Several years ago I did this painting I call “Coloring Book Dogs” after I watched a kid at a doctors office coloring in a book there. He was not at all concerned about the lines as he gleefully put color on every item on the page. Each item was a different solid color with the color running outside the lines. That made me think, “Why don’t we all color outside the lines still? Why are we always so careful when we color/paint?” When I painted this piece with the dogs and a couple of others with other subjects (you can see them here) I had a great time. It was fun! So this year I am going to attempt to “color outside the lines a little more”. How about you?
Posts Tagged ‘daily painting’
Thinking Outside the Lines
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged acrylic, Coloring book, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on January 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Miss Paisley
Posted in Dogs, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on January 2, 2013| 2 Comments »
More Living With Art
Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Day Lilies, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, lilies, oil painting, Virginia Artist on December 30, 2012| 1 Comment »
This painting of Day Lilies was a birthday gift for Allen several years ago. They are his favorite so they are a repeated theme in the art at our house.
The Day Lily appears in this smaller painting hanging in the kitchen.
I try to paint things that people like. For instance, the day lilies for Allen and pet portraits for pet lovers and for me. These are the things I like so it makes it easy to hang my work and enjoy it. Difficulty in painting for me comes when I attempt to paint something I don’t particularly care about. Then the painting becomes work and when it’s not fun, it’s really hard to do.
Jake and Juneau
Posted in Dogs, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on December 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Deborah with her 2nd Painting
Posted in Art Class, tagged daily painter, daily painting, flowers, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on December 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Deborah’s 2nd painting. Great job girl! Come join us at art class and paint your own masterpiece.
Warm-up Success
Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Virginia Artist on December 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »
When I am on a roll painting I get up early and grab a cup of coffee and then generally take a sheet of watercolor paper divided into 6 or 8 pieces and do several quick warm-up paintings. I try not to spend but about 15 minutes working on these just to help me loosen up and get some color ideas. Sometimes I like what turns out. Yesterday while cleaning up pile of old warm-ups I came across several I like. I put them in a mat and liked them even more. So here is Warm-up in Orange and Warm-up in Green, acrylic on watercolor paper, available for $25 each.
Wild Poppies on the Valley Floor
Posted in daily painter, Plein Air, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on December 5, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Wild Poppies on the Valley Floor, acrylic on canvas, 30″x40″, available for $295.
I like to do snow paintings at this time of the year but the weather feels more like this….summer!
Painting Minatures
Posted in daily painter, tagged Art Class, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, miniature painting, miniatures, Shenandoah Valley, Signal Knob, Virginia, Virginia Artist on November 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Last night at our adult painting class we worked on miniature paintings. This is the time of year we like to work on these because they make great Christmas gifts for friends. Here are three that I did: (Top-Bottom: A View of Signal Knob, oil, 3″x5″; The Little Shed, oil, 3″x 5″; AnotherView of Signal Knob, oil, 4″x6″.) Interested in miniatures for gifts? Contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com
Now That’s a Barn!
Posted in daily painter, Travel, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist, West Virginia on November 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »
West Virginia Barn, oil, 11″x14″, available by contacting kwalker@kellywalkerstudios.com
Anyone Can Paint
Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged Artist Demonstration, Christian Women's Coalition, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Shenandoah Valley, Small Town Life, Virginia Artist on November 13, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I was asked to speak and do a demonstration painting for the Front Royal Christian Women’s Connection at Shenandoah Country Club last week. Their theme for the month was “Anyone Can Paint”. And I was thrilled they invited me to share. I had 15 minutes to do this little painting and to talk about how I got started painting. As you know I am always telling people that all they need to paint is desire. I really think anyone who is interested in painting can do it. And that is why I love teaching and helping people develop their desire to paint. If you’d like to try it contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com for more info or check it out here.











