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Final Day of Art Camp

Posted in Art Class, tagged , , , , , , on August 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Our final painting for Art Camp was a version of Van Gogh’s Starry Night.  He did a couple of them…most people only recognize the one.

Here are the kids working on theirs.  We got so busy finalizing everything and framing their works for the week that I forgot to take a photo of the final painting.  Maybe when the show goes up at the Community Center featuring their works I can get one then.  😦   

All in all, we had a fabulous summer of painting and discovered the talent of many young painters in our community!

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Art Camp – Matisse

Posted in Art Camp, Art Class, tagged , , , , , on August 26, 2011| Leave a Comment »

 Over the ages it has been a common practice for artists to copy famous painters work in order to learn technique, style, and color mixing.   Degas, Monet, Renoir, and many of the famous names you will recognize applied and received copiers permission to copy paintings in the Louvre. 

Following in their footsteps, our Art Campers are learning about a variety of artists this week by copying famous paintings.  They  completed their Matisse painting.  They turned out great.

Today we will finish up art camp by finishing our Picassos and our Van Goghs!  Good job everyone.

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Art Camp – Day 3

Posted in Art Camp, tagged , , , , , on August 25, 2011| Leave a Comment »

 This week’s theme at Art Camp is a combination of several types of art.  Yesterday at Art Camp we talked about Modern Art.  We began painting a Matisse.  You see Tyler here working on his.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once we got the Matisse to a good place, we went on to work on a Picasso.  (It is Modern Day, after all!)

Here is the young artists at work on their “masterpiece”!

Stay tuned and the finished paintings will be posted.

Great job everyone.  Let’s keep up the good work!

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Degas’ Horses

Posted in Art Camp, tagged , , , , , , on August 24, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Day Two of Art Camp:  We painted Degas’  Horses.  Beautiful job!

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Art Camp Week 5 – Monet’s Poppies

Posted in Art Camp, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on August 23, 2011| Leave a Comment »

The final week of Art Camp for the summer began yesterday at the Blue Ridge Arts Council. 

We started by painting the color wheel and learning about color mixing.  Then the young artists went on to learn about Monet and we painted this lovely version of Monet’s poppy field using just the three basic colors – red, yellow, and blue, plus white. 

Can you believe they did this with just those colors?  Great job guys!

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Sunflower Cabinet and Poppy Coffee Table

Posted in daily painter, Furniture, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 22, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Over the last few weeks I have been experimenting with different designs and ideas for painted furniture. 

Here are the first two offerings.  They can be seen in person at Delilah’s on Main Street in Front Royal.  Your choice of  The Poppy Coffee Table  or the Sunflower Cabinet  (SOLD to a Georgia Collector!)  is available for $125.   Email kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com for more information.

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Farms & Barns Show at BRAC

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 19, 2011| Leave a Comment »

The Farms and Barns Show at the Blue Ridge Arts Council opened last night with a good crowd coming in to see it.

Here is my Oxbow Sunflowers along with my four Thursday young artists version of the same scene.  It looks great hanging all together.

 

I also have a display of Farm Animals hanging for this show.  They look pretty good altogether like this.

Stop by BRAC to see these and all the other nice paintings of Warren County.

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34 Trees, 2 Private Students and a New Guy in Class!

Posted in Art Class, tagged , , , , , , on August 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Last week my young artists at Angel’s Korner began painting a larger painting (11″x14″).  They made nice progress.

 

 

 

Yesterday they completed their paintings and didn’t they do a really nice job??!!

 

 

 

After leaving my 34 young artists I met with Jacob and Kelsey, my private students from West Virginia who come here to make beautiful art.  Their paintings were really great! 

 

 

 

 

Then at regular Wednesday Kids Class we painted a wonderful landscape scene.  This is Maggie and Judd.  This was Judd’s first lesson with me and he did great.  He’s a cute guy and quite a talker and I think he will be a wonderful artist too!

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Eastham Weathervane

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 17, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Eastham Weathervane, acrylic on canvas panel, 12″x9″.  On display at Blue Ridge Arts Council  “Farms and Barns of Warren County” show beginning today.

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Oxbow Sunflowers

Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on August 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Oxbow Sunflowers is an acrylic on canvas measuring 24″x30″.   (SOLD) It was painted for the show at the Blue Ridge Arts Council that opens this Thursday called “Farms and Barns of Warren County” to celebrate the 175th Anniversary of the county.  It will be available at the show this week.

This is painted combining two photos taken by the owner of this Rockland farm showing the brilliant large sunflowers that took over the landscape there this summer.

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