September 25, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios
Carley, my helper
Doing Grandma’s make-up
Making progress
Adding the wine
Putting in details
I get invited to paint at special events from time to time. A good friend of mine is manager at Peebles here in town and invited me to paint there for a special promotion they were doing last spring. They had me back this weekend. I painted a larger version of a small painting (Virginia WIne I, see it here) that I did a few weeks ago and I enlisted a helper. Often, when painting on location, I invite kids to “help” me. And usually they jump right in. This little girl was so much fun. She helped me paint for a while and then she did her grandmothers make-up at a table they had set-up for people to try out some new things. Adorable.
Virginia Wine II, is acrylic on canvas, 18″x24″ and is almost finished. I still have a little more to do to it but we got a great deal done at the event.
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September 24, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios
Pat with her painting
Reference photo of dog
Several months ago Pat came to class excited about this dog she had met recently at her family reunion. She said it was the prettiest dog she had ever seen. “It’s pretty as a cow!”, she said. 🙂 That’s high praise from Pat – she loves cows! Here is the beautiful painting she just completed in art class of this pretty dog. Great job Pat!
Posted in Art Class, Dogs, Pet Portaits | Tagged Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Dogs, impressionism, oil painting, pet portrait | 1 Comment »
September 23, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios
Comerica Park
Detroit Tigers
Number 26 in the series of 30, Comerica Park is the home of the Detroit Tigers. It is one of only two modern ball parks that feature the dirt strip between home plate and the pitcher’s mound. (The other being Chase Field.) Beyond the outfield is a beautiful view of the Detroit skyline. The scoreboard at Comerica features two large tigers on top and when a home run is scored their eyes light up and growls are played on the loud speakers.
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds | Tagged acrylic, Comerica Park, daily painter, Detroit Tigers, Landscape, MLB, MLB Ballparks, Virginia Artist | Leave a Comment »
September 22, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios
Yesterday the winners were announced in the “Best of Awards” for 2013. I am thrilled to be named Best Local Artist!
Thank you to everyone who voted. I appreciate your support so very much.
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September 21, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios
We had a really fun Paint Party last night and we turned back time to summer and painted a beach scene. Great job everyone!
The next Paint Party open for anyone is Saturday, October 5 from 4 – 6:30 at the Blue Ridge Arts Council. Contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com to register. Get a friend or two together and come see what all the fun is about for yourself.
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September 20, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios
Completed painting of “Stacy’s Tree”
Reference Photo for Stacy’s Tree
I took a short break yesterday from painting Ball Parks to paint one of my favorite trees in my neighborhood. I have taken several photos of this Weeping Cherry over the years thinking I would paint it and just never took the time. But yesterday I made myself paint it because I want to give it to Stacy, whose tree it is. Stacy was a life saver to me a few weeks ago when I couldn’t walk because of my knee. She’s a physical therapist and wonderful neighbor. On the day that my knee pain was the worst and I didn’t know what to do she took out time from walking Willie, her cattle dog, to look at my problem; talk me through what I should do; and even went home and brought back crutches for me to use. And then over the course of the next several weeks while I was hobbling around she checked on me to make sure I was making good progress. She was such a BIG help and made me feel as if I were not going crazy. So today when I return her crutches I wanted to give her something to say thanks. I thought this little painting might be good. I call it Stacy’s Tree. It’s an acrylic on canvas measuring 6″x8″.
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September 19, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios
Miller Park
Milwaukee Brewers
Miller Park, home of the Milwaukee Brewers, is number 25 in the series of 30. And it has a retractable roof. The left field corner features Bernie’s Dugout, where the Brewers mascot, Bernie Brewer resides. At the beginning of the game, after every Brewers home run, and if the Brewers win, fireworks go off and Bernie slides down his slide.
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September 18, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios
“Virginia Wine” complete
Step 1 – A sketch and laying in the sky
Step 2 – Adding distance with mountains and meadow
Step 3 – Adding middle distance – vineyards
Step 4 – Adding the foreground – a table and glass
I did this painting that I call Virginia Wine for a special request this week. It is an acrylic on 6″ x 8″ canvas.
As I painted it I tried to take photos because several of you have told me that you enjoy seeing how the paintings develop. So here you are:
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September 17, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios
Mamie’s First Day Home
Mamie Eisenhower Walker all cleaned up
We are wishing a Happy 1 year Anniversary today to Mamie. It was one year ago that we adopted her. She came in and immediately took over our life and hearts. What a little sweetie. 
Wrestling with brother Lincoln
Fall Walk with Brothers
Posing with brother Jed
So I thought we would share some of the many images of Mamie Eisenhower Walker. We love this little girl! This link will take you to Mamie’s album on Facebook where you can see many more photos of this sweet girl over the course of this past year. And of course, I have painted her and you can see that here.
Posted in Dogs | Tagged Cairn terrier, Dog adoption, Dogs, Rescue dog, Rescue dogs | 2 Comments »
September 16, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios
Coors Field
Colorado Rockies
Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies, in Denver, Colorado features a center field bleacher area known as the “Rock Pile”. And the seats beginning at Row 20 on the Upper Deck are purple indicating the city’s one mile elevation point.
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