The Studio

United Way Sponsors

September 15, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios

We were proud to help sponsor the United Ways Shrimp, Oyster, and BBQ Fundraiser last night. The food was delicious and auction great fun. It was delightful to see so many friends gather together for a great cause. I’m glad Kelly Walker Studios and Delilah’s Art and Gifts could be a part of it.

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Winding Down a BIG Project

September 14, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios

The last few weeks I have been feeling a lot of pressure to finish the last few ball park paintings in the Kickstarter Painted Diamonds project. There are only a few more to go. What I did this past week was start several and work on parts of each every day. I find this is more interesting at this point in the project. Yesterday was spent painting, painting, painting. And that is the plan for this weekend too!

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A Painting of Kloe

September 13, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios

One of the things I love about Facebook is all the terrific photos that my friends post…especially those of their pets. And I am lucky that my friends are kind enough to give me permission to paint from their photos when I ask. That happened this week with my friend Sonja and her new kitten Kloe. She posted this adorable photo of Kloe looking out the window and the kids class painted her yesterday. GREAT job everyone! I love it.

Posted in Art Class, Pet Portaits | Tagged acrylic, Art Class, cat, daily painter, impressionism, interior, kitten, pet portrait, Virginia Artist | Leave a Comment »

You are Invited to a Paint Party!

September 12, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios

I have been offering private Paint Parties to groups for some time now. And boy, are they fun! Now you have an opportunity to attend a Paint Party without having to put your own group together. On the first Saturday of each month from 4-6:30 p.m. we will have a Paint Party at the Blue Ridge Arts Council in Front Royal. All you need to do is make a reservation by contacting kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com . These parties are for everyone, whether you have painted before or not. All supplies are provided. And at the end of the party you will have a beautiful work of art as well as some new friends. So invite some friends and come join me for a Paint Party on October 5th from 4-7. Cost just $30. These are some samples of what we will be doing at the first party. It’s a Floral Paint Party!

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Miami Marlins Park

September 11, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios

Marlins Park
Miami Marlins

Miami Marlins Park is number 23 in the Painted Diamonds series. The retractable-roof building is air-conditioned, with separate, retractable glass walls beyond the fences. This engineering provides fans with uninterrupted views of downtown Miami while offering relief from Miami’s intense heat, humidity, and frequent rain during the Summer. It is also designed to withstand strong hurricanes. A 75-foot home run sculpture behind center field lights up and animates when the home team hits one.

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A New Van Gogh Discovered

September 10, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios

New York Times photo

After being considered a fake for almost 100 years this painting has been declared authentic. Exciting news for art lovers and especially Van Gogh enthusiasts. You can read more about it in this New York TImes article.

The value is probably tens of millions of dollars. It will be exciting to see what happens with this one. Hopefully it will end up somewhere where we can see it in person rather than in a private collection hidden away. Guess we will just have to wait and see.

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A Finished Dock

September 9, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios

Finished the commission painting of the Dock yesterday. Here it is!

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A Dock Commission

September 8, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios

I have been so busy painting ball parks that I haven’t let myself paint much else over the last few months. Yesterday I decided I needed a break from the ball diamonds to do something else. I started a nice little painting of a dock by the river that is a commission piece for a lady who is having it done for the owner of the property. I am painting in oil on an 8″x10″ canvas. I got a good start on it. Maybe I can finish it up today.

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The Llama

September 7, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios

Llama painting with reference photo

A few weekends ago I took an art workshop in Staunton at the Beverley Street Studio School. What a neat place! The workshop was all about painting animals. So, of course, the week before I went to the workshop I took photos of animals I have been wanting to paint — like a llama. I have some friends with all kinds of animals and they allowed me to come and take pictures. This Llama, I think his name is Tony, was a real character. He kept photo-bombing every time I tried to take a photo of the other llamas that were there, especially the baby llama. He and the other two adults did not want me to photo the baby. So long story short, I got lots of cool photos of Tony but no good ones of the other three. Here is the first painting of Tony. It’s a 6″x8″ oil on canvas. It is available at Delilah’s or by contacting kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com

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A Fun Transformation

September 6, 2013 by kellywalkerstudios

Before

After

We had a fun lesson yesterday with my young artist. We transformed an old canvas that had been painted as an abstract and turned it into a fun post-impressionist painting in the style of Matisse. Take a look at the before and after. What do you think?

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