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Forsythia Means Spring

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, Virginia Artist on April 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Spring is finally peeking out and the kids painted “Forsythia” this week at class. And they did a very nice job! Now come on Spring so we have more flowers to paint.

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Shelly’s Poppy II

Posted in Art Class, tagged Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, oil painting, Virginia Artist on March 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »

A few weeks ago I shared with you Shelly’s Poppy (Check it out here). Here is the finished painting. Shelly is a wonderful painter with a great eye for color mixing. We’ve been painting together for a couple of years and it’s always lots of fun! Great job Shelly. This is your best yet!

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Ready for Spring

Posted in Abstract, Art Class, tagged Abstract, acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Virginia Artist on March 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »

At our young artists class this week we painted a representational abstract of a floral arrangement. We called it Spring Explosion. We use brushes but also our fingers to get the abstract effect. And yes, they LOVED that! If you have a young artists ages 7-13 contact us and come join the fun.

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Valentine’s Bouquet – Two Interpretations

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Serendipity, tagged Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, oil painting, roses, Valentine's bouquet, Virginia Artist on February 21, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Last Thursday, Valentine’s Day, one of my students brought this lovely bouquet of flowers to me at class. So we immediately set it up on the table and put a solid paper behind it to make it work for us as a painting.

Step 1- Lay in a shape

Step 2- Place some major flower shapes in the vase

Step 3- Continue developing the flowers and work in a background

Step 4 – Finish flowers with details

Cathy’s version of the Valentine’s Bouquet

And the final photo in this post is Cathy, my thoughtful student who gave me the flowers and this is her version of the same bouquet. This is a great example of how different things look when you are sitting just a few feet apart but looking from a different angle. Every painter’s interpretation is different. Thanks again Cathy for the beautiful flowers.

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Kids Paint O’Keeffe

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Calla Lily, daily painter, flowers, Georgia O'Keeffe, O'Keeffe, Virginia Artist on February 15, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Georgia O’Keeffe, well-known for her very large paintings of flowers, said, “I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.”

Last week one of my longtime art students requested that we paint an O’Keeffe flower. We chose the Calla Lily. And didn’t the kids do a wonderful job with their interpretation?!

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Painters at Work

Posted in Art Class, tagged Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on January 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Jan’s Backyard Painting

I enjoy my adult art classes so much. I have enthusiastic students who are excited to be painting. I especially love it when they paint pieces that are meaningful to them. That was the case with Janice’s recent painting of a backyard scene from her parents home. She talked about good memories that her family has of being together there. You could tell that it was something she cherished and now she has a wonderful painting that she can look at and keep those thought in mind. Great job Jan! Now take a look at what some of the other adult students are working on this week in the Wednesday classes. Keep up the good work everyone!

Shelly completes her seascape

Cathy reworks an old painting she recently acquired.

Gretchen makes a start on a coastal painting

Jean puts finishing touches on her daisy

Kathy developing the bow on her Teddy bear painting

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Saturday Super Sale

Posted in Sale, tagged acrylic, cottage rose, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Sale, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on January 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »

I mentioned at the first of the year that I was making a few changes to my daily blog. One is that I am going to try to set aside certain days for specific purposes. Saturday is going to be for sales. On Saturday I will offer an item or two at a discount. As these are originals and there is only one it will go to the first person who contacts me requesting the work. So today is the first Saturday Super Sale Day.

Garden by the Door, oil on canvas, 11″x14″, Sale Price $50.

Cottage Roses Table and Chair, Sale Price $65 for the set.

Contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com ASAP to receive the Super Saturday Sale price. Thanks!

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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.

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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.

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Gourds!

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, Gourd, impressionism on September 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I worked on painting gourds! This weekend I will be teaching 6 workshops in West Virginia at the “Chickens in the Road” Retreat. Three will be on canvas painting and three on gourds.