Posted in daily painter, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Old Truck, Virginia Artist on October 6, 2009| 1 Comment »
Back to work on the old truck. Now that I have the truck laid in where I like it I have started on the background. The sky was very blue the day I took the photo but I don’t want it to overwhelm the main focus of the painting, the truck. So I lightened the sky a little.
And added some puffy clouds.
And the mountains in the distance….
More to come tomorrow.
Posted in daily painter, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on October 5, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Here is the completed painting that I began as a demonstration for the Strasburg Rotary Club last week. (See https://kellywalkerstudios.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/strasburg-rotary/)
It is an oil on canvas panel measuring 8″x16″ and is available for $195 (unframed) by contacting me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .
Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Old Truck, Virginia Artist, West Virginia on October 2, 2009| Leave a Comment »
I am working hard on the Old Truck. I don’t know why I love it so much but I do. It has so much character!!! The longer I look at the reference photo the more I see.
Here is the beginning of my painting with the photo. I hope to finish it in the next few days but I keep looking at it and seeing more I want to add. Yikes!
Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Old Truck, Virginia Artist, West Virginia on October 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Several months ago I posted the photos I took while driving around the farm in West Virginia where our cabin is located. I ran upon this old truck and just loved how it looked.
Finally, I am making an attempt at painting it. Doing something like this requires much more drawing than I am accustomed to doing. Most of my paintings are impressionistic where the drawing is very loose. But this one required more…
Posted in daily painter, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Small Town Life, Virginia, Virginia Artist on September 30, 2009| 1 Comment »
Yesterday I was the guest speaker at the Strasburg Rotary Club in Strasburg, Virginia. What a nice group of folks!
They made me feel very welcome as I told them what it is like to be a daily painter. I also did a quick demonstration for them. The photo here shows my set up with reference photo for the painting.
I’ll put the finishing touches on it and post the finished product for you in the next few days.
Thanks again to the Strasburg Rotarians for allowing me to discuss my “Life as a Daily Painter” with you.
Posted in daily painter, Travel, tagged Arizona, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on September 29, 2009| Leave a Comment »
This is the second painting that I have done from the photos I took on my recent trip to Arizona. I love the way the cactus look against the red rocks. This painting, “Prickly Pear”, is an oil on canvas panel measuring 10″x8″ and is available for $195. kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com
This was my reference photo for the painting.
Posted in daily painter, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Virginia Artist on September 28, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Woke up to the first really cool morning of the season. I like it. I like cooler weather. I like snow. I know. Most folks don’t, but I grew up where it was HOT all the time and I much prefer the seasons.
Cool weather brings fog in the mountains. So I am posting this painting that I did a month or so ago of “Fog in the Valley”. It is an oil on canvas panel, 11×14, available for $225. kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, poppies, Virginia Artist on September 25, 2009| Leave a Comment »
After missing several weeks of lessons Isabella is back and we had a lesson last night.
We painted big red poppies in acrylic. Even though she is just 7 years old, she picks up concepts quickly and does a fantastic job. Don’t you think?
This was my version. We paint along together during the lesson so I always end up with the same thing the student does. I kind of like this one. Reminds me of Georgia O’Keeffe.
Of course, Truman was not impressed. We bore him so after he gets all the attention he can from my student he takes a nap. 🙂
Posted in Travel, tagged Amarillo, daily painter, Space Shuttle, Texas, Travel, Vacation on September 24, 2009| Leave a Comment »
So it’s Sunday and we are on our way home from this big “aviator” weekend of the Air Races in Reno and we have to make a quick stop in Amarillo for a company picnic with our hosts, the Smiths. We land at the Amarillo airport and look out the window and what do we see???? The space shuttle!!!
Absolutely amazing. Keep in mind that I am with a group of pilots…all weekend they have gone to the airshow each day and drooled over airplanes and airplane equipment and now, here we are in the heart of Texas and what do we see? The ultimate in aviation…the space shuttle.
I took Allen’s picture with it because I figured no one would believe we had seen it.
So, of course, we delayed our trip out to the picnic for about 10 minutes so we could watch the shuttle take off, piggybacking on this HUGE airplane. There were a few others around taking pictures but overall I guess it is something that NASA doesn’t advertise for safety reasons. So we watched it take off. I even got a minute long video of it. (Sorry I can’t post it here for you to see. 😦 )
When we left Reno we flew around Area 51, flew right over Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon and then we land and to see the Space Shuttle, all within a two hour period of time. Can you imagine????
I tell you, the Smith’s are quite the hosts. When they plan a trip, they really plan a trip!!!! Thanks again for all the fun.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged Art Class, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on September 22, 2009| Leave a Comment »
As I promised last week, we completed the art lesson last Wednesday night at class of this painting of an artist working on location.
I love painting outdoors and do so every chance I get. This is an oil painting measuring 11″x14″ and is available for $225 by contacting me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .
The Studio 