The Studio

Famous Lincoln Memory

May 13, 2019 by kellywalkerstudios

MC Linc In my Facebook Memory feed this morning this popped up from five years ago on a trip I took to the National Gallery. I always stop in to see this Mary Cassatt painting, “Little Girl in Blue Armchair” from 1878 because the pup in it looks exactly like Lincoln! Don’t you think? In reality it is a Brussels Griffon but I still think Lincoln looks like it. Read more about the painting and it’s history here.

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Plein Air in the Park Seminar

May 11, 2019 by kellywalkerstudios

Lincoln and I spent the day at Shenandoah National Park at the “Painting in the Park Seminar: Nature as a Starting Place” with Kevin H. Adams. Kevin was the 2017 Artist in Residence for the park. (Read and see more about that here.) The seminar focused on the challenges of plein air painting with the focus on landscapes. While the weather was a little damp and cool….and the clouds dropped down low on the top of the mountain so we couldn’t even see our subject for a little while, it was still a terrific seminar.

Kevin offered tips and suggestions to improve painting in plein air.

And being in the park is always nice. There is so much material so I took many reference photos that I hope to paint soon.

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Lincoln and Charlotte

May 10, 2019 by kellywalkerstudios

Ever since we lost Jed about 6 weeks ago, Lincoln has been going to work with me at The Studio. Lincoln is 10 years old and had never been alone so the transition to being an only dog has been difficult for him. The depression has been horrible. But he does perk up on Wednesdays when he goes to class. He likes the ladies at the morning adult class and he especially enjoys all the attention he gets at the afternoon kid’s class but he just waits for the evening adult class.

When my student, Lauren, arrives she often has with her Charlotte, her little girl, who comes in to wait for her dad to pick her up. And Charlotte LOVES Lincoln and the feeling is mutual. She gets right down on his level and pets and hugs him and he adores it….and her. It’s the happiest he is all week. This week she drew a sketch of Lincoln. It’s my new favorite thing!!!!

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Beach Time

May 9, 2019 by kellywalkerstudios

The kids painted this nice beach scene at class yesterday. Nice work!

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Laughter and Tulips

May 8, 2019 by kellywalkerstudios

I can’t remember the last time I laughed as hard as I did last night at the Expressionist Tulips Paint Party. My friend, Deb, who often comes to paint at The Studio and helps me with the larger Paint Party groups, brought her mom to the paint party last night and Mrs. Salisbury kept us in stitches! And in between the laughs we all painted some beautiful expressionist works of art. Beautiful!

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Barn Quilts

May 6, 2019 by kellywalkerstudios

Barn Quilts are beautiful. They have been around for hundreds of years. In the past, farmers used different types of folk-art including quilt-like blocks to decorate their barns. People chose blocks to reflect particular meanings. They have had a resurgence in the last 20 years with many states offering Barn Quilt Trails or Tours. A barn quilt can be hung on the exterior of your barn, house, porch, garage, gate, shed, gazebo, chicken coop or boat shed to be shared with admirers from the road. They are also finding their way inside homes and offices. We have another class to paint a Barn Quilt on May 14th at 2 pm. Click here for more info and to register.

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Metal Sculpture Along the Path

May 5, 2019 by kellywalkerstudios

Yesterday Lincoln and I walked along the river walking path at Eastham Park to the dog park and then decided to walk a little further. We had forgotten about all the nice things you see there…including this wonderful metal sculpture by local artist, John Urbanski. Just a wonderful surprise.

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Yarn Bowls

May 4, 2019 by kellywalkerstudios

A few weeks ago we had a terrific Yarn Bowl class with Denise Kupiszewski, The Mud Peddler from Shepherdstown, WV. We had a great time being creative. Our bowls came in yesterday. So cute….and guess which one is mine….LINCOLN!

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Top of Virginia Quilters

May 3, 2019 by kellywalkerstudios

The Top of Virginia Quilters has me come to their meeting yesterday to talk about Barn Quilts. It was a delightful group of ladies and I enjoyed my visit with them. Thanks Susan for inviting me to come. And the very best part was the show and tell at the end of the meeting. These quilters are GOOD!!!

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