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Abstract Landscape

Posted in daily painter, tagged Abstract, abstract art on February 25, 2021| Leave a Comment »

The kids painted these marvelous abstract landscapes yesterday at class. So beautiful!!!!! Kids class is every Wednesday from 4:15-5:15. Contact kwalker@kellywalkerstudios.com to register.

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Painting BIG!

Posted in Abstract, Art Class, daily painter, Paint Party, tagged Abstract, abstract art on January 28, 2017| Leave a Comment »

We had an exciting painting session last night at The Studio making HUGE Abstract art! It was so much fun….and we can’t wait to do it again. Beautiful work everyone!!!

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Abstract Class Tonight

Posted in Abstract, Art Class, The Studio/Classes, tagged Abstract, abstract art, The Studio on November 3, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Abstract painting comes in so many shapes, sizes, colors, and designs. Most people either love it or hate it.

And often people look at an abstract work and thinks “anyone can do that”. The fact is it is not nearly as easy as it looks.

Tonight there is an abstract class at The Studio that will give some tips on how to create a successful abstract work of art. Come join us.

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Poppies & Dandelions on Shingles

Posted in Art Class, Flowers, tagged abstract art, Art Class, Dandelions, flowers, poppies on September 4, 2015| Leave a Comment »

These are two floral paintings on wooden shingles. Poppies and Dandelions were done as demonstration paintings for this week’s kids class. The kids loved painting on the wooden shingles instead of canvas. It was fun to try something new.

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Demo to Loosen Up Your Work

Posted in Abstract, Art Class, Tips for Better Painting, tagged Abstract, abstract art, Art Class, daily painter, daily painting, floral, impressionism, pear, Virginia Artist on February 7, 2014| 5 Comments »

Warm-up Abstract

Warm-up Floral

Warm-up Pear

In our Wednesday morning adult art class this week I gave a demonstration on “Loosening up” your paintings. I took a workshop several years ago from Robert Burridge, a terrific California painter and teacher, who taught us to do these warm-up paintings. His idea is to line up 6-8 sheets of watercolor paper and then quickly lay on several colors of paint. They will then all look like abstract paintings. The second step is to paint out anything that doesn’t look like whatever subject you want the painting to be. For instance, in the floral painting shown here I filled in background and added a vase. Then I shaped up a few of the colors to look like flowers and leaves. This entire process, all three of these paintings, took about 20 minutes. This forces a painter to work quickly and loose.

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A Fun Transformation

Posted in Abstract, Art Class, tagged Abstract, abstract art, acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, flowers, impressionism, Virginia Artist on September 6, 2013| Leave a Comment »

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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Pat’s Favorite

Posted in Abstract, tagged Abstract, abstract art, acrylic, Art Class, daily painter, daily painting, Virginia Artist on July 17, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Pat’s Favorite is an acrylic abstract, 12″ x 12″, on gallery wrap canvas. From time to time one of my students wants to experiment with abstract. That happened last week in art class so this is the demonstration painting that I did while explaining abstract.

One of my favorite students, Pat (see her here), is not a fan of abstract so I named this for her. 🙂

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Kids Paint Abstract Flowers

Posted in Art Class, tagged Abstract, abstract art, acrylic, Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, flowers on May 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »

We had a terrific class this week where the kids painted representational abstract flowers. Great job everyone. If you have a young artist don’t forget about Art Camp coming up this summer. You can learn more about it here and download the PDF file with schedule and registration form.

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Transforming an Old Painting

Posted in Abstract, Art Class, Tips for Better Painting, tagged Abstract, abstract art, acrylic, Art Class, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, Virginia Artist on May 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Adding a Table to an old Abstract

At class last night I decided to transform an old abstract painting into something else. You can paint right over some paints and make an entirely different creation. If the paint is especially thick you can sand it down lightly with a fine sandpaper. I am working in acrylic paints with this one that didn’t need sanding. I started with an abstract that I did back in February (you can read about it here) and started painting in a table.

Next I started thinking about where I wanted to add a vase of flowers so that I could paint in a background all around where the flowers would be. And I added a vase and started firming up the shapes of the flowers. Tonight I hope to continue putting in details that will finish it off as a “representational abstract” painting.

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A Class of Abstracts

Posted in Abstract, Art Class, tagged abstract art, acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, daily painting, Virginia Artist on February 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »

At the Wednesday morning Adult Art Class Kathy came in with this large canvas and an idea for a large representational abstract. She hasn’t tried abstract before so we all decided to try something different.

The other Cathy in the class also painted a representational piece with a floral design.

My painting was a non-representational abstract painting. It reminds me of Easter so I decided to call it that. Easter is an acrylic on canvas and measures 18″x24″. While everyone thinks that abstract is easy and anyone can do it, to be successful it requires some thought and planning.

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