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The 3-Day Challenge Continues…

Posted in Animals, Pet Portaits, tagged , , , on January 14, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Bob CatYesterday I continued with the 3-Day Challenge on Facebook where I was asked to post three paintings a day for a week and challenge another artist to do the same.  My three paintings yesterday were of pet portraits…one of my favorite subjects.  One of the paintings I shared was of Bob Cat, one of Allen’s warehouse kitties.  He is a handsome cat and got his name because he loves to sit on the seat of the Bobcat equipment there.  If he was a human his job would be “heavy equipment operator”.  🙂

Painting pets is so great fun.  You can do it too at our 3rd Saturday Paint Party coming up this Saturday at 3 pm at The Studio.  Check out more information here.

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Violets by the Window

Posted in Art Class, Flowers, tagged , , , , , , on January 10, 2015| Leave a Comment »

20150109_131822_resized“Violets by the Window” is a painting that I have been working on for several weeks with the group I teach at The Village at Orchard Ridge.  The ladies there are very good painters and they enjoy a challenge.  This painting is an acrylic on canvas panel measuring 9″x12″.

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Birch Trees and a Teaching Assistant

Posted in Art Class, Dogs, tagged , , , , , , on January 8, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Kid Birch Paintings (with Daisy)

Kid Birch Paintings (with Daisy)

Demo Birch Painting

Demo Birch Painting

Miss Daisy Visits

Miss Daisy Visits

Daisy with Chewie Treat

Daisy with Chewie Treat

The kids painted some beautiful “Birch Trees at Night” in their class yesterday.  Super work!  They look great.

And I had a teaching assistant at all my classes yesterday.  Daisy is a one-year-old Westie who is a neighbor’s pup.  They had to go out-of-town on an emergency last Sunday night and so Daisy came to stay with us.  She is an adorable, sweet little girl…but make no mistake she is ALL terrier…full of life and mischief!  We are enjoying her.

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Fruit in Miniatures

Posted in Paint Parties, tagged , , , , , , , on January 4, 2015| Leave a Comment »

January 2015 1st Saturday Paint Party

January 2015 1st Saturday Paint Party

The 1st Saturday Paint Party yesterday was painting fruit in miniature.  And boy, did everyone do a great job!  These turned out so good.  We worked in acrylic on 6″x6″ stretched canvas.

Each month on the 1st Saturday we have a Paint Party where we try something different each time.  The great part is that all supplies are included so all you need to do is make a reservation and show up.  Then after a couple of hours you will go home with a wonderful completed painting!  Why don’t you join us next time – February 7th at 3 pm?

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The Gulfstream

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , on January 1, 2015| 2 Comments »

Gulfstream Final

“Gulfstream”, acrylic on 12″x12″ canvas

I painted this view of a Gulfstream that Brother flies as a Christmas gift to him.  I don’t write about family much so you may not know that Brother is a retired Army aviator and now flies for a large US company’s CEO.  He was an instructor pilot for Gulfstream for many years before going to work for a private company.  He has flown since he was in his mid-teens so it has been really cool to see him do something as a career that he has always enjoyed.

Original Reference Photo for Gulfstream Painting

Original Reference Photo for Gulfstream Painting

When he was in Virginia on a work visit this past summer I met him at Dulles for lunch and that is when I got the photo of the new plane he was flying and I loved this composition so much that I thought why not paint it for him.

I gave it to him yesterday and I think he liked it!

Happy New Year!

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A Gift of Golf

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , on December 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »

golf paintng 1This is a painting that I did for Allen for Christmas.  It’s on an 8″ x 24″ canvas in acrylic.  I forgot to take a photo after finishing it so he took this shot with his phone for me.  Hopefully I will take a another photo to post soon.

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Kids Paint a Fox

Posted in Animals, Art Class, tagged , , , on December 18, 2014| 1 Comment »

Fox Kids The young artists painted a “Fox in Snow” yesterday.

Fabulous!!!!

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Corporate Party Trees!

Posted in Paint Parties, tagged , , , on December 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »

TargetWe had the Target Pharmacy team paint with us last night for their Christmas Party.  And we painted these beautiful winter snow trees!  Great job everyone.  Thanks for having your party with us at The Studio.

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More Initial Paintings…

Posted in Art Class, Collage, tagged , , on December 10, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Tuesday Evening Class

Tuesday Evening Class

Friday Morning Class

Friday Morning Class

We had our second class -“Make and Initial” Painting last night and they were all great.  I love how each one is so unique.  These are super fun to do and make great gifts for everyone.

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Evergreens Abound

Posted in Paint Parties, tagged , , , , , , on December 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Conference Managers Class Photo

Conference Managers Class Photo

Conference Managers Selfie

Conference Managers Selfie

I had the pleasure of working with the Conference Managers yesterday for their Christmas Party.  They had a fun day of cooking, wine tasting and painting at The Salamander Resort in Middleburg.

We painted a lovely winter scene with snow and trees and they all did a FABULOUS job!  They were an enthusiastic and delightful group…but what could I expect when you get 15 A-type personalities together to paint.  It was spirited!  Great work everyone.

And I love that after we took their “class photo” they leaned in to take a “selfie”.  Now those girls are good!!!

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