Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, Landscape, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on March 29, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Today is the day we’ve worked so hard for…the Opening Reception of the “Bark for the Park” Art Show and Sale. This evening from 5-7 p.m. at the Warren County Community Center, 538 Villa Avenue, Front Royal, VA. Please stop by and see the 47 pet portraits that make up the show.
This is Lucy, my cousin Amy’s dog. So sweet. (This painting is SOLD.)
And this is Bruno, one of cousin Linda’s dogs. Another cutie.
Please stop by the community center and see all the others.
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dog Park, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on March 28, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Just one more day to the Opening Reception of the “Bark for the Park” Art Show & Sale to benefit the Off-Leash Dog Park.
Several really good pieces of news have come my way this past week. First, Hickory, the Scottish Deerhound who won the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show this year will be in attendance as our guest of honor. She believes in the off-leash park! 🙂
This is a painting that I did of Hickory this weekend. I thought she should have her portrait included among the other 46 dogs on display for the show.
The reception is from 5 – 7 p.m. at the Warren County Community Center. Please come out and invite all your friends to see the plans for the new dog park.
The second piece of good news is that several paintings have already sold!!! Yeah! The proceeds from sales at this show go to the dog park. Thanks to everyone who has already made a purchase to support the park. Of course, you can make a donation to the park without buying a painting. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged 175th Anniversary of Warren County VA, acrylic, Art Class, Art Residency, daily painter, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Virginia Artist on March 24, 2011| 1 Comment »
On the 4th and final day of the Art Residency we finished up our paintings! Yeah. And then we took a class photo. These are the wonderful 4th graders from A. S. Rhodes who created this beautiful painting.
Didn’t they do a great job!
And this is the class of 4th graders from Hilda J. Barbour Elementary school who painted this terrific painting….
Fabulous!!!
The very last thing we did together was have a little cupcake birthday party to celebrate the birthday of Warren County.
Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Class, Art Residency, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist, Warren County 175th Anniversary, Warren County Virginia on March 23, 2011| Leave a Comment »
We painted in the morning at A.S. Rhodes.
And in the afternoon we painted at Hilda J. Barbour.
And TV-3 came to do a story about the Art Residency Project. They did a great job with the story. They interviewed several kids too and they were so adorable talking about their painting. You can watch their interview by clicking here.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged 175th Anniversary of Warren County VA, acrylic, Art Class, Art Residency, daily painter, impressionism, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist, Warren County 175th Anniversary on March 22, 2011| 1 Comment »
I gave the students an overview of the project and then they began painting.
We numbered the 16 – 12″x12″ canvases that made up the 4’x4′ painting. The students drew numbers to see which canvas they got to paint.
My friend and student, Shelly, came to help the kids with their paintings.
Kym Crump of the Blue Ridge Arts Council helped too!
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged 175th Anniversary of Warren County VA, acrylic, Art Class, Art Residency, daily painter, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist, Warren County 175th Anniversary, Warren County Virginia on March 21, 2011| Leave a Comment »
As I mentioned last week, the Blue Ridge Arts Council has asked me to present a visual arts residency in each of the five elementary schools in Warren County. The residency will be conducted over the course of 4-consecutive days at each school. The art teacher at each school selected 16 – 4th graders to participate.
Each student will complete a 12”x12” acrylic original, which will be grouped and framed together (collage) and permanently displayed at the school after being shown in various locations through July.
The week with the students begins with Doug Stanley, County Administrator, talking to them about the history of Warren County. He explains why this area was settled and events of significance that have occurred. This gives me a basis then to show them the sample painting and explain why we are painting the subjects that I’ve chosen: the river, the mountains, transportation (train), wildlife, etc.
After I show them the sample painting, we discuss how to paint and how to mix color. I review the color wheel, we talk about equipment – brushes, canvas, palettes, etc.
So far the two groups I have worked with have been extremely interested in this. Today I begin working with two more schools. All this week I will share the progress of the first two schools. It was exciting to see their finished products!
Many thanks to Kym Crump at the Arts Council for bringing me this project!
Posted in daily painter, tagged 175th Anniversary of Warren County VA, acrylic, Art Residency, daily painting, impressionism, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on March 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »
As I got to this stage it got harder for me to find things that I thought I could make work for the 4th grade students. Even some of the ones I had chosen to this point seemed a little difficult but I know they can do it.
And finally, I finished the piece. Well, not really as I am still fiddling with little parts of it here and there. I’ll show a final, final version next week.
The school in the upper left corner of this painting is A. S. Rhodes. As I work with each of the schools, we will paint their school into the picture. Since the paintings will become part of a permanent display at each school it was only fitting that each school be depicted by the students. The paintings size is 4’x4′.
Next week I’ll show you how A.S. Rhodes and Hilda J. Barbour’s students work turned out. I have been working with them all this week. 🙂
Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Residency, daily painter, impressionism, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on March 17, 2011| 1 Comment »
And sometimes an idea that seemed good at the time, didn’t make it to the final production as in the river idea on the far left bottom of the top photo.
Notice in the next photo I decided that it didn’t work and painted over it. I opted for a different view of the river in the final version.
Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Residency, daily painter, impressionism, Virginia Artist on March 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The work continued on the sample painting. I started filling in the 12″x12″ squares with elements that I thought I could make work for 4th graders while still making it correspond to the history of Warren County.
Hopefully those of you familiar with Warren County will begin recognizing some of the subjects that I chose: the Courthouse, the Gazebo, the Entrance to Shenandoah National Park…
Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged acrylic, Art Residency, barn, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Small Town Life, Virginia, Virginia Artist, Warren County 175th Anniversary, Warren County Virginia on March 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The next step in the process for the Art Residency project was to start sketching out the different elements. And then to paint.
Here you can see the beginning of A. S. Rhodes Elementary school, the Gazebo, the entrance sign to Shenandoah National Park and a barn. Look closely and you will see the Courthouse is sketched in as well.
And today I actually start the project with the kids at A.S. Rhodes Elementary and Hilda J. Barbour Elementary. Can’t wait to meet the 16 kids at each school. Hopefully they will be excited about painting and about the project.
The Studio 
