Posted in Art Class, tagged Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, impressionism, Landscape, mermaid on July 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Jan is doing a great job painting. This is her most recent work – a mermaid. It turned out great!
Remember we have classes at the Blue Ridge Arts Council for adult painters on Wednesday at 10:30-Noon, or Wednesday or Thursday from 5:30-7 p.m. We would love for you to join us.
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, Major League Baseball, MLB, Tampa Bay Rays, Tropicana Field, Virginia Artist on July 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Tropicana Field
Tampa Bay Rays
Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, is the 16th ball park in the series of 30. More than half way now. Woo Hoo! This field is another of the domed fields. I don’t find them as interesting to paint as the open air fields.
Posted in Paint Parties, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, Paint Parties, painting parties, Virginia Artist on July 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The terrific thing about painting is that anyone can do it. If you have the desire to paint, you can learn to paint. Paint Parties are a chance to learn something new with a great group of friends. A little food, a little drink, a lot of laughing. And in the end you have a new painting. Why don’t you get a group together for a party of your own?
Last night we had a fabulous group of painters for their second party and look at the wonderful work they did! Super work everyone!!! It was so much fun. Read more about paint parties here.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, impressionism, Landscape, Starry Night, Van Gogh on July 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The Art Campers would have made Van Gogh proud with a version of his Starry Night yesterday at art camp. Great job everyone!
There are just two sessions of camp left this summer. Young artists ages 8-13 have the chance to paint the week of July 22-25 or August 5-8. Click here and read more or sign up today.
Posted in Little Known Facts, Travel, tagged impressionism, Landscape, Luncheon of the Boating Party, oil painting, Phillips DC, Renoir, The Phillips Collection, Travel on July 2, 2013| 1 Comment »
One of the most beautiful examples of impressionism is “Luncheon of the Boating Party” painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919). Painted in 1880-81 in oil on canvas, it was acquired by Duncan Phillips in 1923 for $125,000. It is the anchor piece of The Phillips Collection in Washington DC. Read more about the painting here. The Phillips offers a cell service for hearing about some of their paintings. You can call 202-595-1839, wait for the prompt and put in #75 to hear more about this beautiful painting.
This past weekend I spent some time at The Phillips enjoying some of the wonderful art that Phillips collected. (Read more about The Phillips Collection here.) If you ever have an opportunity to see his collection make the time.
Housed in his wonderful old house (that has been expanded over the years) right off of DuPont Circle in DC, it offers wonderful examples of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism as well as Modern Art. Make the trip.
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, Chicago White Sox, impressionism, Landscape, MLB, U S Cellular Field, Virginia Artist, White Sox on July 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »
U. S. Cellular Field
Chicago White Sox
U. S. Cellular Field is the home of the Chicago White Sox. It is number 14 in the series of 30 that I am painting and the only field painted as a night scene. This field is distinguished by the “exploding scoreboard” that shoots off fireworks after a home run or a win and it is topped by spinning pinwheels.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Claude Monet, daily painter, impressionism, Lady with Umbrella, Landscape, Monet, Virginia Artist on June 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Art Campers with “Monet”
Waiting for Varnish
We wrapped up session 3 of Art Camp with a wonderful Monet painting of the Lady with the Umbrella. We worked on it for two days and these young artists did brilliant job. I am sure their families are excited about the outstanding art that these artists produced this week at Art Camp.
If you have a young artist check out the remaining dates of Art Camp here.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Degas, Dogs, Edgar Degas Horse, farm animals, impressionism, Landscape, Virginia Artist on June 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday the Art Campers painted their version of Degas’s Horse and Dog. They did a marvelous job. These young artists can PAINT!!!
Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, Atlanta Braves, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, MLB, Turner Field, Virginia Artist on June 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Turner Field
Atlanta Braves
Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves, is the 13th field in the series of Major League Baseball parks that I have painted for the Kickstarter project. The Braves are my team. I grew up in Georgia and we were Braves fans. We went to Florida for Spring Training to watch them each year. We suffered when they had bad seasons and celebrated those good years. And while I went to more games at Fulton County stadium than I have at the newer Turner Field I look forward to seeing more here. It’s one of those really large stadiums that has the feel of a small baseball field.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Dogs, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, Monet, poppies on June 19, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Art Camp, Ages 5-7 with Monet’s Poppies
We had a great day of Art Camp with the young artists painting Monet’s Poppy Field. We talked about Monet (that they like to call Money) and impressionism and they painted these fabulous paintings. Great job!
This was the first time we have offered camp for this young age group and they were great. How can you resist their happy faces when they show off their art.
The Twins with Framed Blue Dogs
Here are the Grady twins (with Gryffin photo-bombing) with their painting of Blue Dog. They brought it back in for me to frame for them. Wonderful!
The Studio 