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A Landscape Lesson

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged , , , , , , on June 21, 2010| Leave a Comment »

A Landscape Lesson is an oil on canvas panel measuring 9″x12″.  This was a lesson for new students in art class.  By using this composition we were able to learn to paint sky, mountains, trees, buildings, grass, and water.  We covered a lot of subjects with this one.

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Children’s Art Class

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged , , , , , 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!

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3rd Thursday Art Walk

Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Join us from 5-8 p.m. tonight for the 3rd Thursday Art Walk.  I will be painting at the Blue Ridge Arts Council and I invite you to join me.  Tonight’s theme is “Minds Wide Open” and we will be working on abstract pieces…and you can join in.  I’ll have all the supplies.  You just come ready to paint!!!

And abstract doesn’t always mean non-representational.  As you can see here there is a representational element to abstract art as well.  Come on down and see more.

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Your chance to paint at the Art Walk

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Tomorrow is the 3rd Thursday Art Walk.  Each 3rd Thursday in downtown Front Royal many shops extend their hours until 8 p.m. and from 5-8 p.m. artists demonstrate at several locations.  Tomorrow not only will they demonstrate but they will encourage viewers to paint as well. 

The theme for tomorrow’s art walk is “Minds Wide Open”, the same theme as my current show at the arts council.  Marlene  Kline and I will be at BRAC, 305 East Main Street, demonstrating and hopefully helping you paint an abstract work of art. 

Please join us and try your hand at painting.  We’d love to see you there.

Shown here today are some of the abstract works in the current show that Marlene and I have on display at BRAC.

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Randy Raccoon

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , 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!

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Brooke’s First Painting

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged , , , 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.

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After Helen

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , on April 27, 2010| Leave a Comment »

After Helen is an acrylic on gallery wrap canvas measuring 36″x48″.  It is part of the upcoming show opening on Thursday at the Blue Ridge Arts Council.

One of the interesting parts of this show is that we studied several prominent women abstract artists and produced our versions of their art.  Helen Frankenthaler was one.  Joan Mitchell was another.  Both of these painters were ahead of their time and did amazing abstract work.

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Lettuce & More

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , 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.

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Shelly’s First Painting!

Posted in Art Class, tagged , , , , , , 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!

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Preparing for a Show

Posted in Abstract, daily painter, tagged , , , , , , on March 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »

In October 2009 I got a call from a new student who was interested in only learning to paint in abstract.  So we started lessons.  We have been having a great time painting several times each week as she has learned the ins and outs of painting in abstract.

Now we have been invited to have a show together as teacher and student.  The name of the show is “Minds Wide Open” and the organizers of the show thought that our works in abstract would be a good way to emphasize that theme.  The show will have each of our works, side by side, to show the different visions each of us had to the same lesson.  I think it will be very interesting.  I’ll let you know when it will go up so hopefully you can stop in to see it.

Today’s painting (that is an Ode to Joan Mitchell, a wonderful abstract painter from the mid 20th Century) shows the progress of a recent lesson and the finished painting.  I know that abstract is not everyone’s “cup of tea” hence the name of the show, Minds Wide Open.  It is sometimes good to take a look at something we don’t think we care for and we see something in it that we grow to appreciate.

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