Posted in Art Camp, tagged Art Camp, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Georgia O'Keeffe, impressionism, oil painting, Seashell on June 21, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Session 2 of Art Camp started yesterday with young artists (age 14-18) painting a Georgia O’Keeffe Seashell. We discussed her work as well as talked about differences in oil and acrylic paints. We did this one in oil.
Fabulous!!!
And these girls worked so quickly that we were able to do a little miniature landscape also. I love how we all painted from the same reference photo but all got a little different look. Great job!!! Tomorrow we work in acrylics and we’ll be visiting Vincent. 😉
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Dogs, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, Monet, poppies on June 19, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Art Camp, Ages 5-7 with Monet’s Poppies
We had a great day of Art Camp with the young artists painting Monet’s Poppy Field. We talked about Monet (that they like to call Money) and impressionism and they painted these fabulous paintings. Great job!
This was the first time we have offered camp for this young age group and they were great. How can you resist their happy faces when they show off their art.
The Twins with Framed Blue Dogs
Here are the Grady twins (with Gryffin photo-bombing) with their painting of Blue Dog. They brought it back in for me to frame for them. Wonderful!
Posted in Art Camp, tagged Abstract, acrylic, Art Camp, Art Class, art lessons, Dogs, Virginia Artist on June 18, 2013| 1 Comment »
Art Camp 2013
Session 1, ages 5-7
Art Camp started yesterday with six great young artists. These kids are just 5 – 7 years old and look at what a great job they did on Rodriguez Blue Dog! Super work everyone. Keep it up.
Posted in Art Class, Dogs, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait on June 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Ethan and Lincoln
Because of the really stormy weather we had yesterday I only had one young artist come to class yesterday. When this happens I let them choose what they want to paint from the paintings they may have missed in previous classes. Ethan chose to paint Lincoln. And what a great job you did Ethan! Wonderful. You can see what the other artists did with this painting last year by clicking here.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, Allen Montague Fine Non-toxic Acrylics, art lessons, Atelier Interactive Artists' Acrylic, daily painter, Fundamentals Artist Acrylic, Master's Touch Acrylic, SoHo Urban Acrylic, Virginia Artist, Winsor & Newton Artists' Acrylic on June 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Acrylic Paints
I am using acrylic paints for the baseball parks that I am doing for the Kickstarter project. I chose acrylic for a couple of reasons. First, they dry quickly which makes it easier to put in the details I need in the background scenery. And second, because acrylic dries quicker than oils I can store these paintings as I work on them. Thirty 18″ x 24″ canvas are not easy to store so being able to stack them really helps. 🙂
As you can see from the photo there is quite a few different brands. As I tell my students in art class, every painter has to explore different brands and colors and find their own favorites. These are some of mine. Here are the acrylics I am using:
Winsor & Newton Artists’ Acrylic: Graphite Grey, Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Light, Yellow Ochre, Buff Titanium, Naphthol Red Medium, Permanent Sap Green
Master’s Touch Acrylic: Pale Blue, Warm Grey, Flesh Yellow
Atelier Interactive Artists’ Acrylic: French Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber
Fundamentals Artist Acrylic: Azo Red Deep, Red Ochre, Crimson
SoHo Urban Acrylic: Burnt Sienna
Allen Montague Fine Non-toxic Acrylics: St. Johns Blue
Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting on June 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »
We had a good evening at art class. The kids painted a bird nest in a tree. Not the easiest of subject matter and they did a wonderful job.
And Luzia, one of my newest students in Thursday class, completed just her second painting – these wonderful parrots. Great job!
Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, poppies, poppy, Virginia Artist on May 31, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The young artists did a fabulous job on their poppy paintings yesterday. We had a little “test” to be sure they are remembering some of the things I tell them in class and they all did a terrific job. I so glad that what I teach is sticking with them. Great job everyone!!!
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Dogs, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, Dogs, impressionism on May 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday at Kid’s class we had a great time painting something a little more challenging than usual. But the kids jumped right in and did a great job. We painted from this cute photo of my godson Chase with his dog Rue! They are waiting at the door for their dad to come home. Could he be any more cute?
Great job everyone!
Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, art lessons, flowers, impressionism, poppy on May 23, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I got to paint with my young friend, Kaylee, yesterday for the first time in quite a while. She used to paint with me every week so I have missed seeing her. We had a nice visit while she painted this beautiful piece for her great-grandmother Edna who she will be visiting in a few weeks. I know that she will love this thoughtful gift. Nice job Kaylee!
Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on May 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The Thursday kids class painted a beautiful local landscape with a fence and gate in the foreground. They are fantastic! Good job everyone.
And I am sad to say that I will no longer be working with the wonderful ladies at the Southerlands. They have discontinued their art program. I will miss all the fun we have had. Here is Miss Gaylor with the last painting I helped her paint. I will miss them.
The Studio 