Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Paint Party, Shenandoah Valley Artist, The Studio, The Studio-A Place for Learning, Virginia Artist on November 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The next 1st Saturday Paint Party is December 6th at 2 pm. This time is an hour earlier than usual as this is the same day as the Christmas Parade so we need to start early as the streets will be blocked later in the day.
Come on down and join us to paint this lovely winter scene and enjoy the Parade. Contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com to register.
Posted in daily painter, tagged cat, daily painting, paper painting, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist on October 31, 2014| 1 Comment »
Black Cat, Paper Painting
Happy Halloween!
Today’s painting is a paper painting on cardboard. Black cat, 9×12, acrylic and paper.
Posted in Paint Parties, tagged acrylic, daily painter, Paint Party, Pumpkin Patch, Shenandoah Valley Artist, sunflowers, Virginia Artist on October 26, 2014| 2 Comments »
The 1st Saturday Paint Party is coming up on November 1st at 3 pm. Why don’t you join us? No experience is necessary.
This painting allows you to select what you would like to include. You can paint it with just sunflowers or with just the pumpkins….or go for it and include both! Anyone can do it and be successful. Just contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com to sign up.
Posted in Embroidery, tagged embroidery, Shenandoah Valley Artist on October 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I embroidered this little piece for Allen’s birthday this past week. He loves his cats!
Posted in Paint Parties, tagged acrylic, impressionism, Paint Party, Painted bucket, Shenandoah Valley Artist on October 19, 2014| 2 Comments »
Robin’s Pinecones
Lea’s Kitties
Katrinka’s Cat Side 1
Katrinka’s Cat Side 2
Kelly’s Snowman 2
Kelly’s Snowman 1
We had a great time painting on metal at the Paint Party yesterday. We painted buckets and trays. They are all so different and all FABULOUS! Great job ladies.
Posted in Commissions, Crochet, tagged Crochet, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist on October 16, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Crochet Mickey
A month or so ago a friend asked me to crochet a Mickey Mouse outfit for her newborn grandson. Really? So, of course, I said I would give it a try. (Actually I said you crochet too. Why don’t you try it? LOL) And here it the result.
I am hoping she takes a photo of him soon in it so I can see how it turned out.
Posted in Workshop/Retreat, tagged Chickens in the Road, folk art, Pioneers and Primitives Retreat, Sassafras Farm, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist on October 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Suzanne demonstrating how to “burn” sugar for the cake
Fabulous Folk Art Paintings
Our youngest painter working on her cow
Items to add to Potpourri
The first day of the Pioneers & Primitives Retreat at Sassafras Farm was CRAZY busy. (Learn more about Suzanne and the farm here.) The participants milked the cow, cut corn from cobs to make corn cob jelly, made the jelly, made lard from fatback, made taper candles, made butter, painted a “masterpiece” and learned how to make homemade vanilla flavoring.
Oh yeah, they also collected items for their homemade potpourri, learned to “burn” sugar for a cake they will make tomorrow and learned to clip chickens wings.
WOW! When did they breathe???!!! A very busy, busy day! Wait till you see what we do today.
Posted in Landscape, Plein Air, tagged brick painting, Historic Village of Waterford, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Plein Air, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist, Waterford Virginia on October 10, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A study in brick on location in Waterford, VA
A view of Waterford, VA. Park behind the church
A view of a street in Waterford
Another streetscape in Waterford
Yesterday I painted with the Plein Air group in Waterford, Virginia. Our group meets to paint together outdoors in different locations to hone our skills and enjoy the fellowship of other painters. And Waterford was such a nice choice. I had never even heard of it and it is just about an hour from where I live.
The entire town is a national historic village. It was founded by a Quaker from Bucks County, PA in 1733 and many of the buildings still is use were built before 1840. It’s adorable. (Learn more here about Waterford.)
There were so many wonderful streetscapes in this adorable little village that it was hard to choose what to paint. I took many, many photos so that I would have some material for later.
I decided to paint the front portion of a cute little brick home so that I could do a “study in brick”. I don’t often do streetscapes so I took this opportunity to practice working on shape and color. I like how it has started and hope to finish it soon in the studio. The lady who lives in the house came out to chat for a few minutes. She was delightful.
I have missed painting with this group and hope we get a chance to paint together a couple more Thursdays before the weather gets too cold.
Posted in Paint Parties, tagged acrylic, daily painting, hay bales, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist on October 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The group at the 1st Saturday Paint Party created wonderful paintings of Hay Bales in the Field yesterday. Great work ladies. And what fun. It is always good to paint with such a cheerful group. Keep up the good work.
Sample of Folk Art Bucket similar to what we will paint at the next party.
The next Paint Party is Saturday, October 18th at 3 pm. We will be trying something new-painting buckets and other metal items. Just contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com to register for this fun event!
Posted in Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, beagle, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist on October 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A few days ago I posted “The Talking Beagle”, an acrylic painting that I started during art class last week. (See that post here.) I finished it this week.
I just love the way beagles “talk” and when I saw the photo of this little guy baying I knew it would make a great painting.
“The Talking Beagle”, acrylic on canvas, 16″ x 20″, available for $225.
The Studio 