Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting on June 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »
We had a good evening at art class. The kids painted a bird nest in a tree. Not the easiest of subject matter and they did a wonderful job.
And Luzia, one of my newest students in Thursday class, completed just her second painting – these wonderful parrots. Great job!
Posted in Plein Air, tagged barn, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Long Green, Long Green Barn, oil painting, Paint Out, Plein Air, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on June 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Barn – A Good Start
Barn – Laying in Background and Foreground
I had a delightful day of painting at Long Green yesterday. (See here the set-up for my first painting there.) Here is the progress I made. It was a bright sunny day so the shadows kept moving…and fast! But I got the first painting, the barn to a point of about 85% finished.
Barn – Only Details Left to Paint
Now I will tinker on it in the studio until it’s done. The Long Green Paint Out is for an upcoming fundraiser for Blue Ridge Hospice. They are going to have a “Decorator’s Showcase” there in September that will be open to the public. More info to come as I get it. And our paintings will be on display and for sale to benefit Hospice.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on May 10, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Mary with her first painting
Artist Pat
I love sharing the art that my students make. Here are two of my Wednesday students. This is Mary’s first painting. She just joined us in class on Wednesday morning and we had a wonderful time making this mountain scene. Great job Mary and welcome to our class!
And you recognize Pat. She has been painting with me on Wednesday evenings for a couple of years and does wonderful work that her friends and family fight over. This beautiful painting is of her daughter’s home. It looks fabulous Pat!
Posted in Art Class, tagged Art Class, impressionism, oil painting, Virginia Artist on April 21, 2013| 1 Comment »
Brooke joined my art class right after she moved to Front Royal recently. We are so glad she did. She paints wonderfully and just lights up our Thursday evening class. But she talks so fast…I mean FAST. We have to ask her to slow down and repeat so that we can understand her. But it’s great having a teenager in class to keep us up to date on what’s going on. Welcome Brooke and great job! Can’t wait to see the next one.
Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on April 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Luzia joined our art class last night and this is her first painting. Great job! And the best part, she had a great time. Painting is fun. Why don’t you come join us too.
Yesterday was a day of firsts. I was asked to work with the Front Royal-Warren County Leadership Class during their Art and Tourism Day and they all painted their first landscapes of the mountains and did wonderful work. And they had fun too. I think there is a theme here: PAINTING IS FUN!!!
Posted in Art Class, tagged Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, oil painting, Virginia Artist on March 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago I shared with you Shelly’s Poppy (Check it out here). Here is the finished painting. Shelly is a wonderful painter with a great eye for color mixing. We’ve been painting together for a couple of years and it’s always lots of fun! Great job Shelly. This is your best yet!
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Serendipity, tagged Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, oil painting, roses, Valentine's bouquet, Virginia Artist on February 21, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Last Thursday, Valentine’s Day, one of my students brought this lovely bouquet of flowers to me at class. So we immediately set it up on the table and put a solid paper behind it to make it work for us as a painting.
Step 1- Lay in a shape
Step 2- Place some major flower shapes in the vase
Step 3- Continue developing the flowers and work in a background
Step 4 – Finish flowers with details
Cathy’s version of the Valentine’s Bouquet
And the final photo in this post is Cathy, my thoughtful student who gave me the flowers and this is her version of the same bouquet. This is a great example of how different things look when you are sitting just a few feet apart but looking from a different angle. Every painter’s interpretation is different. Thanks again Cathy for the beautiful flowers.
Posted in Art Class, tagged Art Class, covered bridge, covered bridge painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on February 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »
This is Pat. She is the most delightful person and a really enthusiastic painter. Pat’s painting of the covered bridge turned out GREAT! Keep up the wonderful work!
Posted in Little Known Facts, Travel, Trivia, tagged impressionism, Landscape, MFA St. Petersburg, Monet, Museum of Fine Art St Petersburg, oil painting, St Petersburg, Travel on February 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Monet’s “Road to the Village of Vetheuil, Snow”
Monet’s “Springtime in Giverny”
One of the best things about going to Florida to visit my friend, Linda, was that she loves art. So we visited many art venues while I was there. And I loved every minute. Right before boarding the airplane
to come home yesterday we stopped in at the Museum of Fine Art in St. Petersburg and what a lovely museum they have! There was a nice Monet grouping there. The winter and spring paintings were hung side by side so you got a nice idea of the versatility of his work and how he viewed seasons and color. But the most interesting was the “House of Parliament”, Effects of Fog, oil on canvas, painted in 1904. Monet did 19 canvas of the same size of the Parliament scene. He did them depicting different seasons and times of day. (Click here to see more info on series paintings by Monet.) He started in 1900 painting the scene of Parliament from his hospital room. He painted most of the 19 canvases though in his studio at Giverny changing the colors and tones of canvas to explore different times of day and seasons. This is one way that artists improve is by exploring light and color. Monet was the master!
Posted in Art Class, tagged Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on January 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Jan’s Backyard Painting
I enjoy my adult art classes so much. I have enthusiastic students who are excited to be painting. I especially love it when they paint pieces that are meaningful to them. That was the case with Janice’s recent painting of a backyard scene from her parents home. She talked about good memories that her family has of being together there. You could tell that it was something she cherished and now she has a wonderful painting that she can look at and keep those thought in mind. Great job Jan! Now take a look at what some of the other adult students are working on this week in the Wednesday classes. Keep up the good work everyone!
Shelly completes her seascape
Cathy reworks an old painting she recently acquired.
Gretchen makes a start on a coastal painting
Jean puts finishing touches on her daisy
Kathy developing the bow on her Teddy bear painting
The Studio 