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North Entrance, Shenandoah National Park

Posted in daily painter, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on April 20, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I was asked if I ever have time to paint since I have been teaching so much lately.  And the answer is yes!  Of course, with the Anniversary project I did with the 4th graders I painted a sample painting so their were about a dozen different subjects that I worked on so that I could simplify subjects for them to paint.

This painting is a spin-off of that.  I painted North Entrance, an acrylic on 20″x30″ canvas, for the current show at the Blue Ridge Arts Council celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Park.  You can see it at BRAC for the next month.  There is some lovely work in the show.  Take the time to stop in and take a look.

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More Mountains and Rivers…

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 19, 2011| 2 Comments »

  While showing you the mountain and rivers that the Tiger Cubs painted yesterday I thought I would show you what the Young Artists on Wednesday and Thursday did with the same subject.  They did a fabulous job.  I love seeing what they can do!

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Tiger Cubs Painting Class

Posted in Art Class, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »

A few weeks ago one of the moms of one of my Thursday Young Artists asked if I might teach her Tiger Cub scouts a lesson in color mixing and painting. 

Last Wednesday, we held that class.  Here they are working on their painting.  That’s my friend Shelly helping me with the large group.

They were very enthusiastic and seemed to really enjoy painting.  The only mishap was when I accidentally dropped a paint brush on one boys head when I was trying to help him.  No permanent damage, just a little green paint in his hair.  Oops!

They did a terrific job…eight beautiful paintings of the mountain and river!

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“Dog Show”

Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged , , , , , , on April 8, 2011| Leave a Comment »

I was asked a couple of times this week about the “Bark for the Park” Art Show and Sale.  It’s not too late to see it.  It will be hanging at the Community Center until May 15th. 

And it’s certainly not too late to purchase a painting to help the park.  Just contact Kym at the Blue Ridge Arts Council or me to let us know which painting you would like.  Just like this little Lhaso Apso, all the paintings in this show are 12″x12″ acrylic on canvas and priced at $125 with all the proceeds going to the park.  You can also scroll back through the posting on this blog to see the paintings and select from one that hasn’t yet sold.

Or if you would just like to support the park you can send a donation to the Warren County Dog Park Association, c/o Kelly Walker, 939 S. Marshall St., Front Royal, VA  22630.  Any amount is welcomed and appreciated!

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Gazebos Galore!

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged , , , , , on April 7, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Over the past two weeks the Wednesday and Thursday young artists classes painted the gazebo.  Didn’t they all do a fabulous job???!!!  I can’t get over how great these students paint.  Good job everyone.

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Leslie Fox Keyser paints…

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on April 4, 2011| Leave a Comment »

The students at Leslie Fox Keyser Elementary School hard at work on their paintings.

Raymond and Julie do a great job painting the school portion of the collage.

Super job everyone! 

Doesn’t painting look like fun???!!!

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Today’s the Day!!!

Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged , , , , , , , on March 29, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Today is the day we’ve worked so hard for…the Opening Reception of the “Bark for the Park” Art Show and Sale.  This evening from 5-7 p.m. at the Warren County Community Center, 538 Villa Avenue, Front Royal, VA.  Please stop by and see the 47 pet portraits that make up the show.

This is Lucy, my cousin Amy’s dog.  So sweet. (This painting is SOLD.)

And this is Bruno, one of cousin Linda’s dogs.  Another cutie.

Please stop by the community center and see all the others.

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Just One More Day….

Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 28, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Just one more day to the Opening Reception of the “Bark for the Park” Art Show & Sale to benefit the Off-Leash Dog Park. 

Several really good pieces of news have come my way this past week.  First, Hickory, the Scottish Deerhound who won the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show this year will be in attendance as our guest of honor.  She believes in the off-leash park!  🙂

This is a painting that I did of Hickory this weekend.  I thought she should have her portrait included among the other 46 dogs on display for the show. 

The reception is from 5 – 7 p.m. at the Warren County Community Center.  Please come out and invite all your friends to see the plans for the new dog park.

The second piece of good news is that several paintings have already sold!!!  Yeah!  The proceeds from sales at this show go to the dog park.  Thanks to everyone who has already made a purchase to support the park.  Of course, you can make a donation to the park without buying a painting.  Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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The Completed Painting

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , on March 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »

 

As I got to this stage it got harder for me to find things that I thought I could make work for the 4th grade students.  Even some of the ones I had chosen to this point seemed a little difficult but I know they can do it.

And finally, I finished the piece.  Well, not really as I am still fiddling with little parts of it here and there.  I’ll show a final, final version next week. 

The school in the upper left corner of this painting is A. S. Rhodes.  As I work with each of the schools, we will paint their school into the picture.  Since the paintings will become part of a permanent display at each school it was only fitting that each school be depicted by the students.  The paintings size is 4’x4′. 

Next week I’ll show you how A.S. Rhodes and Hilda J. Barbour’s students work turned out.  I have been working with them all this week.  🙂

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Art Residency Project Progressing

Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on March 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »

The next step in the process for the Art Residency project was to start sketching out the different elements.  And then to paint. 

Here you can see the beginning of A. S. Rhodes Elementary school, the Gazebo, the entrance sign to Shenandoah National Park and a barn.  Look closely and you will see the Courthouse is sketched in as well.

And today I actually start the project with the kids at A.S. Rhodes Elementary and Hilda J. Barbour Elementary.  Can’t wait to meet the 16 kids at each school.  Hopefully they will be excited about painting and about the project.

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