Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painting, impressionism, Virginia Artist on May 24, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Every Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. you can find me at the Blue Ridge Arts Council with my young students working on a painting. This is what Isabella (left) and Brooke painted last Wednesday.
Didn’t they do a great job?
If you have a young student (ages 8-11) interested in art, contact me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com and let’s get them started painting!
Posted in daily painter, tagged Art Class, cherries, cherry, daily painter, daily painting, fruit, impressionism, oil painting, Virginia Artist on May 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Two Cherries is an oil on canvas panel measuring 8″x8″ and is available for $95.
Tomorrow (Saturday) in downtown Front Royal is the Wine Festival. It’s always a good time so if you are in the area stop in tomorrow and come see us at Delilah’s. We’ll be there from 10-6 during the festival hours. Hope to see you then.
Posted in daily painter, tagged Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, farm animals, impressionism, raccoon, Virginia Artist on May 4, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Randy Raccoon is an oil on canvas panel measuring 5″x7″ and is available for $75. I painted this piece as a demonstration for Thursday Art Class. Yes, we now have art class on Thursdays as well as Wednesday. So if you have been wanting to learn to paint and Wednesday was not a good day for you, contact me to sign up for Thursday class!
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Virginia Artist on May 3, 2010| Leave a Comment »
I teach a class of young people (ages 8 – 11) at the Blue Ridge Arts Council on Wednesday’s at 4:15 p.m. Brooke just joined our group a couple of weeks ago and this is her first painting.
It turned out great! Good job Brooke.
Posted in daily painter, tagged Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Lettuce, oil painting, vegetables, Virginia Artist on April 13, 2010| 1 Comment »
While I don’t have a new Farm Animal finished for today’s post I do have food that a little farm animal might eat….lettuce!
This is the beginning of a lesson we did in art class a few weeks ago.
It took a couple of weeks of lessons for me to complete this one because I often start a piece and help others get their painting started and don’t get back to mine. I did finish it in between other projects though and here is the way it turned out.
Posted in Art Class, tagged Art Class, art lessons, art student, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on April 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Meet Shelly. She is the newest student we have in our Wednesday Night Art Class. She just started with us a few weeks ago and this is the very first painting that she completed. Isn’t it great!
I love working with new students with the enthusiasm that Shelly has. I can tell she is having fun and I am too. Because the Wednesday Night Class is now full we are beginning a new session on Thursdays. So if you have been wanting to learn to paint but couldn’t come on Wednesday, now is your chance. Email me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com and let me know you want to paint with us on Thursday. I promise it will be fun. Just look at Shelly!
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on March 24, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Valley View Lesson I is an oil on canvas panel measuring 9″x12.
Valley View Lesson II is an oil on canvas panel measuring 11″x14″.
Both of these were lessons for Wednesday Night Art Class. I just completed these recently. New students almost always start with a landscape similar to these because it gives them a chance to learn about color mixing, tones, and composition as well as becoming comfortable with putting paint to canvas.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Dogs, tagged Art Class, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, oil painting, Small Town Life, Virginia Artist on March 23, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Truman can be so mean to Jed. I have to play referee a lot while painting. I will look around and there will be Truman laying in front of the doggie door and poor Jed sitting outside waiting to come in but Truman is blocking the way. You can see the outline of Jed through the door in this photo. I have to go over and move Truman to let Jed inside. Basset Hounds are so ornery sometimes!
Bold Carrots is an oil on canvas measuring 10″x8″ and is available for $95. This is another lesson piece that I have just finished up after it sat here for a little while.
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on March 22, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Best Friends is an oil on canvas panel measuring 12″x9″ and is available for $145. We did it in art class a few months ago and I just finished it. Often in class I will begin a demo piece and then I start moving from student to student to help and I never get back to my painting to finish it. So this last week I had a chance to finish a few and I’ll show those to you over the next few weeks.
The dog reminds me of my Jed sitting staring out at the world. Jed does that often.
Here he is waiting at the cabin to go run and play in the snow a few weeks ago. I think he was trying to decide if he got stuck in the deep white stuff if he would ever get out!
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, Landscape, shadows, trees, Virginia Artist on March 10, 2010| Leave a Comment »
This painting was a lesson in Trees and Shadows for my young students. They did a great job grasping the concept. And this was how my painting turned out.
It is a 9″x12″ acrylic on canvas panel available for $145.
The Studio 