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Paint Parties are Fun for All!

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Odalys Paint Party Odalys Paint Party 2Paint Parties are a great way to enjoy some time out with the girls.  And everyone has a great time learning to paint.  I love the comments from the painters at these parties.  Coming into the art room they always say, “I can’t paint.  Maybe I’ll just watch”.  And then at the end of the evening it’s, “Wow, I can’t believe I did that.”  And “That was so much fun, I’m amazed at how great it turned out!”

I’m not sure who has more fun, the painters or me!  To learn more or schedule your own party for adults or for kids  click here.

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Come for the Festival!

Posted in Small Town Life, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , on May 18, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Delilah's 3Be sure to stop by Delilah’s when you come down to Main Street Front Royal for the Wine Festival.  All day today!  Too much fun to miss.  Come on down.

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Target Field

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Minnesota Twins Target Field

Minnesota Twins
Target Field

 Twins Target Field, acrylic on canvas, 18″x24″.

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Kids Paint Abstract Flowers

Posted in Art Class, tagged , , , , , , 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.  Kids class abstract flowers

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Rangers Ballpark

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged , , , , , , , , on May 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers

Just put the finishing touches on Rangers Ballpark – Home of the Texas Rangers.  Seven down, 23 to go!

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New Art from Students

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , on May 10, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Mary with her first painting

Mary with her first painting

Artist Pat

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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PNC Park on the Last Day

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged , , , , , , , on May 6, 2013| Leave a Comment »

PNC Park 90% Kickstarter 17 hours leftI worked all this week on PNC Park in Pittsburgh.  It has to be one of the best views from a park but all the detail makes it difficult to paint.  I am almost finished with it and should finish it up today but I wanted to share it with you as the last few hours of my Kickstarter project wind down.  Just to update you on where I am with the project, it appears that no one has ever painted all 30 Ball Parks during one season so I’ll be the first.   Woo Hoo!  And as of the writing this morning the project has been pledged at 110% so as long as this holds by midnight tonight my project will be funded.  Yippee!  Please know how much I appreciate everyone who has pledged to support this project.  You can’t know how much your encouragement means to this painter.  Many, many thanks!  PNC is the 5th painting in the series and I will be starting number 6 today.

It’s not too late to be a part of this history making project.  Click on this link and pledge to get in on it before midnight tonight.  Thanks again!

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Representational Abstract Flowers

Posted in Abstract, Art Class, daily painter, tagged , , , , , , on May 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Abstract Flower finishedI had a few minutes at last nights art class to add a few more touches to the Abstract painting of flowers that I repainted from the day before.  Here is “Abstract Flowers”, acrylic on canvas, 18″ x 24″, available by contacting kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .

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Transforming an Old Painting

Posted in Abstract, Art Class, Tips for Better Painting, tagged , , , , , , , on May 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Adding a Table to an old Abstract

Adding a Table to an old Abstract

At class last night I decided to transform an old abstract painting into something else.  You can paint right over some paints and make an entirely different creation.  If the paint is especially thick you can sand it down lightly with a fine sandpaper.  I am working in acrylic paints with this one that didn’t need sanding.  I started with an abstract that I did back in February (you can read about it here) and started painting in a table.

Next I started thinking about where I wanted to add a vase of flowers so that I could paint in a background all around where the flowers would be.  And I added a vase and started firming up the shapes of the flowers.  Tonight I hope to continue putting in details that will finish it off as a “representational abstract” painting.

Abstract Change 3

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May Day

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , on May 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Weeping Cherry at the Train Station Completed (Small)It’s May Day and Spring is in full bloom around town.  Enjoy it.  This is a great time for artists to build their reference files.  I spend some time taking photos to use for paintings  during this time of the year because there are so many beautiful scenes available to us.  The flowers are in bloom, the colors are fresh and clean.  But it doesn’t last long so get those cameras out now.  Have a beautiful May Day!

This painting was done a few years ago.  It’s called “Weeping Cherry at the Train Station“.

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