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Edna’s Poppy

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, art lessons, flowers, impressionism, poppy on May 23, 2013| Leave a Comment »

I got to paint with my young friend, Kaylee, yesterday for the first time in quite a while. She used to paint with me every week so I have missed seeing her. We had a nice visit while she painted this beautiful piece for her great-grandmother Edna who she will be visiting in a few weeks. I know that she will love this thoughtful gift. Nice job Kaylee!

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Students Paint Great!

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on May 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »

The Thursday kids class painted a beautiful local landscape with a fence and gate in the foreground. They are fantastic! Good job everyone.

And I am sad to say that I will no longer be working with the wonderful ladies at the Southerlands. They have discontinued their art program. I will miss all the fun we have had. Here is Miss Gaylor with the last painting I helped her paint. I will miss them.

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AT&T Park

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, AT&T Park, impressionism, MLB, San Francisco Giants, Virginia Artist on May 21, 2013| 1 Comment »

San Francisco Giants
AT&T Park

This is number 8! I finished the home of the San Francisco Giants, AT&T Park. This one is so different from all the others as it has water behind it instead of skyscrapers. I loved working on this one.

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Paint Parties are Fun for All!

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, painting parties, Small Town Life, Virginia Artist on May 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Paint Parties are a great way to enjoy some time out with the girls. And everyone has a great time learning to paint. I love the comments from the painters at these parties. Coming into the art room they always say, “I can’t paint. Maybe I’ll just watch”. And then at the end of the evening it’s, “Wow, I can’t believe I did that.” And “That was so much fun, I’m amazed at how great it turned out!”

I’m not sure who has more fun, the painters or me! To learn more or schedule your own party for adults or for kids click here.

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Target Field

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Major League Baseball, Minnesota Twins, MLB, Target Field, Virginia Artist on May 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Minnesota Twins
Target Field

Twins Target Field, acrylic on canvas, 18″x24″.

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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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Rangers Ballpark

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, MLB, Rangers Ballpark, Texas Rangers, Virginia Artist on May 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Texas Rangers

Just put the finishing touches on Rangers Ballpark – Home of the Texas Rangers. Seven down, 23 to go!

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PNC Park on the Last Day

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, MLB, PNC Park, Virginia Artist on May 6, 2013| Leave a Comment »

I worked all this week on PNC Park in Pittsburgh. It has to be one of the best views from a park but all the detail makes it difficult to paint. I am almost finished with it and should finish it up today but I wanted to share it with you as the last few hours of my Kickstarter project wind down. Just to update you on where I am with the project, it appears that no one has ever painted all 30 Ball Parks during one season so I’ll be the first. Woo Hoo! And as of the writing this morning the project has been pledged at 110% so as long as this holds by midnight tonight my project will be funded. Yippee! Please know how much I appreciate everyone who has pledged to support this project. You can’t know how much your encouragement means to this painter. Many, many thanks! PNC is the 5th painting in the series and I will be starting number 6 today.

It’s not too late to be a part of this history making project. Click on this link and pledge to get in on it before midnight tonight. Thanks again!

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Representational Abstract Flowers

Posted in Abstract, Art Class, daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Class, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Virginia Artist on May 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »

I had a few minutes at last nights art class to add a few more touches to the Abstract painting of flowers that I repainted from the day before. Here is “Abstract Flowers”, acrylic on canvas, 18″ x 24″, available by contacting kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .

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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.