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A Painting of Kloe

Posted in Art Class, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, Art Class, cat, daily painter, impressionism, interior, kitten, pet portrait, Virginia Artist on September 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »

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.

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You are Invited to a Paint Party!

Posted in Paint Parties, tagged acrylic, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, floral, flowers, impressionism, Paint Party, Virginia Artist on September 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »

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

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, Marlins Park, Miami Marlins, MLB, Virginia Artist on September 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »

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 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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The Great American Ball Park

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, baseball, Cincinnati Reds, daily painter, daily painting, Great American Ball Park, impressionism, MLB, MLB Ballparks, Virginia Artist on September 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Great American Ball Park
Cincinnati Reds

The 22nd ball park in the series of Painted Diamonds is The Great American Ball Park – home of the Cincinnati Reds. See all the paintings in the series here.

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Ethan and Logan Paint Geraniums

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painting, flowers, geranium on August 30, 2013| 1 Comment »

Yesterday’s Young Artists class painted geraniums. Ethan and Logan did a great job with this painting. Super work guys. Keep it up!

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Reception Date Set

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, Baseball fields, Baseball parks, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, MLB, Virginia Artist on August 29, 2013| 1 Comment »

Here are five of the “Painted Diamonds” ball park paintings that were recently being varnished and prepared for framing. (You can see that Mamie was helping me!) Once the paintings are completed I give them some time to dry thoroughly and then I went back over them, touching up any areas that I felt needed a little more work, signed them, varnished them, and put them in frames. This all in preparation for the exhibit that will be held from October 23 – November 8 at the Blue Ridge Arts Council. The Opening Reception will be Wednesday, October 23rd from 6 – 8 pm. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend. It will be a fun evening with a baseball theme (of course). I’ll post more about it as the plans are finalized.

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Philadelphia Phillies

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, Citizens Bank Park, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, MLB, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Phillies, Virginia Artist on August 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Citizens Bank Park
Philadelphia Phillies

Citizens Bank Park, home of the Philadelphia Phillies, is the 21st ball park that I have painted in the Painted Diamonds series.

It features a giant Liberty Bell that lights up, rings and swings back and forth!

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More Sunflowers

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, sunflower, sunflowers, Virginia Artist on August 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Logan with Sunflowers

Reference Photo

I took so many wonderful sunflower photos while I was out painting on Thursday morning that I had to share them with my students. Logan painted this wonderful landscape from one of the photos at Young Artists class. Great job!

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