Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on May 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The Thursday kids class painted a beautiful local landscape with a fence and gate in the foreground. They are fantastic! Good job everyone.
And I am sad to say that I will no longer be working with the wonderful ladies at the Southerlands. They have discontinued their art program. I will miss all the fun we have had. Here is Miss Gaylor with the last painting I helped her paint. I will miss them.
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, AT&T Park, impressionism, MLB, San Francisco Giants, Virginia Artist on May 21, 2013| 1 Comment »
San Francisco Giants
AT&T Park
This is number 8! I finished the home of the San Francisco Giants, AT&T Park. This one is so different from all the others as it has water behind it instead of skyscrapers. I loved working on this one.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, painting parties, Small Town Life, Virginia Artist on May 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Paint Parties are a great way to enjoy some time out with the girls. And everyone has a great time learning to paint. I love the comments from the painters at these parties. Coming into the art room they always say, “I can’t paint. Maybe I’ll just watch”. And then at the end of the evening it’s, “Wow, I can’t believe I did that.” And “That was so much fun, I’m amazed at how great it turned out!”
I’m not sure who has more fun, the painters or me! To learn more or schedule your own party for adults or for kids click here.
Posted in Small Town Life, Travel, tagged daily painter, daily painting, Front Royal, impressionism, Virginia, Virginia Artist, watercolor, Wine Festival on May 18, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Be sure to stop by Delilah’s when you come down to Main Street Front Royal for the Wine Festival. All day today! Too much fun to miss. Come on down.
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Major League Baseball, Minnesota Twins, MLB, Target Field, Virginia Artist on May 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, MLB, Rangers Ballpark, Texas Rangers, Virginia Artist on May 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Texas Rangers
Just put the finishing touches on Rangers Ballpark – Home of the Texas Rangers. Seven down, 23 to go!
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on May 10, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Mary with her first painting
Artist Pat
I love sharing the art that my students make. Here are two of my Wednesday students. This is Mary’s first painting. She just joined us in class on Wednesday morning and we had a wonderful time making this mountain scene. Great job Mary and welcome to our class!
And you recognize Pat. She has been painting with me on Wednesday evenings for a couple of years and does wonderful work that her friends and family fight over. This beautiful painting is of her daughter’s home. It looks fabulous Pat!
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, MLB, PNC Park, Virginia Artist on May 6, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I worked all this week on PNC Park in Pittsburgh. It has to be one of the best views from a park but all the detail makes it difficult to paint. I am almost finished with it and should finish it up today but I wanted to share it with you as the last few hours of my Kickstarter project wind down. Just to update you on where I am with the project, it appears that no one has ever painted all 30 Ball Parks during one season so I’ll be the first. Woo Hoo! And as of the writing this morning the project has been pledged at 110% so as long as this holds by midnight tonight my project will be funded. Yippee! Please know how much I appreciate everyone who has pledged to support this project. You can’t know how much your encouragement means to this painter. Many, many thanks! PNC is the 5th painting in the series and I will be starting number 6 today.
It’s not too late to be a part of this history making project. Click on this link and pledge to get in on it before midnight tonight. Thanks again!
Posted in Abstract, Art Class, daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Class, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Virginia Artist on May 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I had a few minutes at last nights art class to add a few more touches to the Abstract painting of flowers that I repainted from the day before. Here is “Abstract Flowers”, acrylic on canvas, 18″ x 24″, available by contacting kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, Chicago Cubs, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, MLB, MLB Ballparks, Virginia Artist, Wrigley Field on April 30, 2013| 1 Comment »
Wrigley Step 1
Wrigley Step 2
Wrigley Step 3
Wrigley Step 4
Wrigley Step 5
Wrigley Step 6
I was asked about the process I use in painting one of the ball fields for my Kickstarter Project – Painted Diamonds. So I tried to take photos while I worked on the painting of the Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field to show you the progress. Sometimes I get so involved that I forget to take a picture but you get the idea.
Wrigley -Step 7
Every artist works differently. I usually start at the top and work in the basic shapes moving toward the subject matter that is closest to the viewer at the end and then go back in to put details. That’s the great thing about painting. There is no right or wrong way as long as the end result makes you happy then you did it just right!
Wrigley is the 4th painting in the series of 30 that I am painting for my Kickstarter Project- Painted Diamonds – where I will be painting every Major League Baseball park before the World Series this year.
The Studio 