The Studio

The Garden Shed

January 22, 2015 by kellywalkerstudios

We had a super class of kids painting yesterday at The Studio. We were tired of painting winter so we did a little garden shed painting with flowers.

And didn’t they ALL do a great job?! These kids love to paint.

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A few weeks ago we had a visitor for a week – Daisy. (You can read more about her here.) While she was here I made her a little sweater and a friend in Kentucky saw it and wanted one for her Daisy. I just finished it up and will be getting it off in the mail soon. Crocheting dog sweaters is fun and if you crochet you can click the Crochet tab above and give this pattern a try. Have fun.

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The Four Agreements

January 20, 2015 by kellywalkerstudios

Several years ago I wrote about a little book that is one of my favorites. It still is. And yesterday while speaking with some friends it came to me that I needed to review it since I haven’t read it in a year or so. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz is a small, simple book with a really big message.

This amazing little book if taken to heart will change you forever. You can read my first post about it here.

As an artist Agreement #2 is important. If you take personally everything anyone says about your work will destroy you. Their opinion about your work is NOT about you but all about them. I have to keep that in mind – all the time!

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Lea’s Paint Party

January 19, 2015 by kellywalkerstudios

Lea’s Paint Party

A few months ago Lea’s husband bought a Gift Certificate for a Paint Party to give her for her birthday. What a fun gift because not only did Lea get to paint but she got to invite friends to join her.

And they all created these great small paintings! Good work everyone.

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Pet Portraits!

January 18, 2015 by kellywalkerstudios

We had a great time with the “Paint Your Pet’s Portrait” Party yesterday. Great work!

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Color Mixing-Almost 300 Years Ago

January 17, 2015 by kellywalkerstudios

A friend shared with me on Facebook a few days ago a fascinating story about an 1862 artist, Boogert, almost 300 years ago who made a color mixing manual of almost 800 pages. It is truly amazing that this was all done by hand. The article starts like this:

“In 1692 an artist known only as “A. Boogert” sat down to write a book in Dutch about mixing watercolors. Not only would he begin the book with a bit about the use of color in painting, but would go on to explain how to create certain hues and change the tone by adding one, two, or three parts of water. The premise sounds simple enough, but the final product is almost unfathomable in its detail and scope.” See the entire story by clicking the link above or here.

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Let’s Make a Day Trip to Philly!

January 16, 2015 by kellywalkerstudios

A couple of years ago I posted about a trip to Philadelphia where a group of us went to see the Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Barnes Foundation. (You can read about it here and here.) Dr. Barnes was a fascinating person and his art collection is amazing. You need to see it if you haven’t already. I can’t wait to see it again.

We are going to Philly on a day trip on Sunday, March 8th. We will leave Front Royal via Motor Coach at 8:30 and return late Sunday evening. You have two options on this trip. You can spend the afternoon at The Barnes or you can go see the Philadelphia Flower Show. If you are interested in going you can get all the contact information here ( FINAL Barnes Foundation) . Consider making a day trip with us. It will be worth it.

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Terrific Art Classes Yesterday

January 15, 2015 by kellywalkerstudios

Robin and Carla Paint Poppies

Kids Class with Cardinals

We had 3 terrific art classes yesterday, as we usually do on Wednesdays. We had a mother-daughter guest duo paint with us in the morning. They did super work on the poppy field….and Mom said “I have never painted before. I can’t paint”. And of course, I said, “Yes, you can!” And she did. 🙂

And our afternoon kid’s class painted these lovely little female cardinals in the snow. Great work!!!

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The 3-Day Challenge Continues…

January 14, 2015 by kellywalkerstudios

Yesterday I continued with the 3-Day Challenge on Facebook where I was asked to post three paintings a day for a week and challenge another artist to do the same. My three paintings yesterday were of pet portraits…one of my favorite subjects. One of the paintings I shared was of Bob Cat, one of Allen’s warehouse kitties. He is a handsome cat and got his name because he loves to sit on the seat of the Bobcat equipment there. If he was a human his job would be “heavy equipment operator”. 🙂

Painting pets is so great fun. You can do it too at our 3rd Saturday Paint Party coming up this Saturday at 3 pm at The Studio. Check out more information here.

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The 3-A-Day Challenge

January 13, 2015 by kellywalkerstudios

“Mr. Cottswold”, oil, 6″x8″

I was challenged by a friend and fellow artist to participate in the 3-A-Day Challenge where I have to post 3 paintings per day for one week on my wall on Facebook. Today is Day 3 of the challenge. The first day I posted three paintings that were demonstration paintings from Paint Parties and yesterday I posted 3 paintings from the Farm Animal series that I did several years ago. The farm animals lit up the comment section…and they reminded me how much fun they were to do. Here are the three paintings I shared.

Not sure what I will be showing for my three for today but it has been fun going back and looking at some of the older paintings that I have done. Thanks Cindy for the challenge.

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