The Studio

Jed

January 19, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

I started this painting of Jed last Wednesday night in Adult Art Class. I used a photo by Sandra Patterson as my reference photo. I just love this look.

This is the beginning.

The next night at the Thursday class I had a few more minutes to work on it.

Last night while I waited for a couple of new students for a private lesson I took a few minutes to work on Jed again.

I may decide to tweak a few things after it dries a little but for the most part he’s done. Jed is an oil on canvas panel measuring 8″x10″. He’s not for sale. 🙂 He will go on my wall at home joining portraits of Truman, Jeffie, Boo and Rosie. Next I’ll have to work on Lincoln.

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Mini Abstract in Red

January 18, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

Mini Abstract in Red is an acrylic on paper board measuring 3″x2″ and is available for $15.

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Cute Pup

January 17, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

No new paintings today. I spent part of the weekend recovering from food poisoning. NO FUN! We were out at the cabin so I have cute puppy pictures to post. For some reason Lincoln kept sticking his face down in the ditch where the snow was deep. Not sure what he was after but he ended up with snowface!

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Kid’s Paintings of Trees in Winter

January 14, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

Wednesday Art Class painted Trees in Winter….a take on a painting that I posted earlier this week.

Thursday’s class painted the same.

And here are the two that I painted for them to follow along with me in class.

Now I have several Trees in Winter paintings. 🙂

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Cardinals for Class

January 13, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

I finally remembered to take my camera to class and get some photos of things we have been painting in the kids classes. These are the cardinals that I did last week for the Wed. and Thurs. classes. The kids really seem to enjoy painting animals. If you have a student 8 – 12 years old that would like to paint with us, email me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns to sign them up for a class. I know they will have fun.

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Sentinels Two

January 12, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

Sentinels Two is a watercolor on paper, framed, measuring 16″x20″ and is available for $145.

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The Cupcake Hat…and more!

January 11, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

Last week I posted about the cupcake hat that I made at the request of a friend. Here it is on it’s new owner. Doesn’t Lara look cute in it? Love it! Click here to see the original post about the hat: https://lifeofadailypainter.com/2011/01/06/the-cupcake-hat/

I also got photos from my cousin Linda of her new hat and the one she gave her mom, Aunt Myrtice. They look great in their new hats. Don’t you agree?

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2010 in review

January 10, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

Healthy blog!

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

The average container ship can carry about 4,500 containers. This blog was viewed about 17,000 times in 2010. If each view were a shipping container, your blog would have filled about 4 fully loaded ships.

In 2010, there were 237 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 382 posts. There were 545 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 283mb. That’s about a picture per day.

The busiest day of the year was April 11th with 946 views. The most popular post that day was About Kelly.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were suzannemcminn.com, mail.yahoo.com, chickensintheroad.com, facebook.com, and everydayruralty.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for helen frankenthaler, across the universe, old truck, impressionists, and singing in the rain.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

About Kelly May 2009

Art Classes for Adults and Children June 2009
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Available Paintings May 2010

Final Listings for Dog Days of Summer Sale August 2009

Reno Air Races September 2009
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Cardinals

January 7, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

Look at what a great job the Wednesday afternoon art class did with their cardinals. Thursday class also painted cardinals but I forgot my camera last night. 😦 Next week I’ll remember it so I can show off the Thursday students too.

Good job everybody!

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The Cupcake Hat

January 6, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

A friend asked me over the holidays if I could make a cupcake hat for her daughter that would match a hat that her granddaughter got for Christmas. Here is the result. Fun! 🙂