Posted in Art Class, tagged Art Class, daily painter, Virginia Artist on July 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Pat
Shelly
Jean
The Wednesday Night Art Class always has a great time. These “girls” have been my longest running art students. Maybe because we have so much fun together. Last night they surprised me with a birthday party. (My birthday was Tuesday, the same as Jed’s. Read here.) Thanks Shelly, Pat and Jean. Even with all the eating, singing and laughing, we still got around to doing some painting. Thanks again!
Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, tagged blog, daily painter, painter's blog, Virginia Artist on July 10, 2013| 2 Comments »
One of the first of two paintings posted on my blog’s beginning day over 5 years ago.
Today I hit a milestone. On February 18, 2008, I started writing the “Life of a Daily Painter” blog. Today marks the 1500th post. In the beginning I tried to paint something different every day and share that on the blog. The first year I posted over 300 new paintings. As the blog developed I started to share paintings by my students. This became a favorite feature. Everyone loved seeing what the art students, both young artists and seasoned ones, were creating.
The second of two paintings shown on my first blog posting in February 2008.
Lately I have also been sharing information on art travel. When I am fortunate enough to get to see exciting exhibits and museums I try to bring that to my readers. And during all this I have continued to share my paintings as well. It has been a really fun experience. And many thanks to all of you for following my blog and sharing it with your friends and family.
I really appreciate the support and encouragement!
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, daily painter, MLB, MLB Ballparks, Petco Park, San Diego, San Diego Padres, Virginia Artist on July 8, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Petco Park
San Diego Padres
The 15th painting in the “Painted Diamonds” series is Petco Park, home to the San Diego Padres.
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, 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 daily painter, tagged acrylic, Atlanta Braves, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, MLB, Turner Field, Virginia Artist on June 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Turner Field
Atlanta Braves
Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves, is the 13th field in the series of Major League Baseball parks that I have painted for the Kickstarter project. The Braves are my team. I grew up in Georgia and we were Braves fans. We went to Florida for Spring Training to watch them each year. We suffered when they had bad seasons and celebrated those good years. And while I went to more games at Fulton County stadium than I have at the newer Turner Field I look forward to seeing more here. It’s one of those really large stadiums that has the feel of a small baseball field.
Posted in Plein Air, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Long Green, oil painting, Plein Air, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on June 17, 2013| Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago I shared with you my day at Long Green where I went to paint with other artists for an upcoming show that will benefit Blue Ridge Hospice. (Read more about it here.) I completed one of the paintings that I started that day. When I get more details about the show I will pass it along.
Long Green, oil on canvas, 9″x12″.
Posted in daily painter, Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Houston Astros, impressionism, Landscape, Minute Maid Park, MLB on June 15, 2013| 1 Comment »
Minute Maid Park
Houston Astros
Completed Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros. This is the second domed field in the series that I’ve painted. To see all the paintings that are done so far in the Painted Diamonds series click here.
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.
The Studio 