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Encouraging Thunder Award

Posted in Serendipity, tagged Award, Encouraging Thunder on August 2, 2015| 2 Comments »

I recently received the “Encouraging Thunder Award”. Many thanks to my blog follower, Prasna, for the nomination. You can see her blog at https://art2peace.wordpress.com/

I am so thrilled that readers of my blog get encouragement from what they find in my daily posts. This makes me very happy!

Part of receiving the award is that I must tell my purpose in blogging. I blog to encourage others to paint and paint daily! I really feel that anyone who has the desire to create can. There are so many ways to learn and improve. If my blog encourages anyone to discover their creative side then I am happy with what the blog is conveying.

So thanks again to Prasa for the nomination and for following ‘Life of a Daily Painter”.

I would like to nominate my friend and fellow blogger, Elizabeth Cottrell with http://www.heartspoken.com, to receive the next Encouraging Thunder award.

Here are The Rules for the Encouraging Thunder Award:

• Post it on your blog.

• Grant other bloggers the award.

What you cannot do:

1. Abuse or misuse the logo.

2. Claim that it is your own handmade logo.

What you should do after receiving the Encouraging Thunder Award:

• Enjoy the award!

• At least give thanks via comments, likes and/or mentioning the blog that you received the award from.

• Mention your purpose in blogging

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Happy Birthday to The Studio

Posted in Serendipity, The Studio/Classes, tagged Birthday Party, The Studio on August 1, 2015| 1 Comment »

Cake!

Gelli Printing

Tammy teaching Lotus Lanterns

Working on Lotus Lanterns

Butterfly Mask

Brothers with their Lanterns

Ruth, Sandra, Tammy & Cindy…terrific teachers!

Cutting the Birthday Cake

One year ago today we opened The Studio-A Place for Learning on Main Street in Front Royal. Hard to believe a whole year has passed.

We had a wonderful Birthday Party yesterday evening to celebrate. We made Gelli print bags, Lotus Lanterns, Masks, Decorated Frames and more.

Many, many people have come to classes and learned new arts and crafts this year. We want to thank everyone who has participated in making The Studio a success. Whether you taught a class or workshop or took one, offered ideas and encouragement or helped set up The Studio, we want to say a HUGE thanks. You made it happen.

The Studio is a fun place. People gather to learn but often find that they leave not only with a new skill but have made new and lasting friendships as well. We love that!

So plan to come to the Studio soon. We’d love to see you again (or for the first time)!

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Shenandoah River State Park

Posted in Serendipity, Travel, tagged Shenandoah River, Shenandoah River State Park on July 12, 2015| 3 Comments »

I am taking a mini vacation right in my own backyard. The Shenandoah River State Park is just about 8 miles from my house but feels like it’s a million miles away when you are here. It is just lovely. I spent an hour hiking this morning and got some great reference photos for painting. More to come as I recharge my battery.

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Scenes of Summer

Posted in Serendipity, Small Town Life, tagged Art show, scenes of summer on July 1, 2015| 3 Comments »

Thanks to everyone who came out last night to Happy Creek Coffee and Tea’s Barn for my Scenes of Summer opening. The show will run through July. I hope you can stop in to see it.

The old barn walls make an interesting backdrop for art.

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Nimrod Hall Artists

Posted in Serendipity, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Nimrod Hall on June 29, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Fielding Archer entertaining our weekend group with a demonstration

Fielding’s Demo

Andy Bality offering a constructive critique.

The Studio group at Nimrod with instructors

The weekend at Nimrod Hall Art Program was just wonderful. So many lovely things to paint….so many nice people with whom to paint. The best thing about the weekend at Nimrod (other than the uninterrupted time to paint) is the artists who are there to teach and to learn. Everyone is generous with their time.

Yesterday morning before I left I had an opportunity to observe Fielding Archer‘s demonstration. He taught the Still Life weekend session and even though I was there to take the Plein Air weekend that Andras Bality offered I had a chance to watch them both work. (Be sure to click the links and check out both of these artists. Their works are amazing!)

So much to learn in a short amount of time. It was a terrific experience. The Studio was well represented by Kay, Gretchen, and Kathy – all from my Wednesday morning art class. We had a great time!

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A Good Day at Nimrod

Posted in Serendipity, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Nimrod Hall on June 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »

I had a terrific day at Nimrod Hall painting yesterday. Can’t wait to work on these more when I get back to The Studio.

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Back at Nimrod

Posted in Serendipity, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Nimrod Hall on June 27, 2015| Leave a Comment »

I’m back at Nimrod Hall for “Art Camp”. I have been looking forward to it ever since I was here last year. Last night after a little Wine & Cheese Meet & Greet and a marvelous dinner our instructor challenged us to a little quick sketch painting at dusk. Well, it was almost dark….but who cares….it was fun! Here is what I was able to do in about 30 minutes before it got too dark to see. Looking forward to more new challenges today.

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Auction Begins

Posted in Flowers, Serendipity, tagged auction, eBay, floral, hybiscus on June 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Hibiscus

A few weeks ago we started a new feature with an eBay auction. Many thanks to everyone who participated and encouraged it. Here is the next one. It is a Hibiscus on 6″x6″ gallery wrap canvas. Click here to go to the auction or click on the photo. Thanks! SOLD

(You can read about that first auction here.)

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Painted Kicks!

Posted in Serendipity, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, Painted Shoes on June 17, 2015| 1 Comment »

Last night at The Studio we had such a fun with a creative group for the “Painted Kicks” class. And everyone left with fabulous new shoes to wear that show off their personalities.

Great work everyone! You can see what is going on at The Studio by clicking here.

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The Garden Princess

Posted in Serendipity, tagged Garden Princess, Yard Art on June 3, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Garden Princesses

Kelly with her Garden Princess

Sandra with Garden Princess

Princess at Work

Jed is not so sure about the Princess

Last week I let my friend Sandra get me into another project. LOL (You might remember Sandra as the one with whom I sewed the cussing jacket. See it here.)

Now we have made Garden Princesses. Sandra’s book called them scarecrows but I didn’t think they were scary at all.

I love how they turned out. They are cut out of plywood and painted with acrylics and embellished with tin. They are treated for outdoor use.

Thanks Sandra for getting me into this one. I love my princess and she is working in the garden right now. Can’t wait for our next project!

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