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Kids Paint Today

Posted in Art Class, tagged , , on October 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »

20141022_170908Kids class is today at 4:15-5:15 at The Studio.  Do you have a young painter ages 7-13 interested in joining us?

We have a great time.  Last week we did this Halloween painting.  Great job!

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Painted Bucket Party

Posted in Paint Parties, tagged , , , , on October 19, 2014| 2 Comments »

Robin's Pinecones

Robin’s Pinecones

Lea's Kitties

Lea’s Kitties

Katrinka's Cat Side 1

Katrinka’s Cat Side 1

Katrinka's Cat Side 2

Katrinka’s Cat Side 2

Kelly's Snowman 2

Kelly’s Snowman 2

Kelly's Snowman 1

Kelly’s Snowman 1

We had a great time painting on metal at the Paint Party yesterday.  We painted buckets and trays.  They are all so different and all FABULOUS!  Great job ladies.

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Kids Painting Again

Posted in Art Class, tagged , , , on October 17, 2014| Leave a Comment »

20141015_170826Our Kids Class started back this week with a wonderful landscape painting.  Great job everyone.

Kids ages 8-13 meet on Wednesday from 4:15-5:15.  Just contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com to register your young artist.  Let’s paint!

And don’t forget the 3rd Saturday Paint Party tomorrow.  We are doing something a little different – painting buckets!

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Plein Air Painting in Waterford

Posted in Landscape, Plein Air, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 10, 2014| Leave a Comment »

A study in brick on location in Waterford, VA

A study in brick on location in Waterford, VA

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A view of Waterford, VA. Park behind the church

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A view of a street in Waterford

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Another streetscape in Waterford

Yesterday I painted with the Plein Air group in Waterford, Virginia.  Our group meets to paint together outdoors in different locations to hone our skills and enjoy the fellowship of other painters.  And Waterford was such a nice choice.  I had never even heard of it and it is just about an hour from where I live.

The entire town is a national historic village. It was founded by a Quaker from Bucks County, PA in 1733 and many of the buildings still is use were built before 1840.  It’s adorable.  (Learn more here about Waterford.)

There were so many wonderful streetscapes in this adorable little village that it was hard to choose what to paint.  I took many, many photos so that I would have some material for later.

I decided to paint the front portion of a cute little brick home so that I could do a “study in brick”.  I don’t often do streetscapes so I took this opportunity to practice working on shape and color.  I like how it has started and hope to finish it soon in the studio.  The lady who lives in the house came out to chat for a few minutes.  She was delightful.

I have missed painting with this group and hope we get a chance to paint together a couple more Thursdays before the weather gets too cold.

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Fabulous Hay Bales!

Posted in Paint Parties, tagged , , , , , , , on October 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »

10612786_10203050172310343_3730363694214175106_nThe group at the 1st Saturday Paint Party created wonderful paintings of Hay Bales in the Field yesterday.  Great work ladies.  And what fun.  It is always good to paint with such a cheerful group.  Keep up the good work.

 

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Sample of Folk Art Bucket similar to what we will paint at the next party.

The next Paint Party is Saturday, October 18th at 3 pm.  We will be trying something new-painting buckets and other metal items.  Just contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com to register for this fun event!

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Completed “The Talking Beagle”

Posted in Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged , , , , , , , on October 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Talking BeagleA few days ago I posted “The Talking Beagle”, an acrylic painting that I started during art class last week.  (See that post here.)  I finished it this week.

I just love the way beagles “talk” and when I saw the photo of this little guy baying I knew it would make a great painting.

“The Talking Beagle”, acrylic on canvas, 16″ x 20″, available for $225.

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Sunflower Field at Oxbow Farm

Posted in daily painter, Landscape, Plein Air, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 28, 2014| 1 Comment »

Oxbow Sunflower CollageI spent a delightful morning painting a sunflower field at a beautiful farm north of town yesterday.

It has been awhile since I have been out to paint and I had almost forgotten how much I enjoyed it.

As with most Plein Air paintings that I do this one is almost finished but will get a little adjustment now that I have it in the studio.  You can see the step-by-step progress in this collage.

Sunflower View I  is an oil on canvas panel measuring 11″ x 14″.  SOLD!

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Demo Painting of Hay Bales Completed

Posted in Landscape, tagged , , , , , , on September 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »

TVOR Demonstration Painting

TVOR Demonstration Painting

TVOR Demo Painting Completed

TVOR Demo Painting Completed

I took a little time to work on the demonstration painting that I did last week at The Village at Orchard Ridge. (Read about that here and here.)  Often when doing a demo painting I get it about 75-80% completed.  I like to take questions so I talk while painting and I can’t always concentrate on details to finish up.   That is what happened with this one.  I used a larger canvas than usual because I wanted everyone to be able to see it so in the 50 minutes that I painted I did get a lot done but still needed to wrap it up.

Here are the photos side by side to see the difference.

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Commission Picked Up

Posted in Commissions, Landscape, tagged , , , , , , on September 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »

2014-09-17 13 43 35Yesterday I met the nice young man who was the recipient of the painting that I did recently of the “View from Harrisonburg”.  (You can see the step by step photos here.)   The painting was a graduation gift as he just graduated from JMU.

And he wanted to take a photo with me when he picked it up.  And he promised to send me a photo of where he hangs the painting.

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TVOR Demo Painting

Posted in daily painter, Landscape, tagged , , , , , on September 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »

TVOR Demonstration Painting

TVOR Demonstration Painting

Here is the painting that I did for the demonstration at The Village at Orchard Ridge on Tuesday night.   (See yesterday’s post.)

I worked in acrylic on an 18″x24″ canvas.  This was a one hour talk so I did not complete the painting but rather laid in the color and got a few details in so that they could see the process.  I will take some time soon to finish it up but for an hour I got a great deal done.

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