Posted in Animals, Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, daily painting, monkey, sock monkey, Virginia Artist on June 29, 2013| Leave a Comment »
After having the Art Camp kids all week it was a nice break to only have one young artist in the regular class this week. (Some of my regulars were in art camp.) So she chose a sock monkey to paint. And a really great job she did on him!!!!
Way to go Logan. Keep up the great work!
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Claude Monet, daily painter, impressionism, Lady with Umbrella, Landscape, Monet, Virginia Artist on June 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Art Campers with “Monet”
Waiting for Varnish
We wrapped up session 3 of Art Camp with a wonderful Monet painting of the Lady with the Umbrella. We worked on it for two days and these young artists did brilliant job. I am sure their families are excited about the outstanding art that these artists produced this week at Art Camp.
If you have a young artist check out the remaining dates of Art Camp here.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Degas, Dogs, Edgar Degas Horse, farm animals, impressionism, Landscape, Virginia Artist on June 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday the Art Campers painted their version of Degas’s Horse and Dog. They did a marvelous job. These young artists can PAINT!!!
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, impressionism, Renoir, Renoir's Blue Cup, still life on June 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »
As I promised yesterday, here are the Art Campers with their version of Renoir’s Blue Cup. Great job everyone!
Today we work on a Degas Horse scene.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Renoir, Renoir's Blue Cup on June 24, 2013| 1 Comment »
Renoir’s Blue Cup
The 3rd session of Art Camp begins today with young artists, ages 8-13, as we study the Impressionists. We will paint like Monet, Degas and Renoir! Doesn’t that sound like fun? Well, it will be.
Today we will discuss Pierre-Auguste Renoir who was a leader in the development of the Impressionists style. He is best known for his use of light and saturated color and his feminine subject matter. You can read more about Renoir here. The young artists will be painting Renoir’s Blue Cup today. Check in tomorrow to see how their painting turns out.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh, Vincent's Chair, Virginia Artist on June 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday the young painters at Art Camp did this fabulous Vincent Van Gogh painting. We discussed Van Gogh and his interesting history and family. And didn’t these girls do a stunning job recreating Van Gogh’s chair!?! I really enjoyed this session of camp with these girls. They are all very good painters and interested in art and the process. Great work!
Next week Art Camp continues with young artists age 8-13 studying Impressionism and painters like Monet, Degas and Renoir. This particular week is full but there are others available if you have young painters interested in having fun with art this summer. See the schedule here.
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 acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Virginia Artist on June 10, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Summer Art Camp session begins next Monday! Just a week away. Over the past few years we have had an exciting summer art program for kids where we study different artists and their styles. Kids develop creative expression in a fun and educational environment. Don’t miss out! Check out the schedule and registration form here.
Take a look at what some of these young artists have done in previous years.
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!
The Studio 