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Y’all Come to the Contemporary Abstract Workshop

July 26, 2012 by kellywalkerstudios

Contemporary Abstracts in Acrylic – Saturday, August 18, 2012, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Fee: $65 (Pre-registration required. All Supplies Included!)

Want to paint abstract paintings but unsure of where to start? This one day, intense workshop will allow you to experience the technique with hands-on demos, some basic techniques, and color combinations to make beautiful abstract art. A concise explanation of acrylic paints and mediums will be given. A minimum of 4 artists is required. No previous painting experience is needed.

If you would like more information on the workshop listed above or would like to host a workshop or paint party at your location, contact Kelly at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com for details.

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3 Paintings of the Dickey Ridge View

July 25, 2012 by kellywalkerstudios

Last Thursday I painted at Dickey Ridge. Often when I paint on location I paint at least one painting and sometimes start a second. This particular day I did that plus started a third. Many painters paint multiple canvas of the same subject. Think Monet’s Haystacks and his Cathedrals.

Here are the three paintings I completed from that plein-air outing.

Overlook View from Dickey Ridge I – private collection

These paintings are available by contacting kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .

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Road to the Cabin

July 24, 2012 by kellywalkerstudios

This is a painting that I have done four times in the past few weeks. It is a good painting for art lessons. It works for young painters as well as more experienced ones.

You can see here that Rachel painted it recently. And so did Jacob.

He’s my youngest student. He did a great job with his painting too.

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Larry the Lobster

July 23, 2012 by kellywalkerstudios

Quick Editor’s Note: Larry the Lobster is now on display at the Blue Ridge Arts Council at 305 E. Main Street until October. Stop in to see him.

Meet Larry the Lobster. I ate him. Well, I ate him several months ago on my trip to Newport. He was delicious. Now he’s just a memory, a memory in paint. Larry the Lobster, oil on canvas, 9″x12″, available by contacting kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .

This is Larry before I devoured him. I have to say, he was VERY good! Larry I am grateful for your sacrifice.

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Rachel’s First Oil Painting

July 22, 2012 by kellywalkerstudios

This is Rachel. Her grandparents live in Front Royal and when she visits she often takes an art lesson with me. Yesterday we painted together and she worked in oil for the first time. What a terrific job Rachel. Can’t wait until we paint together again!

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Miss Inge

July 21, 2012 by kellywalkerstudios

One sunny day last week I took the paintings that the ladies at The Southerlands had completed in the last few months outside to give them a good coat of varnish. There were a BUNCH of them. I love going up there on Tuesday’s to work with these fun ladies. They always make me smile.

I guess that is why I was so shocked when I went a few weeks ago and learned that one of my favorite students, Miss Inge, had passed away. It was sudden and unexpected. She had never painted before we started and she just loved what she created.

This is one of Inge’s last paintings. I will miss her smiling face and wonderful little Jewish sayings. She never let me squeeze out too much paint. “We shouldn’t waste”. I can hear her saying it now with a big, sweet smile on her face and twinkle in her eye.

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Painting the Mountains with a New Friend

July 20, 2012 by kellywalkerstudios

Yesterday morning my friend Linda and I went up to Dickey Ridge Visitor Center to do a little plein air painting. This was my set up and view to paint.

As often happens when I paint on location, curious onlookers will ask questions or comment on the painting. And yesterday I met a really nice family from India, now living in Dubai.

Their daughter, Kiara, was very interested in what I was doing so I showed her and even asked her to help. She took the brush and help put a little paint on the canvas.

Kiara’s parents watched. Her grandmother was there too. They had flown into Canada and were touring the U.S. for a month. What fun! I’m glad they stopped at Dickey Ridge while we were there painting.

And then they were gone. I had to finish the painting all by myself.

So Kiara, here it is. Our painting almost done.

Anyone interested in purchasing this or any painting can contact me at kwalker@kellywalkerstudios.com . It was a great morning of painting outdoors. (And thanks Linda for snapping the shots of me and Kiara.)

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Uniforms and a Parade

July 19, 2012 by kellywalkerstudios

Yesterday evening in downtown Front Royal we had the Fireman’s Parade. This is a phenomenon that I have only seen in Virginia. It happens during their big fundraiser – a carnival. The parade drives through downtown with all the fire equipment from the county fire stations as well as some surrounding areas. The highlight of the parade is the queens and princesses. Every fire hall has a few from newborns to high school girls and they ride through the parade in their fanciest gowns waving to their adoring public.

Watching the parade caused me and my friends who took a break from art class to watch (the parade goes right by the arts council where we hold classes) to talk about parades we had marched in when we were in school. And that caused me to recall that I had run across my old majorette uniforms recently. My mom made these. The bright green one was my favorite. It is made of some shiny eyelash type fabric that I remember that she had such trouble sewing but all the majorettes loved them. And the dark green one is velvet!

And, of course, when football season ended I cheered during basketball season so there were even more uniforms. We were Patterson High School Eagles! Green and White Fight, Fight! 🙂