Posted in Art Class, Dogs, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on August 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday afternoon at out Kids Painting Class we painted Lincoln.
Lincoln would love this, of course, because he loves being the center of attention!
And didn’t Logan and Sam do fabulous jobs on their paintings.
And they did this is just one hour. WOW!
Just for a point of reference, this is the photo we used and my demo painting. I didn’t get finished with mine yet. But I will get to it. 🙂
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged Abstract, abstract art, acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, Drip art, Virginia Artist on August 23, 2012| Leave a Comment »
As you know, I work with kids art classes on Wednesday and Thursday at 4:15 at the Blue Ridge Arts Council. And while I attempt to complete a painting, a still life, a landscape, etc., almost every week, this is what they would love to do. Drip paintings or splatter art is one of their favorites. This is a piece I did on wood with them several weeks ago. They love to just drip the paint and see what happens.
Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, geranium, impressionism, sunflower, Virginia Artist on August 20, 2012| Leave a Comment »
New painted trays at Delilah’s. Geraniums or Sunflower can be yours. Available for $24.95.
Posted in Furniture, tagged acrylic, cottage rose, daily painter, rose on August 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Furniture, tagged acrylic, cottage roses, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, painted furniture, roses, Virginia Artist on August 15, 2012| 2 Comments »
The latest painted furniture – a little side table and a chair with cottage roses painted on them. These two pieces are available as a set or separately at Delilah’s or by contacting me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .
Posted in Art Camp, Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, art lessons, daily painter, Eagle, flamingo, Warhol on August 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The final day of the final week of Art Camp this summer saw us finishing our Warhol Pop Art paintings. Half of the group painted the Warhol Eagle and the other half painted a flamingo in the pop art style of Warhol.
We had a fabulous week of painting. And the favorite part of every art camp week for the kids is the Artist Trading Cards.
Each young artist paints a small painting, the size of a trading card, and then exchanges them with their fellow artists. It’s a nice memento of their week with new friends.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, flowers, sunflower, sunflowers, Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh, Virginia Artist on August 10, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Thursday at Art Camp we worked on a Van Gogh. Since we’ve done Starry Night in the past we decided to something else that Vincent is well-known for, Sunflowers. And didn’t these kids do a great job! Just beautiful.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Dogs, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on August 9, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Wednesday was almost the perfect day at Art Camp. We worked on a pointillism piece as the students learned about a different type of art.
And the Adult Class joined us later in the morning. Jeff brought Breeze with him to class and she was the most popular one in the class. All the kids loved her and gave her cookies. She’s such a great dog!
But the best part of the day for me was first thing this morning before
Art Camp started when Maggie brought me this painting that she did for me! I love it! Thanks so much Maggie. You ROCK too!
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, flowers, fruit, Virginia Artist on August 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s art camp focused on Henri Matisse. I love the brilliant colors and definite style of his work and I think the kids enjoyed it too!
Maggie and Isaac are working on their paintings and you can see Anastasia in the background hard at work.
And here is Peter and Anastasia working away.
Jade and Teaghan work on mixing just the right color to make it perfect!
Good job everyone. Now tomorrow we will show you our attempt at Pointillism.
Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on August 7, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The final week of Art Camp started yesterday with a fine group of young painters. And as usual, we started by painting a color wheel. As I told the ones who have painted with me before and already painted a color wheel, you can never paint enough of them. I’ll bet I’ve painted several hundred over the last few years and learn something every time I paint one.
The first painting we did was a landscape in an impressionistic style. And didn’t everyone do a fantastic job? Just wait to see what we do tomorrow!
The Studio 