Posted in Paint Parties, tagged acrylic, impressionism, Paint Party, Painted bucket, Shenandoah Valley Artist on October 19, 2014| 2 Comments »
Robin’s Pinecones
Lea’s Kitties
Katrinka’s Cat Side 1
Katrinka’s Cat Side 2
Kelly’s Snowman 2
Kelly’s Snowman 1
We had a great time painting on metal at the Paint Party yesterday. We painted buckets and trays. They are all so different and all FABULOUS! Great job ladies.
Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, impressionism, Landscape on October 17, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Our Kids Class started back this week with a wonderful landscape painting. Great job everyone.
Kids ages 8-13 meet on Wednesday from 4:15-5:15. Just contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com to register your young artist. Let’s paint!
And don’t forget the 3rd Saturday Paint Party tomorrow. We are doing something a little different – painting buckets!
Posted in Collage, tagged acrylic, collage, flamingo, painting with paper, paper painting, Shenandoah Artist on October 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Paper Flamingo
I love trying new forms of painting. That is why I went to the workshop this summer at Nimrod Hall to discover more about painting with paper. (Check it out here.)
This past week I had the opportunity to put that new knowledge to work when I had a few ladies come into The Studio who wanted to make paper collages. While they worked on their pieces I used an unfinished painting that I had used as demonstration piece for a kids class to show them what to do. I really like how the flamingo turned out.
And now I have dug out at least 3 dozen old demonstration paintings that were just lying around that I think I will rework using paper. It’s relaxing and fun! So why not???!!!!
Posted in Paint Parties, tagged acrylic, daily painting, hay bales, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist on October 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The group at the 1st Saturday Paint Party created wonderful paintings of Hay Bales in the Field yesterday. Great work ladies. And what fun. It is always good to paint with such a cheerful group. Keep up the good work.
Sample of Folk Art Bucket similar to what we will paint at the next party.
The next Paint Party is Saturday, October 18th at 3 pm. We will be trying something new-painting buckets and other metal items. Just contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com to register for this fun event!
Posted in Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, beagle, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist on October 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A few days ago I posted “The Talking Beagle”, an acrylic painting that I started during art class last week. (See that post here.) I finished it this week.
I just love the way beagles “talk” and when I saw the photo of this little guy baying I knew it would make a great painting.
“The Talking Beagle”, acrylic on canvas, 16″ x 20″, available for $225.
Posted in Art Class, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, beagle, daily painter, Dogs, pet portrait, Virginia Artist on September 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Last week at my evening adult classes I started a painting. Sometimes when I feel that everyone is on track with their paintings I will paint during the adult art classes. On Wednesday and Thursday I worked on “The Talking Beagle”. It is an acrylic painting on 16″x20″ canvas. I have always loved the way Beagles “talk”-they throw their heads back and just let go! I love it.
This painting is about 75% finished. I still need to get in some details and the finish the face. I am hoping to get to that during this weeks class.
Posted in Abstract, daily painter, tagged Abstract IV, acrylic, daily painter, Virginia Artist on September 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Abstract IV, acrylic on paper, 9″x12″. Available for $85.
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged acrylic, folk art, Painted bucket on September 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Last week I shared with you the buckets that we painted at the Pioneers & Primitives Retreat that I taught at Sassafras Farm in WV. (See that here.)
This is the bucket I worked on while there as a sample for the class. It’s a little larger than a regular bucket but I think it would be great to hold dog toys! SOLD!
Posted in Landscape, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, hay bales, impressionism, Landscape, Virginia Artist on September 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »
TVOR Demonstration Painting
TVOR Demo Painting Completed
I took a little time to work on the demonstration painting that I did last week at The Village at Orchard Ridge. (Read about that here and here.) Often when doing a demo painting I get it about 75-80% completed. I like to take questions so I talk while painting and I can’t always concentrate on details to finish up. That is what happened with this one. I used a larger canvas than usual because I wanted everyone to be able to see it so in the 50 minutes that I painted I did get a lot done but still needed to wrap it up.
Here are the photos side by side to see the difference.
Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, streetscape on September 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »
In Wednesday nights art class, Logan completed a beautiful nighttime streetscape painting that she has been working on for several weeks. What a terrific job! It is fabulous. Great work Miss Logan!!! Keep up the good work.
The Studio 