Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, Virginia Artist, Warhol's Shoes on August 4, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was the last day of “Famous Painters Art Week” and we completed our final painting – Warhol’s Shoes. These girls did a great job all week with their paintings and I think they learned a lot about art and art equipment. Good job Tanner, Emma, Teaghan, and Mia!
Just one more week of art camp remains this summer…starting Monday.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Art Class, art lessons, fruit, impressionism, Manet, pollack, Virginia Artist on August 1, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday at Art Camp we studied two very interesting artists, Edouard Manet and Jackson Pollack. That is the beauty of these combination weeks, we compare really different types of art.
Here are the “Lemonheads”! The girls painted copies of Manet’s “Lemon Still Life”. They did a great job!
And then we started working on a Jackson Pollack like drip painting. The young artists really LOVED this part. We went to the park so we could spread out and work with really thin paint.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged Art Camp, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape on July 31, 2012| 1 Comment »
First day of Art Camp and we painted a color wheel to learn about color mixing and then we did a mountain scene painting. Everyone did a fabulous job!
Posted in Art Camp, Dogs, tagged Art Camp on July 30, 2012| 1 Comment »
I am gathering supplies this morning as a week of Art Camp starts today. There is just one week left so if you have a young artist that might enjoy creating some wonderful paintings, contact me for next week’s camp. kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com
(Ps. Lincoln wants to go to camp but he can’t!)
Posted in Art Camp, Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, Starry Night, Van Gogh on July 14, 2012| 1 Comment »
At the end of Art Camp week we always paint a “masterpiece”. This week it was Van Gogh’s Starry Night and we painted it on a 16″x20″ canvas. You can see how large it is with the young artists holding their finished work. What a fabulous job they all did. Don’t you love it.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, barn, Cezanne, daily painter, impressionism, Matisse, post-impressionism on July 13, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Day 3 of Post-Impressionism Art Camp had us painting a copy of one of Cezanne’s Still Life with Apples. The young artists did a fabulous job with color mixing.
Then we did a quick miniature painting of a barn and even framed it.
Day 4 we spent almost the entire morning working on a copy of Matisse’s Red Fish. I love Matisse and while it was the hardest painting we have done in camp so far, the young artists did GREAT! For the final day of camp we are doing our “masterpiece”, an extra-large painting of Van Gogh’s Starry Night. I’ll share it with you in the next post. Stay tuned!
This energetic group of young artists are doing splendid work!
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, Virginia Artist on July 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Art Camp started this week with three enthusiastic painters, Isaac, Mia and Peyton. The first thing we painted was the color wheel while we learned about color mixing.
Next we painted a mountain landscape scene to learn more about paints, brushes, canvas, and palettes.
This week our emphasis for study is Post-Impressionism so we paid homage to Boudin with a copy of his “Two Dogs in the Street”.
And Gauguin’s “The Siesta”.
Can you believe we did all of us this in just two days?
Stay tuned to see what other lovely paintings these young artist make before the end of the week.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged 4th of July, abstract art, acrylic, Art Camp, Art Class, daily painter, Independence Day, Jasper Johns, Virginia Artist on July 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Happy Independence Day! I know it’s a day early but I won’t be here tomorrow so I wanted to be sure to wish you a Happy 4th.
This is a photo from last year’s art camp with their homage to Jasper John’s flag done in multimedia.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged Art Camp, art lessons, color wheel, daily painter, Virginia Artist on July 2, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Can you believe it’s July already? The summer is flying by. Don’t wait any longer. Sign up now for art camp…only 4 weeks left! Your young artist will learn about the color wheel as well as various styles of painting while creating a beautiful work of art every day.
Contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com to register. Here is what is available:
Week 2: July 9-13, Post-Impressionism
Week 3: July 16 – 20, 2012 – Modern
Week 4: July 30 – August 3, 2012 – Famous Painters
Week 5: August 6 – 10, 2012 – Combination of styles
There is only a couple of spaces left in the last two weeks so be sure to register today. You can read more about art camp here.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged Art Camp, Art Class, art lessons, Virginia Artist on June 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »
It’s time to sign up for Art Camp 2012. The first one starts on June 25th! That’s just a couple of weeks away!
Last year we had great fun painting like many famous painters. We study color mixing, composition and different styles of painting.
Learn more about the schedule with the topic of emphasis here. 
If you know a young person, ages 7-13, that might like to attend please let them know about camp. You can learn more details here. Or email me at kwalker@kellywalkerstudios.com for more information.
The Studio 