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Ready for Spring

Posted in Abstract, Art Class, tagged Abstract, acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Virginia Artist on March 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »

At our young artists class this week we painted a representational abstract of a floral arrangement. We called it Spring Explosion. We use brushes but also our fingers to get the abstract effect. And yes, they LOVED that! If you have a young artists ages 7-13 contact us and come join the fun.

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Shelly’s Poppy

Posted in Art Class, tagged Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Virginia Artist on March 15, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Shelly worked on the background leaves of her poppy painting at Wednesday evening Adult Art Class. This is a wonderful painting. Great job Shelly. Anyone else wanting to paint, come join us. We have a great time and learn something new each week.

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Oreo Cows in Art Class

Posted in Art Class, Farm Animals, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, belted galloway, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, daily painting, farm animals, impressionism, Landscape, Oreo cow, Virginia Artist on March 9, 2013| Leave a Comment »

The kids painted a nice landscape this week with a Belted Galloway. It’s from a photo I took when in Newport a few years ago. I love these Oreo cows. They looks so cool. Good job kids with your paintings!

Here is my painting (right) along with the reference photo on the left. I swear these cows don’t even look real with their funny coloring!

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A Class of Abstracts

Posted in Abstract, Art Class, tagged abstract art, acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, daily painting, Virginia Artist on February 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »

At the Wednesday morning Adult Art Class Kathy came in with this large canvas and an idea for a large representational abstract. She hasn’t tried abstract before so we all decided to try something different.

The other Cathy in the class also painted a representational piece with a floral design.

My painting was a non-representational abstract painting. It reminds me of Easter so I decided to call it that. Easter is an acrylic on canvas and measures 18″x24″. While everyone thinks that abstract is easy and anyone can do it, to be successful it requires some thought and planning.

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Kids Paint Berries

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, fruit, impressionism, Virginia Artist on January 25, 2013| 2 Comments »

The young artists painted a lovely bowl of strawberries in class yesterday. Even though school was canceled because of the snow, these three die-hard artists came to class to learn about shading and shadows. And they applied those principles to these painting with great success. Good job guys!!!

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Painters at Work

Posted in Art Class, tagged Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on January 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Jan’s Backyard Painting

I enjoy my adult art classes so much. I have enthusiastic students who are excited to be painting. I especially love it when they paint pieces that are meaningful to them. That was the case with Janice’s recent painting of a backyard scene from her parents home. She talked about good memories that her family has of being together there. You could tell that it was something she cherished and now she has a wonderful painting that she can look at and keep those thought in mind. Great job Jan! Now take a look at what some of the other adult students are working on this week in the Wednesday classes. Keep up the good work everyone!

Shelly completes her seascape

Cathy reworks an old painting she recently acquired.

Gretchen makes a start on a coastal painting

Jean puts finishing touches on her daisy

Kathy developing the bow on her Teddy bear painting

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Kids Paint a Lighthouse

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, lighthouse, Virginia Artist on January 18, 2013| 1 Comment »

The Finished Lighthouse Painting

Boys working on their lighthouse painting

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New Year with Young Artists

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Virginia Artist on January 4, 2013| Leave a Comment »

The Young Artists started off the year with a great winter painting of a cardinal.

Great job everyone!

If you have a young artist, ages 7-12, that might like to paint with us, contact kwalker@kellywalkerstudios.com to sign them up. We’d love to paint with them.

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Jean’s Snow Scene

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, snow, Virginia Artist on December 20, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Jean’s Snow Scene

Here is Jean with a lovely snow scene that she painted in Wednesday Night class over the last few weeks. I wish you could see it better. It has sweeps of snow cascading down over the tree. It turned out great Jean. Good job! One of the things I love about our adult classes is how everyone encourages and assists everyone else. For this snow painting one of Jean’s classmates, Shelly, brought in some very fine sparkly glitter that Jean sprinkled over the snow fall to make it glimmer. It was perfect.Nice, very nice.

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Watch Pat Paint

Posted in Art Class, tagged Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, impressionism, Virginia Artist on October 25, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Pat has been painting with me on Wednesdays for several years now and she does a terrific job! Here she is with a Santa painting she just completed. Then she started right away on a beautiful fall scene with a covered bridge. Way to go Pat! Keep making beautiful art.