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Young Artists Paint and Draw

Posted in Art Class, tagged , , , , , , , on April 23, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Wednesday’s Young Artist created these beautiful paintings of lemons this past week.  Didn’t they do a great job?

Young artists, ages 7-12, paint with me each week on Wednesday or Thursday, from 4:15-5:15.  We create something new each week as they learn about color mixing, composition, the use of painting equipment and much more.  If you have a young artist that you would like to paint with  us just contact me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com to register them for class.

 

I also have young artists who are a little too old for the Young Artists classes so they join us for adult classes on Wednesday or Thursday from 5:30-7.  These classes allow students to develop their skills while working on a subject of their choice while receiving individual instruction.  This is Liam, a new student who had excellent drawing skills, working on his fantasy drawing.

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Leadership Class 2012

Posted in Art Class, Small Town Life, tagged , , , , , , , on April 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I was invited to teach this year’s Adult Leadership Class a lesson in art.  Leadership is an excellent program that the Chamber of Commerce offers that studies a different aspect of our community each month.  They study in-depth government, education, industry, tourism, law enforcement, art, and much more over the course of the year.

So, of course, for my session on Art, Culture and Tourism day, we all painted. 

 

And everyone embraced their inner artist!

 

 

 

And at the end of our session we had seven new artists!  Great job everyone.

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Mara and Max

Posted in Art Class, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged , , , , , on April 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »

A few weeks ago we had our Kid’s Pet Painting Workshop (See all about it here.)  and Mara got away that day before I got a photo of the finished painting.  Here it is.  You did a great job Mara!

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Apple Tree with a View

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 13, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Thursday Painters

This week the Young Artists painted a beautiful scene from the apple orchard.  Great job everyone!          

Apple Tree Painting Reference Photo

Here is my demo painting and the reference photo.  These trees are in an orchard in Purgitsville, WV.  A lovely place with a beautiful view.

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Mountain View Demonstration

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , on April 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »

We had a new student in class yesterday morning so I painted this demonstration piece so he could follow along.  Still a few final details to add in but we got a great start.

If you have ever wanted to  paint consider joining us for class on Wednesday or Thursday at the Blue Ridge Arts Council.

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Meeting New Friends

Posted in Art Class, Small Town Life, Travel, tagged , , , , , , on April 7, 2012| Leave a Comment »

One of the things I like best about working at the shop is that I meet really interesting people who are visiting our town.  Last weekend I met these nice folks who were in town for the week for Spring Break.  They were staying out at the State Park and doing fun things each day.  I invited them to come paint with us if they had time. 

Annabelle joined the extra-large class that we had on Wednesday.  See more here.   They did a great job painting and had fun too.  So nice to meet you Lori and Annabelle.

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Imagine My Surprise…

Posted in Art Class, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on April 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Generally during Spring Break I have only one or two students who come to art class.  Imagine my surprise when Wednesday I had 12 students!  Wow!!!

They all did a great job.  We painted a beautiful landscape of a gate that is out from Millwood. 

 

 

 

The Thursday class did a fine job with the same painting too.  Great job everyone.

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Pet Portraits by Kids

Posted in Art Class, Pet Portaits, tagged , , , , on March 21, 2012| Leave a Comment »

This Saturday, March 24th, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., we will have a Pet Portrait Painting Workshop for Kids (ages 7-13)  at the Blue Ridge Arts Council.  Each painter will paint from his own photo of his favorite pet.  For more information check out this page. 

To register contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com.

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A Large Beach Painting

Posted in Art Class, tagged , , , , , , on March 15, 2012| 2 Comments »

   At the Young Artist classes over the last three weeks we have been working on a masterpiece!  Normally we paint an 8×10 or 9×12 painting each week.  But recently we worked on these large 16″x20″ paintings of a beach scene.  It’s good for them to paint large from time to time just to see what it’s like to cover a canvas that big and to have a nice large painting to enjoy.  Good job guys.  Keep up the good work.

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Three by Matisse, Well Sort of…

Posted in Art Camp, Art Class, tagged , , , , , , , on March 13, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I spent some time yesterday evening working on ideas for the kids to paint at Art Camp this summer.  Check out info here for this summer’s schedule and photos from last summer. 

The three Matisse’s you see here are my copies of three of his paintings that we did in art camp or art classes last year.  I love Matisse so I am sure we will do others.

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