Posted in Art Class, tagged Art Class, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on January 23, 2012| 3 Comments »
A few weeks ago we started a Wednesday morning art class and I had several new students join me in their quest to learn to paint. And look at the great job they are doing. If you would like to paint remember that we meet on Wednesday mornings at 10:30 or Wednesday or Thursday evenings from 5:30-7 p.m. Just email me if you are interested at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com. Hope to see your painting soon.
Posted in daily painter, tagged cherry, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, oil painting, Virginia Artist on January 3, 2012| 1 Comment »
The Winter Invitational continues at the Blue Ridge Arts Council on Main Street in Front Royal.
Three Cherries on Teal is an oil painting measuring 8″x10″ and is available for $125,
Posted in daily painter, tagged daily painter, daily painting, fruit, impressionism, oil painting, Olive, olives, Virginia Artist on November 23, 2011| 2 Comments »
One Olive, oil on paper, 3″x4″. Available at the Blue Ridge Arts Council.
Two Olives, oil on paper, 3″x4″. Available at the Blue Ridge Arts Council.
Posted in daily painter, tagged cherry, daily painter, daily painting, fruit, impressionism, oil painting, Virginia Artist on November 17, 2011| Leave a Comment »
One Cherry, Oil, 4″x3″, available for $75 framed.
Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged daily painter, daily painting, Front Royal Town Hall, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Small Town Life, Virginia, Virginia Artist on October 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Town Hall is an oil on 14″x11″ canvas panel.
This is the reference photo and the beginning of the painting.
And the progression….
And the completed painting. It is SOLD!
Posted in daily painter, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia, Virginia Artist, wedding dance on June 3, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Several months ago I got a commission for a painting as an anniversary gift from a man for his wife. It was a photo of their wedding dance. But he also wanted it to reflect a favorite book that they had.
So I worked to incorporate the two. This is the beginning.
After working on it for a while, this is what I had.
Eventually I made a few more changes to make them each stand out more.
And this was the final painting. He loved it. I hope she did too!
Posted in daily painter, tagged daily painter, daily painting, farm animals, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on May 25, 2011| Leave a Comment »
A painting that I did outdoors a year or so ago at the Bowen Farm in Rockland has been purchased by a collector in Oklahoma City. It’s all packaged up and ready to go to the post office today…off to it’s new home in Oklahoma. O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A, Oklahoma, OK! Couldn’t resist that one. 🙂
View from the Bowen Farm, 9″x12″, Oil on Canvas.
Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painting, impressionism, oil painting, River, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Virginia Artist on April 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago one of the moms of one of my Thursday Young Artists asked if I might teach her Tiger Cub scouts a lesson in color mixing and painting.
Last Wednesday, we held that class. Here they are working on their painting. That’s my friend Shelly helping me with the large group.
They were very enthusiastic and seemed to really enjoy painting. The only mishap was when I accidentally dropped a paint brush on one boys head when I was trying to help him. No permanent damage, just a little green paint in his hair. Oops!
They did a terrific job…eight beautiful paintings of the mountain and river!
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged daily painter, Dog Park, Dogs, oil painting, watercolor on January 21, 2011| 1 Comment »
Very soon I will be asking for you all to help us as we move into the final phase of the dog park project. We need to raise money! Surprise, surprise. The good news is that everything is in place and we should have a park by the end of the year.
This watercolor painting is one I did several years ago when we kicked off the Dog Park project. I will be painting more dogs shortly for a show that will feature dogs and help draw attention to the project. Please stay tuned and if you can help we would really appreciate it.
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, Landscape, oil painting, pet portrait, Virginia Artist on January 19, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I started this painting of Jed last Wednesday night in Adult Art Class. I used a photo by Sandra Patterson as my reference photo. I just love this look.
This is the beginning.
The next night at the Thursday class I had a few more minutes to work on it.
Last night while I waited for a couple of new students for a private lesson I took a few minutes to work on Jed again.
I may decide to tweak a few things after it dries a little but for the most part he’s done. Jed is an oil on canvas panel measuring 8″x10″. He’s not for sale. 🙂 He will go on my wall at home joining portraits of Truman, Jeffie, Boo and Rosie. Next I’ll have to work on Lincoln.
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