Posted in Farm Animals, tagged Chickens in the Road Retreat, farm animals, Sassafras Farm on October 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Cute Goat
Cutest goats!
Another shot of the cute goat
Chickens everywhere
The Chicken Poses
Maia in her Tutu
Maia Can’t Wait for her Animal Crackers
Maia in her Super Hero Cape
One thing I love about going different places are the reference photos I take so that I have loads of material to choose from when I paint. Of course, at Sassafras Farm this weekend there was lots and lots to photograph. Here are some shots from the weekend.
Posted in Farm Animals, tagged acrylic, daily painter, donkey, farm animals, impressionism, mule on September 2, 2014| Leave a Comment »
“Debbie’s Clarence”
Clarence’s Reference Photo
A friend posted a photo of Clarence on her Facebook page recently and I immediately sent her a message asking for permission to paint his portrait. What a handsome guy!!! I just love the way he looks.
“Clarence”, acrylic on canvas panel, 6″x8″. Available by contacting kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com
Posted in Animals, Farm Animals, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, farm animals, horse, pet portrait on August 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago a gentleman came by The Studio asking about portraits. He had a pretty faint photo of a horse that belongs to his daughter and he wanted it done for her birthday. This is the horse. I do quite a few dog portraits, even some cats but very seldom do I get to do a horse.
They were very happy with the results.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, carnival, farm animals, impressionism on July 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Zoey with Painting of “Old #40”
Reference Photo of “Old #40”
I had a small but talented group for the two-day Art Camp this week. Zoey, a new student for me, did a fabulous job painting a cow from her grandparents farm and their cute chocolate lab pup, Lincoln.
Zoey and Lincoln
Great job!
Logan and the Carnival Painting
Logan, a long-time art student and VERY talented painter, chose to paint an interesting view of the carnival. So clever. Super work Logan.
Posted in Art Class, Farm Animals, tagged acrylic, Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, duck, farm animals, impressionism on May 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago a friend posted a photo of her duck, Jase, on Facebook. I immediately asked her if we could paint the photo in our kids class and she gave us permission.
The kids did a great job painting Jase’s portrait. Don’t you love it??? Good job everyone. I’ll bet Jase would like them.
Posted in Art Class, Farm Animals, tagged acrylic, Art Class, farm animals, impressionism, Landscape, sheep on April 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The kids class painted a nice little farm landscape with sheep yesterday. They did a terrific job with this painting. Keep up the good work!
Posted in Animals, daily painter, Farm Animals, tagged daily painter, daily painting, farm animals, impressionism, Llama, Virginia Artist on September 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Llama painting with reference photo
A few weekends ago I took an art workshop in Staunton at the Beverley Street Studio School. What a neat place! The workshop was all about painting animals. So, of course, the week before I went to the workshop I took photos of animals I have been wanting to paint — like a llama. I have some friends with all kinds of animals and they allowed me to come and take pictures. This Llama, I think his name is Tony, was a real character. He kept photo-bombing every time I tried to take a photo of the other llamas that were there, especially the baby llama. He and the other two adults did not want me to photo the baby. So long story short, I got lots of cool photos of Tony but no good ones of the other three. Here is the first painting of Tony. It’s a 6″x8″ oil on canvas. It is available at Delilah’s or by contacting kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com
Posted in Farm Animals, tagged daily painter, daily painting, farm animals, goat, goats, impressionism, oil painting, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on August 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »
George’s Goat, oil on canvas, 8″x6″, available for $135. After taking the workshop last weekend on “Painting Animals” it reminded me that I need to paint more animals for the Farm Animal series that I did several years ago. (You can see more about it here.) Many of these have sold so I need to come up with some more of these cute faces to add to the series. Stay tuned….next, a Llama!
Goat Reference Photo
Posted in Tips for Better Painting, Travel, tagged Beverley Street Art School, farm animals, impressionism, Nancy Bass, Nancy Bass animals, Nancy Bass Workshop, oil painting, Staunton Va, Virginia Artist on August 19, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Nancy Demonstrating Stage 2 in the process – Cow
Nancy’s Cow after the 2nd Stage
Nancy demonstrating a full body painting – Sheep
Nancy’s Demo Sheep
My Donkey at Stage 2 in the Workshop
I think the best thing an artist can do for themselves is to study artists whose art they admire. Taking a workshop or class if it is available is a great way to hone skills and develop as an artist.
This weekend I got to do that with a wonderful animal artist, Nancy Bass. Nancy’s art is beautifully expressive and has layer upon layer of color that makes the animal jump off the canvas. You can see her captivating work here on her website.
Each day of the workshop Nancy demonstrated her unique process with the eleven artists in the class and then helped us individually as we attempted her technique. Nancy works in layers so we had to work a drawing and under-painting the first day of the workshop. Then the second day she showed us how she begins laying paint onto the subject and explained that she sometimes lets it dry and layers 4 or 5 times. It is a process of patience.
It was an intensive weekend of painting…..and concentrating….and developing into better artists. It was interesting to see the style and work of each artist in attendance and getting to know some new artist friends from around the state.
Thanks Nancy for sharing your talent with us!
Posted in Art Class, tagged Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, farm animals, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on August 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
John’s 1st Painting!
Katie’s 1st Painting!
Joy’s Latest Paintings
The students in my adult art classes are doing great work. Some have been with me a couple of years and some are new students to my class. We have a great time painting together. And I like to share their finished work with everyone to see. Here is the latest from the Thursday evening class. Great job Joy, John and Katie!
The Studio 