I couldn’t resist painting her.
You can see more about Nutmeg and all of Suzanne’s other animals at www.chickensintheroad.com .
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Dorothy working on Fiona
Kaylee painting Frisky
Mara painting Max
I captured a photo of Kaylee and Dorothy with their finished pet portraits from Saturday’s Pet Portrait Workshop. (See it below.) Mara got away before I could get her finished photo. I’ll try to get a photo of her with the finished Max to show you all. They all turned out great! You girls are terrific. Thanks for making Saturday so much fun!!!
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I write a lot about Lincoln because he is usually misbehaving so I have more stories about his antics so I wanted to lead with Jed in this post. He’s a handsome guy and so good. He had fun at the cabin last weekend running and stretching and rolling in the grass.
Max came to visit so he chased Lincoln and gave him some really good exercise.
Max loves Lincoln and follows him everywhere. They are so cute playing.
It worried me when Max chased him around the pond because Lincoln can’t swim….legs too short to hold up that long body.
Max wore himself out running and playing but he couldn’t give it up. He would fall asleep with the ball still in his mouth. So funny!
And this is what my boys looked like after Max and his mom left to go home. Two tired pups!
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Today I want to brag about and show off a little of my adult student’s work. I often share with you the kid’s art but here is some of what the adults are working on.
Dean just finished this adorable Bunny in the Basket. He is doing a fabulous job on his painting often working on his own at home and bringing it in for critique. Keep up the good work Dean!
And here is Shelly working on her version of the Cyprus at Pebble Beach. Shelly’s work is always very good and she pushes herself to try new and more difficult paintings. Good job Shelly!
Pat is working on her largest painting yet-a gift for her daughter. The scale and detail are a challenge and Pat is going after it with gusto. You go girl!
Jean working on her golfer painting. We painted along on this one and she did a fabulous job!
(You can see Dean in the back of this photo so you can put a face with the first photo in this post.)
Keep up the good work everyone.
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This Saturday, March 24th, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., we will have a Pet Portrait Painting Workshop for Kids (ages 7-13) at the Blue Ridge Arts Council. Each painter will paint from his own photo of his favorite pet. For more information check out this page.
To register contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com.
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This is Max Booe.
This is Max’s portrait.
This is Judi, Max’s mom after she received the gift of Max’s portrait from the friend who commissioned the painting. She likes it.
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An interesting part of being a painter is the collection of reference photos that you accumulate. We take pictures everywhere we go of just about everything you can imagine. You never know when you will need it for painting.
I went to Monticello yesterday and took many lovely shots that someday may turn into paintings or parts of paintings.
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Golf, oil on canvas, 8″x10″, available for $145.
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At the Young Artist classes over the last three weeks we have been working on a masterpiece! Normally we paint an 8×10 or 9×12 painting each week. But recently we worked on these large 16″x20″ paintings of a beach scene. It’s good for them to paint large from time to time just to see what it’s like to cover a canvas that big and to have a nice large painting to enjoy. Good job guys. Keep up the good work.
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I spent some time yesterday evening working on ideas for the kids to paint at Art Camp this summer. Check out info here for this summer’s schedule and photos from last summer.
The three Matisse’s you see here are my copies of three of his paintings that we did in art camp or art classes last year. I love Matisse so I am sure we will do others.
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The Studio 