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Small Fruit Paint Parties

Posted in Paint Party, Still Life, tagged blueberries, cherry, fruit, lime, small paintings, tangerine on June 9, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Fruit 4 smalls Small Fruit paintings are coming up at The Studio. We are painting two 6″x6″ paintings of a tangerine and blueberries on Friday, June 26th at 6 pm. Click here to register. These are easy and fun. They’ll look great in the kitchen or are a great size to give as gifts. And we will be painting the lime and cherries in July so you can do the whole set. Click here for the July session.

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Expressive Elements

Posted in art class, expressionism, Flowers, Paint Party, Still Life, tagged Expressive, Master Class, peonies on May 31, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Expressive Master class elements We had our Master Class this afternoon. We worked from set-ups and everyone brought extra elements to add in to the mix…and look what a great job they all did!

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Cousins Paint Session

Posted in art class, Still Life, tagged chips, margarita, salsa on May 29, 2020| 2 Comments »

Yesterday one cousin treated another to a paint session at The Studio. A nice little treat! The more we painted the thirstier we got! Nice work ladies.

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Expressive Geraniums & Fruit

Posted in art class, daily painter, expressionism, Flowers, Paint Party, Still Life, tagged Expressive, geraniums, Lemons, pears, watermelon on March 16, 2020| Leave a Comment »

We LOVE Expressionism! We LOVE these paintings we have been doing with bright colors. The choice of colors combinations makes it that much more fun. Just look at these beauties! Nice work ladies. So glad you are loving these as much as I am. The next session is on April 5th. Click here for more info.

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Three Winners!

Posted in art class, daily painter, Flowers, Landscape, Paint Party, quilting, Sewing, Still Life, The Studio/Classes, tagged Cross, expressionism, gater, geraniums, quilt on March 10, 2020| Leave a Comment »

3 Winners We have three terrific classes coming up this week. On Friday, we will be painting “The Old Gate” in a small format that includes the frame. This will be a fun one to do and you will leave with a beautiful painting framed up and ready to hang …. or that will make a perfect Mother’s Day gift! 🙂 Click here to register for it. And then on Saturday we have the Cross Rag Quilt just in time for Easter. Register now and get the pre-class instructions. And then on Sunday we will be painting again in the Expressionist style with this terrific still life. These are sooooo much fun to do and turn out beautifully. Join us by clicking here. Click on any of the links to read more and see the full photos of each project. Hope to see you later this week.

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Cup of Cocoa

Posted in art class, daily painter, Still Life, tagged coffee cup, cup, mug on March 6, 2020| Leave a Comment »

The kids painted these really nice cups at class this week. They chose their colors and did a great job!

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Apple Blossoms with Rice Tire Ladies

Posted in art class, daily painter, Flowers, Paint Party, Still Life, tagged apple blossoms, Conference, jar, Jar of Flowers, Rice Tire on March 1, 2020|

Rice Tire 1 I got to work with a wonderful group of ladies that are here in town for a conference with Rice Tire. They painted this beautiful jar with Apple Blossoms. Nice work all! I got to work with the group from Rice Tire when they were here 4 years ago for their conference so it was great to see them again. Click here for info from the 2016 visit.

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Painting Like Georgia

Posted in art class, daily painter, Paint Party, Still Life, tagged Famous Painters, Georgia O'Keeffe, Glass, Peach on February 26, 2020| Leave a Comment »

We channeled Georgia O’Keeffe last night as we had our Famous Painter session. We recreated this beautiful Still Life, Peach and Glass, from 1927. Don’t they look great?! Nice work ladies. Our next Famous Painter session is Tuesday, March 24th when we will paint Steinlen’s Rooster. Click here for more info and to register.

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Stretching Skills

Posted in art class, daily painter, expressionism, Flowers, Still Life, The Studio/Classes, tagged blogging, expressionism, flowers, Paint from Life, Set-ups on February 24, 2020| Leave a Comment »

What an afternoon! We had a great group of painters that came out to try something new, something that challenged them in their painting journey. And boy, did they step up. Everyone stepped up; they soaked up the new information and did a great job. Beautiful work came out of our set-ups. Now we can’t wait till the next one. We’ll have another “Master’s Class” on Sunday, April 26th. Watch for more information and get ready to stretch your skills.

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