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Sleeping Jake

Posted in daily painter, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Virginia Artist on March 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »

A few months ago, my friend Jen posted a picture of her sweet boy Jake with his new bed. I just loved it so I asked if I could paint it. Here is my version along with the original photo. The painting is acrylic on 12″x12″ canvas. I love working with unusual angles and compositions like this. I have painted Jake before with his sister Juneau. You can see that by clicking here. Thanks Jen for giving me such sweet subject matter to work with this week. (And this painting has sold! Yeah!)

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Oreo Cows in Art Class

Posted in Art Class, Farm Animals, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, belted galloway, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, daily painting, farm animals, impressionism, Landscape, Oreo cow, Virginia Artist on March 9, 2013| Leave a Comment »

The kids painted a nice landscape this week with a Belted Galloway. It’s from a photo I took when in Newport a few years ago. I love these Oreo cows. They looks so cool. Good job kids with your paintings!

Here is my painting (right) along with the reference photo on the left. I swear these cows don’t even look real with their funny coloring!

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The Ibis

Posted in Animals, daily painter, Travel, tagged acrylic, bird, birds, daily painter, Ibis, impressionism, Virginia Artist on March 1, 2013| 1 Comment »

Ibis in the Making 1

Ibis in the Making 2

Ibis in the Making 3

The Ibis is a long-legged wading bird with down curved bills often found in Florida. They are also known as the hurricane bird as they are generally the last to leave an area before a hurricane arrives and the first to return. I saw many of them on my recent visit to Florida but this reference photo comes from Cousin Linda who posted it recently on her Facebook page. Thanks Linda for the inspiration.

Ibis, acrylic on canvas, 36″x18″, $265.

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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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Kids Paint O’Keeffe

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Calla Lily, daily painter, flowers, Georgia O'Keeffe, O'Keeffe, Virginia Artist on February 15, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Georgia O’Keeffe, well-known for her very large paintings of flowers, said, “I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.”

Last week one of my longtime art students requested that we paint an O’Keeffe flower. We chose the Calla Lily. And didn’t the kids do a wonderful job with their interpretation?!

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Great Classes Last Week

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, impressionism, Virginia Artist on February 4, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Kids Display Fruit Still Life

We had some great classes last week for adults and kids art. Join us on Wednesday from 10:30-Noon or 5:30 – 7 for Adult Class or on Thursday from 4:15-5:15 for Kids Class or 5:30-7 for Adult Class. Painting is all about the desire to learn. You can paint if you just want to give it a try. Contact me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com to learn more. See you in class!

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Mamie’s Portrait

Posted in Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, daily painter, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on January 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Miss Mamie, Acrylic on canvas, 12″x12″.

Reference Photo for Mamie’s portrait

I just completed a portrait of Mamie to hang on the portrait wall with the paintings of other dogs that have lived at this house with me. Clockwise from top left you will see Eleanor Roosevelt (Rosie), Truman, Jefferson, Lincoln, Boo, and Jed Bartlett. Now Mamie Eisenhower can be added to the wall.

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Kids Paint Berries

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, fruit, impressionism, Virginia Artist on January 25, 2013| 2 Comments »

The young artists painted a lovely bowl of strawberries in class yesterday. Even though school was canceled because of the snow, these three die-hard artists came to class to learn about shading and shadows. And they applied those principles to these painting with great success. Good job guys!!!

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Kids Paint a Lighthouse

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, lighthouse, Virginia Artist on January 18, 2013| 1 Comment »

The Finished Lighthouse Painting

Boys working on their lighthouse painting

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Strawberries and a Lighthouse

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, fruit, impressionism, Landscape, lighthouse, strawberries, The Southerlands, Virginia Artist on January 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Miss Gaylor with Strawberries

Miss Eyeleen Paints a Lighthouse

Tuesday at The Southerlands is always delightful because I get to paint with some lovely ladies. Yesterday Miss Gaylor and Miss Eyeleen completed these paintings. They both just started painting in the last few months. Aren’t they doing great? And the best part is they are having fun painting!

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