Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Old Truck, Virginia Artist, West Virginia on October 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Several months ago I posted the photos I took while driving around the farm in West Virginia where our cabin is located. I ran upon this old truck and just loved how it looked.
Finally, I am making an attempt at painting it. Doing something like this requires much more drawing than I am accustomed to doing. Most of my paintings are impressionistic where the drawing is very loose. But this one required more…
Posted in daily painter, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Small Town Life, Virginia, Virginia Artist on September 30, 2009| 1 Comment »
Yesterday I was the guest speaker at the Strasburg Rotary Club in Strasburg, Virginia. What a nice group of folks!
They made me feel very welcome as I told them what it is like to be a daily painter. I also did a quick demonstration for them. The photo here shows my set up with reference photo for the painting.
I’ll put the finishing touches on it and post the finished product for you in the next few days.
Thanks again to the Strasburg Rotarians for allowing me to discuss my “Life as a Daily Painter” with you.
Posted in daily painter, Travel, tagged Arizona, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on September 29, 2009| Leave a Comment »
This is the second painting that I have done from the photos I took on my recent trip to Arizona. I love the way the cactus look against the red rocks. This painting, “Prickly Pear”, is an oil on canvas panel measuring 10″x8″ and is available for $195. kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com
This was my reference photo for the painting.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged Art Class, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on September 22, 2009| Leave a Comment »
As I promised last week, we completed the art lesson last Wednesday night at class of this painting of an artist working on location.
I love painting outdoors and do so every chance I get. This is an oil painting measuring 11″x14″ and is available for $225 by contacting me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .
Posted in daily painter, Travel, tagged Arizona, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on September 21, 2009| Leave a Comment »
A couple of weeks ago I told you about our trip out west to Arizona and shared all the photos of the red rocks.
I finished a painting of one. This is the reference photo of Bell Rock, just outside of Sedona, Arizona.
And this is my painted version of Bell Rock. It is an oil painting on canvas panel measuring 9″x12″ and is available for purchase at $195 by contacting me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on September 18, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Fog Across the Valley is an oil on canvas panel. This is another piece we did recently in art class. As you may have guessed this week from reading the blog, I finally brought home some pieces we did on Wednesdays in art class and photographed them to post on the blog. I didn’t realize how far behind I had gotten on that! We paint a lot in class. 🙂
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on September 17, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Another Fence for Pat is an oil on canvas panel that we did several weeks ago in art class on Wednesday at the Blue Ridge Arts Council. I named it for Pat because one of my art students loves to paint fences. We have done several. This one was a snow scene with a fence.
Pat’s painting turned out great! I should take some photos of the art students work to show you all. I’ll do that soon.
And don’t forget that it is the 3rd Thursday and the Art Walk is tonight from 5 – 8 p.m. in downtown Front Royal. Shops are open late, serving refreshments, and there will be entertainment. Come out and watch artist demonstrating and support the art community.
Stop by Delilah’s and say hello to Sandy who will be there this evening.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting on September 16, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Here is what we will be finishing up tonight at Art Class. We started this piece last week and just have a few details to add to finish. You can see the photo above the painting. This lesson is a photo from an ad in a magazine.
We find photos and inspiration from many places.
As I have said before, anyone can paint. It doesn’t take talent but rather desire. If you want to learn to paint, or improve your painting skills, email me, kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com , and join us on Wednesdays at the Blue Ridge Arts Council. We have great fun!
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Shenandoah River on September 15, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Bridge Over River is an oil on canvas panel that was an art lesson for the Wednesday Night Painting class. One of the most fun parts of painting together on Wednesdays is that sometimes we paint the same thing. This was a picture brought in that several of us painted.
Each turns out a little different…but all great!
Come join us on Wednesdays. Email me if you have any questions. kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com
Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, painting, Shenandoah River, Small Town Life, Virginia Artist on August 28, 2009| 2 Comments »
As I have mentioned several times in the last few weeks, the Blue Ridge Arts Council’s current show hanging in the gallery at 305 East Main Street is “A River Runs Through It”, all about the Shenandoah River. We are so lucky to have such a beautiful feature in our town.
The paintings you see here are all of the river. The one of the left is a view out in Rockland. My neighbor, Clara Hoskins Larsen, did this painting from the vantage point of her old home place. Clara is 88 (hope you don’t mind that I told your age Clara) but she acts more like 48! And she is a wonderful artist.
The top right painting is one of mine, “Along the River”. And the bottom right is Wilson Webb’s work. Wilson is a fabulous painter from Winchester. He just won the member show at BRAC so he will have a solo show in the Spring that I am really looking forward to seeing.
So come downtown and see all the terrific art capturing the Shenandoah River.
The Studio 