Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged 175th Anniversary of Warren County VA, acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, Landscape, Virginia Artist, Warren County 175th Anniversary on April 5, 2011| 2 Comments »
Ressie Jeffries 4th graders did a great job on their 175th Anniversary Painting. Here are several of the students working on their paintings along with me and Susan helping them out.
Wow! What a great painting the Ressie Jeffries students produced!
And here are the super students and volunteers that made this beautiful painting. Good job everyone!
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged 175th Anniversary of Warren County VA, acrylic, Art Residency, daily painter, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on April 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »
This week I worked with the 4th grade students at Leslie Fox Keyser Elementary School to produce the 175th Anniversary Painting. The first day Doug Stanley, County Administrator, reviewed the history of Warren County while I gave an overview of the material we would use in the paintings.
I also did a quick demo of some of the brush strokes they would use as well as a color mixing demo of certain colors they would use. They seemed fascinated.
Then on the second day of the project they started painting. I will share more of their work soon. Today was their final day of painting and Hagerstown TV came to do a story. The kids were so excited. Take a look at the story here.
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, Landscape, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on March 29, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Today is the day we’ve worked so hard for…the Opening Reception of the “Bark for the Park” Art Show and Sale. This evening from 5-7 p.m. at the Warren County Community Center, 538 Villa Avenue, Front Royal, VA. Please stop by and see the 47 pet portraits that make up the show.
This is Lucy, my cousin Amy’s dog. So sweet. (This painting is SOLD.)
And this is Bruno, one of cousin Linda’s dogs. Another cutie.
Please stop by the community center and see all the others.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged 175th Anniversary of Warren County VA, acrylic, Art Class, Art Residency, daily painter, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Virginia Artist on March 24, 2011| 1 Comment »
On the 4th and final day of the Art Residency we finished up our paintings! Yeah. And then we took a class photo. These are the wonderful 4th graders from A. S. Rhodes who created this beautiful painting.
Didn’t they do a great job!
And this is the class of 4th graders from Hilda J. Barbour Elementary school who painted this terrific painting….
Fabulous!!!
The very last thing we did together was have a little cupcake birthday party to celebrate the birthday of Warren County.
Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Class, Art Residency, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist, Warren County 175th Anniversary, Warren County Virginia on March 23, 2011| Leave a Comment »
We painted in the morning at A.S. Rhodes.
And in the afternoon we painted at Hilda J. Barbour.
And TV-3 came to do a story about the Art Residency Project. They did a great job with the story. They interviewed several kids too and they were so adorable talking about their painting. You can watch their interview by clicking here.
Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged acrylic, Art Residency, barn, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Small Town Life, Virginia, Virginia Artist, Warren County 175th Anniversary, Warren County Virginia on March 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The next step in the process for the Art Residency project was to start sketching out the different elements. And then to paint.
Here you can see the beginning of A. S. Rhodes Elementary school, the Gazebo, the entrance sign to Shenandoah National Park and a barn. Look closely and you will see the Courthouse is sketched in as well.
And today I actually start the project with the kids at A.S. Rhodes Elementary and Hilda J. Barbour Elementary. Can’t wait to meet the 16 kids at each school. Hopefully they will be excited about painting and about the project.
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, Landscape, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on February 25, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Sadie Lady is a Jack Russell Mix. The painting is an acrylic on 12″x12″ gallery wrap canvas. SOLD! Sadie is one of my granddogs.
A couple of years ago, Allen’s daughter appeared at my door early one morning with Sadie in tow. She was doing her morning walk and this little dog “started following her”. She wanted me to take it. At the time I had three dogs and said, Oh, no! I convinced her to take it home and call the shelter to see if anyone was missing a little girl like her. She ended up taking her to the shelter. Then regretting it. As soon as Sadie was available for adoption she went right back out and got her. She had been a much-loved member of the family ever since. 🙂
She’s a little spoiled, but hey, shouldn’t all dogs be spoiled???!!!
Here I am with Sadie with the evil eyes at Christmas this year. She thinks she should always be in someones lap or arms.
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, Landscape, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on February 24, 2011| 1 Comment »
Golden Retrievers are the sweetest dogs. This one is Trey Rosen, Doug’s boy. The painting is an acrylic on 12″x12″ canvas.
This Golden Pup is adorable. This is also an acrylic on 12″x12″ canvas. SOLD!
This is an older Golden. Grandpa Golden.
And just a quick note about yesterday’s painting of Jam the Great Dane. This painting sold. It is the first in the series to sell. All sales from this series is going to benefit the new dog park. So thanks so much!
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, daily painting, Dogs, Landscape, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on February 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Max is Lincoln and Jed’s newest friend. He spent some time with us at the cabin a few weekends ago.
You can read about that here: https://lifeofadailypainter.com/2011/01/30/fun-weekend-with-max/ My painting of Max is an acrylic on canvas measuring 12″x12″. SOLD!
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, Landscape, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on February 10, 2011| Leave a Comment »
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