75-80% completed. I like to take questions so I talk while painting and I can’t always concentrate on details to finish up. That is what happened with this one. I used a larger canvas than usual because I wanted everyone to be able to see it so in the 50 minutes that I painted I did get a lot done but still needed to wrap it up.
Here are the photos side by side to see the difference.
Posted in Commissions, Landscape, tagged acrylic, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, View from Harrisonburg, Virginia Artist on September 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I met the nice young man who was the recipient of the painting that I did recently of the “View from Harrisonburg”. (You can see the step by step photos here.) The painting was a graduation gift as he just graduated from JMU.
And he wanted to take a photo with me when he picked it up. And he promised to send me a photo of where he hangs the painting.
Posted in daily painter, Landscape, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Virginia Artist on September 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »
TVOR Demonstration Painting
Here is the painting that I did for the demonstration at The Village at Orchard Ridge on Tuesday night. (See yesterday’s post.)
I worked in acrylic on an 18″x24″ canvas. This was a one hour talk so I did not complete the painting but rather laid in the color and got a few details in so that they could see the process. I will take some time soon to finish it up but for an hour I got a great deal done.
The Studio 