Chloe with her goats in the goat house after the rain
We had a busy Day 1 at the Wildflower Retreat at Sassafras Farm. Here are some pics.
Homemade candles
Embroidery work from the afternoon session
Breakfast this morning with homemade dandelion syrup
And Precious wanting to help me with everything!
We are doing the Wildflower Retreat again in September. Come join us!
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I’m back at Sassafras Farm in West Virginia to teach again with Suzanne McMinn. Here are some morning scenes.
Precious
Cow awaiting milking
COCO
Chloe with her goats
Lots of ducks!
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Kids Hollyhock Paintings
Hollyhock Reference Photo
The kids in painting class this Wednesday painted Hollyhocks. Fabulous! Great job girls.
Kids Painting Class is every Wednesday from 4:15 – 5:15 pm.
And don’t forget that the first session of Art Camp begins in just 10 days! Get more info on Art Camp here.
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HSWC Feline Team’s project
Humane Society of Warren County Feline Team at work
Humane Society of Warren County Feline Team
Team Building is a catch phrase that has been somewhat overworked in the past decade. Co-workers have rolled logs, fallen from heights expecting to be caught, solved mysteries and many, many more scenarios. And while all of these are interesting and do build skills to work together, we feel like The Studio has the ultimate “Team Building” activity – PAINTING!
We offer a unique experience where team members paint a portion of an image and must work together to coordinate lines and colors to make the painting a success. Discussion ensues and the team pulls together to make the project come together. And the best part – the team takes the painting back to their place of business to hang where it is a constant reminder of the teamwork needed to make it work! We love it.
Here is the Humane Society of Warren County’s Feline Team with their beautiful painting. And can you believe they did this is just a little more than 2 hours! Success!!! It will soon be hanging at the Shelter for all to see and enjoy and to be a reminder to this successful team of the collaboration that made it possible.
Contact Kelly today at thestudioforlearning@gmail.com to book your company’s team building session.
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Minnesota Truman
A month or so ago I got an email from a man in Minnesota inquiring about a painting of a basset hound on my blog that he would like to purchase. It was an older painting and it had already sold but I told him I would be happy to paint a portrait of his dog. Turns out, his dog is a basset hound….named Truman! So we shared stories and photos of his Truman and mine and I painted his Truman for him.
He got it yesterday in the mail and was pleased. His Truman is very handsome. Mine was too. 🙂
My Truman
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Last week I had three charming young people join me to paint at our Thursday class. They have been here before to visit and paint. (See that here.)
This time they painted these wonderful beach scenes. Good work everyone! Come again soon.
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Harry with his portrait
Here is where we started -Harry’s sketch for painting
Harry’s Portrait in Progress
Callie with her pup’s portrait
Working with Callie on her pet portrait
A small glimpse of the crowd at Barrel Oak Winery
I spent a delightful afternoon at Barrel Oak Winery in Delaplane painting a Pet Portrait for W.A.A.A.G., a non-profit that helps prevent cruelty to animals and helps them find forever homes.
I met the nicest group of volunteers dedicated to their goal and I especially enjoyed meeting Harry, a wonderful dog that is looking for his forever home. He was my model for the painting. Here are some scenes from the day and notes.
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June’s Paint Party
Yesterday we had a super fun Paint Party and the ladies produced these fabulous paintings of a lady gardening. Great work!!!
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Greenhouse #2
A few weeks ago I posted a greenhouse painting that I did and said I wanted to do a series of these. (Check that out here.)
Here is the next one. I love how these look from the perspective of inside the greenhouse. This one is an acrylic on a 8″x10″ canvas.
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The kids painted a wonderful piece this week featuring a tire swing. How cool?! Great job!
Kids paint every week on Wednesday from 4:15-5:15.
Lucky!
And a bonus treat was when Lucky came to pick up his little girl from class. We love Lucky!
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