Posted in Little Known Facts, Travel, tagged Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg on December 31, 2019| 2 Comments »
We spent a few days in Williamsburg recently for our vacation. It’s fun to wander around Colonial Williamsburg and imagine how it must have been all those years ago. 
We even enjoyed dinner at Christina Campbell’s Tavern…a place that Washington used to frequent.
Posted in Travel, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Capon Springs on November 1, 2019| Leave a Comment »
We had so much fun creating art at Capon Springs Farms and Resort this past week. Here are some wonderful acrylic and paper paintings. Very nice! We have dates for next year…join us on June 7-10, 2020 and/or October 4-7, 2020. Mark your calendar and reserve your space. We promise you’ll have a great time. Capon is an amazing place. You will LOVE it!
Posted in daily painter, Paint Party, Travel, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Capon Springs on October 23, 2019| 1 Comment »
Here is a message recently sent out by our friends at Capon Springs. It’s not to late to join us for the Fall Retreat either for a few nights or just come out for dinner and the Paint Party on Sunday:
“Let your creative side shine and join us next week for our Fall Art Retreat (Sunday, October 27 – Thursday, October 31)! Beginners and advanced artists welcome. This retreat is the fifth collaboration with artist, Kelly Walker from The Studio in Front Royal, Virginia. The $125 per person per night rate includes your night stay, 3 meals per day, art instruction and all other Capon activities (golf and spa not included). Join us for just one night, or all four! You can bring your own art supplies and improve your skills as you paint along… or you can purchase supplies for a small supply fee.
Can’t stay overnight? Join us just for dinner and a Paint Party on Sunday, October 27th! Dinner includes spaghetti, salad and garlic bread with chocolate cake a la mode with chocolate sauce, cantaloupe and raspberry sorbet for dessert! After dinner, join Kelly for the “Follow Along” painting that anyone can do! No experience required. Pricing: $49 for dinner & paint party. See what the finished product will look like above… Click here to register!
For more details about the retreat and to see the complete schedule, Click here .”
Posted in art class, Paint Party, Travel, tagged Ashland, Ladies of the Moose, Moose on October 19, 2019| Leave a Comment »
I got to paint with a big group of Ladies of the Moose in Ashland VA this afternoon. And they did great. Wait till you see their results…..tomorrow I’ll post.
Posted in art class, daily painter, Serendipity, Travel, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Angus Wilson Workshop, Falmouth MASS on October 6, 2019| Leave a Comment »
I can’t remember when I have enjoyed something this much! I don’t get to paint the things I like as often as I like these days as I am always working on projects for classes but this is a style I really LOVE! And to learn from Angus…an artist whose work I love…has been a joy. He makes it look easy….but trust me, it’s NOT! But it is fun and I am learning so much. Here is some of what I did yesterday…and after studying it last night I can’t wait to get there this morning and make a few changes. That’s how we learn!
Posted in art class, daily painter, Travel, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Angus Wilson Workshop, Falmouth Art Center on October 5, 2019| Leave a Comment »
I’m excited to be in Falmouth, Massachusetts painting at their Art Center with Angus Wilson. His style is bold and fun…and his method interesting. I am so glad to be learning directly from him. We were given so much information yesterday and worked on sketching and developing color plans. I worked on several designs. This is the one that I plan to put on canvas today. Can’t wait to get back to it!
Posted in daily painter, Travel on October 3, 2019| Leave a Comment »
After the fun at the Reunion and visiting with old friends, my sister and I packed up again to head north…this time to come home. I got to visit with her three pups and kitty before we left and then we made a stop in Hilton Head to check on a couple of things before hitting I-95 and running another 10 hours in the car. I can’t remember the last time I put in so many miles in such a short time….we logged around 2000 on this quick circle trip….but it was good to get home…where the Stinkin’ Lincoln was waiting!
Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, Small Town Life, Travel, tagged Class of 1979, Patterson High School on October 2, 2019| Leave a Comment »
So we are in Nashville….we see Hannah perform at the Grand Ole Opry (see yesterday’s blog post) and she kills it! We go to the after party at the Nashville Palace…also a great time seeing how excited everyone was for her. By this time it’s 11 pm and we have to be in south Georgia the next day so we load up and drive from Nashville to Clyo, Georgia…my sister’s home. This takes about 9 hours! But we get there by 8:30 am so we have time to take a nap and then get up to go again…leaving about 3:30 to drive another 2 hours to Patterson, Georgia…a little town where I attended high school. It’s my 40th class reunion and I hadn’t been back since the 10 year reunion so I didn’t want to miss it. Our school, Patterson High School, was so small that it has an “All-Class” Reunion so folks attend from every year. It’s great to see old friends and catch up. I wish more could have made it but the ones who did had a marvelous time. Our old school has been remodeled and made into a community center and they did an excellent job with it. It’s the perfect space for events. I’m so glad I went and I won’t wait so long to go back again.
Posted in Serendipity, Travel, tagged Grand Ole Opry, Hannah Dasher, Nashville on October 1, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Last Thursday I began a fast trip…with lots of miles! It seems that when things happen they all happen at once. For months I had been planning to go back to my home in Georgia for my 40th High School class reunion. That would have been a relaxed visit except that a few weeks before I was to leave I got a call from my sister telling me that her step-daughter was going to make her Grand Ole Opry debut the night before my reunion…and of course, we had to go to Nashville for that. So instead of heading to south Georgia I flew to Nashville. The good news was I got to see one of my very best friends and spend the day with her while we ran around in Nashville. And on Friday evening we saw Hannah Dasher make her debut at the Opry! ( Photos: Hannah on stage at the Opry; with her dad; and the Opry Entrance) It was very exciting…and she was awesome!!!! That started leg one of a crazy trip.
Posted in daily painter, The Studio/Classes, Travel, tagged Bob Ross exhibit on September 18, 2019| Leave a Comment »
It was so great!!!! We saw the Bob Ross exhibit at Franklin Park Art Center in Purcellville yesterday. A group of nine went over and saw the amazing video about Bob and his life and how he began painting.
Then we saw some 30 of his paintings from his show, The Joy of Painting. It was very well done. The show is sold out but they told us yesterday that they may add a few more tickets to try to allow more people to see it so be sure to check their website.
