Posted in Art Class, Flowers, tagged acrylic, Art Class, flowers, impressionism, Shenandoah Valley Artist, The Village at Orchard Ridge, Virginia Artist on February 23, 2015| 2 Comments »
Students wrapping up painting
Demo Painting for TVOR
The demonstration painting from The Village at Orchard Ridge class is finally complete. (Here is an earlier look at this painting.) Since we only meet 2 Fridays per month it takes a little longer to complete these. And I want to be sure the students get their painting to the place they want it to be before we call it done. They all did great!
Now to see what they want to paint next!
Posted in Flowers, tagged acrylic, Art Class, flowers, poppies, poppy on February 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Art Class, Landscape, tagged acrylic, Art Class, impressionism, Landscape on February 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Kids Class Feb Winter Scene
Demonstration Painting for Kids Feb Winter Scene
At Kids Class yesterday we painted a nice little winter scene. These kids did a wonderful job creating a painting they can be very proud of. Can you believe they do this in just one hour?!
Great work!
Posted in Flowers, tagged acrylic, Paint Party, poppies, poppy on February 18, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Poppies Demo 1
Here is a Poppy painting that I did a few weeks ago as a demonstration painting for a private Paint Party. Poppies are always a popular choice for these parties because they look great and they are fairly easy to do so all the painters can be successful.
Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class on February 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Here are the kids with their paintings from the last two weeks classes.
Great job everyone!!!
Posted in Flowers, Paint Parties, tagged acrylic, flowers, impressionism, Paint Party on January 31, 2015| Leave a Comment »
We had a surprise birthday Paint Party last night at The Studio. What a great and fun way for girlfriends to have a unique celebration.
And they made beautiful poppy paintings. A great gift for everyone to take home with them.
If you are interested in booking a private Paint Party check out the information here.
Posted in Collage, tagged acrylic, Initial Painting, mixed media, Monogram, paper painting on January 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »
I just ran across this photo that I had been holding since before Christmas. I didn’t want to post it until after because it was Kayla, my dog sitter’s, Christmas gift.
I love the “Dog themed” paper and especially the saying – “Be More Like a Dog”. I think she liked it.
Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, poppies, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Shenandoah Valley Painter on January 27, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Bright Poppies
Bright Poppies, acrylic on canvas, 18″x24″, available by contacting kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com
This was a painting that I started as a demonstration painting for two students last week. (You can see them here.) I went back to it this week to finish it up.
Posted in Animals, Farm Animals, tagged acrylic, daily painter, farm animals, impressionism, Rooster, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist on January 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Completed Rooster
Rooster going to his new home
Rooster in original state
Rooster with Gesso
Yesterday Lynne and her very funny hubby, Michael, came by The Studio to pick up their Rooster-a commissioned piece she asked me to do. (You might remember that Lynne is my friend who went to the Pioneers and Primitives Retreat at Sassafras Farm with me last September. You can read more about that here. Lynne is the first one on the left on the second row from the bottom in the photo.)
She purchased this large cut-out of a rooster and wanted it painted. It was a little bit of a challenge as it had the grooves cut in it but in the end that made it really interesting.
I started by painting it with a coat of Gesso. Then it was a matter of laying in a variety of colors to make him have some depth. In the end, it turned out great. I liked it and I think Lynne and Michael were happy with the result.
Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, flowers, impressionism, Landscape on January 22, 2015| Leave a Comment »
We had a super class of kids painting yesterday at The Studio. We were tired of painting winter so we did a little garden shed painting with flowers.
And didn’t they ALL do a great job?! These kids love to paint.
The Studio 