Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, flowers, fruit, Virginia Artist on August 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s art camp focused on Henri Matisse. I love the brilliant colors and definite style of his work and I think the kids enjoyed it too!
Maggie and Isaac are working on their paintings and you can see Anastasia in the background hard at work.
And here is Peter and Anastasia working away.
Jade and Teaghan work on mixing just the right color to make it perfect!
Good job everyone. Now tomorrow we will show you our attempt at Pointillism.
Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on August 7, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The final week of Art Camp started yesterday with a fine group of young painters. And as usual, we started by painting a color wheel. As I told the ones who have painted with me before and already painted a color wheel, you can never paint enough of them. I’ll bet I’ve painted several hundred over the last few years and learn something every time I paint one.
The first painting we did was a landscape in an impressionistic style. And didn’t everyone do a fantastic job? Just wait to see what we do tomorrow!
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on August 6, 2012| 1 Comment »
This is Sasha. I painted her for the winner of a drawing that was held at Sassafras Farm in June. Remember when I went over to paint the murals there. Check it out here.
While there Suzanne had a fundraiser for the horse rescue where she got Patriot and Zip and anyone who donated $25 or more got their name entered in the drawing. Sasha’s mom was the winner.
So here she is.
So off she will go this week to her new home. Thanks Suzanne for giving the painting as the prize for your drawing. And thanks for letting me help with the fundraiser for Phoenix Equine Rescue. (See more about it here.)
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, Virginia Artist, Warhol's Shoes on August 4, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was the last day of “Famous Painters Art Week” and we completed our final painting – Warhol’s Shoes. These girls did a great job all week with their paintings and I think they learned a lot about art and art equipment. Good job Tanner, Emma, Teaghan, and Mia!
Just one more week of art camp remains this summer…starting Monday.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, Hopper, impressionism, Virginia Artist, Warhol on August 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »
As we wind down toward the end of “Famous Painters Art Camp” week the young artists completed their Hopper painting yesterday. They did a fantastic job with all the detail work on this one.
And then we started our final painting of the week – Warhol’s Shoes! More tomorrow on those…
Posted in Art Camp, Art Class, daily painter, Farm Animals, tagged Abstract, abstract art, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, daily painting, farm animals, impressionism, oil painting, Virginia Artist on August 2, 2012| Leave a Comment »
My Wednesday Adult Class was jealous that I had only posted my young artist’s paintings recently so they posed for me last night. Here’s Pat with her terrific painting of Jack and Pokey. And Shelly is hiding behind the lovely door painting that she is working on this week. Nice job ladies.
And here are the young artists with their finished Jackson Pollack inspired drip painting. Excellent!
Posted in Art Camp, tagged Art Camp, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape on July 31, 2012| 1 Comment »
First day of Art Camp and we painted a color wheel to learn about color mixing and then we did a mountain scene painting. Everyone did a fabulous job!
Posted in Furniture, tagged acrylic, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, sunflower, Virginia Artist on July 29, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Sunflower Side Table, approximately 30″ tall with 14″ square top. Available at Delilah’s for $75.
Posted in daily painter, Plein Air, Travel, tagged daily painter, daily painting, Dickey RIdge, Dickey Ridge View, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah National Park, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on July 25, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Last Thursday I painted at Dickey Ridge. Often when I paint on location I paint at least one painting and sometimes start a second. This particular day I did that plus started a third. Many painters paint multiple canvas of the same subject. Think Monet’s Haystacks and his Cathedrals.
Here are the three paintings I completed from that plein-air outing.
Overlook View from Dickey Ridge I – private collection
These paintings are available by contacting kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .
Posted in daily painter, Travel, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, larry the lobster, oil painting, Vacation, Virginia Artist on July 23, 2012| 2 Comments »
Quick Editor’s Note: Larry the Lobster is now on display at the Blue Ridge Arts Council at 305 E. Main Street until October. Stop in to see him.
Meet Larry the Lobster. I ate him. Well, I ate him several months ago on my trip to Newport. He was delicious. Now he’s just a memory, a memory in paint. Larry the Lobster, oil on canvas, 9″x12″, available by contacting kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .
This is Larry before I devoured him. I have to say, he was VERY good! Larry I am grateful for your sacrifice.
The Studio 