Posted in Art Camp, Art Class, daily painter, Farm Animals, tagged Abstract, abstract art, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, daily painting, farm animals, impressionism, oil painting, Virginia Artist on August 2, 2012| Leave a Comment »
My Wednesday Adult Class was jealous that I had only posted my young artist’s paintings recently so they posed for me last night. Here’s Pat with her terrific painting of Jack and Pokey. And Shelly is hiding behind the lovely door painting that she is working on this week. Nice job ladies.
And here are the young artists with their finished Jackson Pollack inspired drip painting. Excellent!
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged acrylic, art lessons, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on July 24, 2012| 1 Comment »
This is a painting that I have done four times in the past few weeks. It is a good painting for art lessons. It works for young painters as well as more experienced ones.
You can see here that Rachel painted it recently. And so did Jacob. 
He’s my youngest student. He did a great job with his painting too.
Posted in daily painter, Travel, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, larry the lobster, oil painting, Vacation, Virginia Artist on July 23, 2012| 2 Comments »
Quick Editor’s Note: Larry the Lobster is now on display at the Blue Ridge Arts Council at 305 E. Main Street until October. Stop in to see him.
Meet Larry the Lobster. I ate him. Well, I ate him several months ago on my trip to Newport. He was delicious. Now he’s just a memory, a memory in paint. Larry the Lobster, oil on canvas, 9″x12″, available by contacting kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .
This is Larry before I devoured him. I have to say, he was VERY good! Larry I am grateful for your sacrifice.
Posted in Art Class, tagged art lessons, daily painter, impressionism, oil painting, Virginia Artist on July 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »
This is Rachel. Her grandparents live in Front Royal and when she visits she often takes an art lesson with me. Yesterday we painted together and she worked in oil for the first time. What a terrific job Rachel. Can’t wait until we paint together again!
Posted in daily painter, Plein Air, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Virginia Artist on July 20, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday morning my friend Linda and I went up to Dickey Ridge Visitor Center to do a little plein air painting. This was my set up and view to paint.
As often happens when I paint on location, curious onlookers will ask questions or comment on the painting. And yesterday I met a really nice family from India, now living in Dubai.
Their daughter, Kiara, was very interested in what I was doing so I showed her and even asked her to help. She took the brush and help put a little paint on the canvas.
Kiara’s parents watched. Her grandmother was there too. They had flown into Canada and were touring the U.S. for a month. What fun! I’m glad they stopped at Dickey Ridge while we were there painting.
And then they were gone. I had to finish the painting all by myself.
So Kiara, here it is. Our painting almost done.
Anyone interested in purchasing this or any painting can contact me at kwalker@kellywalkerstudios.com . It was a great morning of painting outdoors. (And thanks Linda for snapping the shots of me and Kiara.)
Posted in daily painter, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on July 18, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Sale, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Sale, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on July 10, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com to purchase a sale painting.
Butting Heads, oil on canvas, 8″x10″, SALE PRICE: $50 (Reg. Price $185)
Eastham Weathervane, oil on canvas, 12″x9″, SALE PRICE: $65 (Reg. Price $225)
South Beach II, Oil on canvas, (9″x12″) SALE PRICE: $50 (Reg. Price $195) SOLD!
South Beach I, Oil on canvas, (9″x12″) SALE PRICE: $50 (Reg. Price $195) SOLD!
Posted in daily painter, Plein Air, tagged daily painter, daily painting, Dickey RIdge, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Shenandoah National Park, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on June 29, 2012| 2 Comments »
Yesterday was Plein Air Thursday. But I didn’t have time to go to the location where the group was painting so I decided to go up in the Shenandoah National Park to the Dickey Ridge overlook and paint for a few hours. It’s such a lovely drive and so hard to believe that it is only 5 miles from my house.
This is the view I selected for the painting and the start of the piece.
And these next few shots are the progress I made throughout the next hour or so.
By the time I left I felt as if I were about 90% done with the painting. I will touch it up a little and then it will go down to Delilah’s where hopefully someone will see it and want to take it home.
Tomorrow I will tell you about the best part of painting at Dickey Ridge yesterday…
Posted in Farm Animals, tagged daily painter, daily painting, farm animals, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on June 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Black Sheep, oil on canvas, 8″x6″, available at Delilah’s.
This is one of the photos I took last year while visiting a farm in West Virginia and painted for the “Farm Animal” series.
Posted in Farm Animals, tagged daily painter, daily painting, farm animals, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Rooster, Small Town Life, Virginia Artist, West Virginia on June 23, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Having visited Sassafras Farm last week put me in the mood to add to my “Farm Animal” series. I took loads of new photos to work from so I will get started on those very soon.
Here is “Mr. Hyde”, an oil painting on canvas, measuring 8″x6″, that I painted from a previous trip there. This painting, along with others in the “Farm Animal” series is available at Delilah’s on Main Street in Front Royal.
The Studio 