Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Shenandoah Valley on June 13, 2013| 2 Comments »
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I am always so proud of my art students and love sharing their work with you. I often post photos of the kids paintings and forget to take photos of the adults as they finish their paintings. But yesterday it seems that everyone was finishing paintings at the same time so I got some great shots. These are all Wednesday morning or evening students. Keep it up girls. Great job by all!!!
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 Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, baseball, Citi Field, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, MLB, New York Mets, Orange Foul poles, Virginia Artist on June 9, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Cit Field
New York Mets
Just completed number 11 in the series of 30: Citi Field, home of the New York Mets. One of the most unusual things about Citi Field is that it is the only MLB park with orange foul poles instead of yellow.
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, Arizona Diamondbacks, daily painter, daily painting, MLB, Virginia Artist on June 4, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Chase Field
Arizona Diamondbacks
Just finished Chase Field – Home of the Arizona Diamondbacks. It’s the first domed field that I’ve painted. It was a very different experience than the others. There are 5 more domed fields to paint.
Because of the hot weather in Arizona, Chase is completely air-conditioned. Wow!
This is the 10th painting in the series. Just 20 more to go! 🙂
Posted in Plein Air, tagged barn, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Long Green, Long Green Barn, oil painting, Paint Out, Plein Air, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on June 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Barn – A Good Start
Barn – Laying in Background and Foreground
I had a delightful day of painting at Long Green yesterday. (See here the set-up for my first painting there.) Here is the progress I made. It was a bright sunny day so the shadows kept moving…and fast! But I got the first painting, the barn to a point of about 85% finished.
Barn – Only Details Left to Paint
Now I will tinker on it in the studio until it’s done. The Long Green Paint Out is for an upcoming fundraiser for Blue Ridge Hospice. They are going to have a “Decorator’s Showcase” there in September that will be open to the public. More info to come as I get it. And our paintings will be on display and for sale to benefit Hospice.
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 Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, Cleveland Indians, Cleveland OH, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, MLB, Progressive Field on May 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Progressive Field
Cleveland Indians
Here’s the next in the series of 30. Cleveland Indians Progressive Field!
Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, Virginia Artist on May 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »
My niece Lexie graduated from high school yesterday and I gave her this painting as one of her graduation gifts. She loves blue Hydrangea so I painted this one just for her. It’s a 12″x12″ acrylic on canvas.
Congrats Lex!!!
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 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 