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Kids and Abstract Florals

Posted in Abstract, Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, flowers on June 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »

We try various styles of art in our classes. The kids are open to trying it all. Here are the representational abstract floral that we did some time back. Very imaginative and striking! Good job!

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Poppies, Poppies, Poppies

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!!!

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Three Weeks to Art Camp

Posted in Art Camp, tagged Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Virginia Artist on May 29, 2013| Leave a Comment »

It’s just 3 weeks to the beginning of Art Camp. If you have kids ages 5 – 18 there is a session for your young artist. This year we are offering a couple of short (2 day) sessions for younger artist, ages 5-7 and for our busy older painters (ages 14-18). Plus we have our usual sessions for ages 8-13. Take a look at the flyer and registration form here and find the session(s) that works for your schedule. We have great painting planned!

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Kids Paint Abstract Flowers

Posted in Art Class, tagged Abstract, abstract art, acrylic, Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, flowers on May 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »

We had a terrific class this week where the kids painted representational abstract flowers. Great job everyone. If you have a young artist don’t forget about Art Camp coming up this summer. You can learn more about it here and download the PDF file with schedule and registration form.

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New Art from Students

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on May 10, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Mary with her first painting

Artist Pat

I love sharing the art that my students make. Here are two of my Wednesday students. This is Mary’s first painting. She just joined us in class on Wednesday morning and we had a wonderful time making this mountain scene. Great job Mary and welcome to our class!

And you recognize Pat. She has been painting with me on Wednesday evenings for a couple of years and does wonderful work that her friends and family fight over. This beautiful painting is of her daughter’s home. It looks fabulous Pat!

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Front Royal Caboose

Posted in Art Class, Small Town Life, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, Small Town Life, Virginia Artist on April 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »

This week at Kids Class we painted the Front Royal Caboose. It was an ambitious project for an hour-long class but we did it! Marvelous! They look so good. Keep up the good work.

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Kids Paint Cherry Blossoms

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, cherry blossoms, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, Virginia Artist, Washington Monument on April 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »

A few weeks ago the Thursday Kids class painted the “Cherry Blossoms and the Washington Monument”. What a great job! And thanks to my friend Terri who is also an artist who kindly shared her idea for this painting with us. Hope we made you proud Terri.

For more information on classes click here.

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Forsythia Means Spring

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, Virginia Artist on April 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Spring is finally peeking out and the kids painted “Forsythia” this week at class. And they did a very nice job! Now come on Spring so we have more flowers to paint.

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Shelly’s Poppy II

Posted in Art Class, tagged Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, oil painting, Virginia Artist on March 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »

A few weeks ago I shared with you Shelly’s Poppy (Check it out here). Here is the finished painting. Shelly is a wonderful painter with a great eye for color mixing. We’ve been painting together for a couple of years and it’s always lots of fun! Great job Shelly. This is your best yet!