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SAFE Quick Draw Success

Posted in daily painter, Travel, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, Madison, Prince Michel Winery, S.A.F.E., Shenandoah Valley, VA, Virginia Artist on July 1, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I spend a delightful afternoon at Prince Michel Winery north of Madison, Virginia participating in a Quick Draw to benefit SAFE, Services to Abused Families, Inc. About 20 artists came together to either demonstrate their medium or compete in the Quick Draw competition.

Luckily, the event was held inside since the weather was so unbearably hot.

We had just one hour to paint a work of art that we donated to the live auction that was held to benefit SAFE. The audience was particularly kind to me and I was designated “Crowd Favorite” both by the numbers observing and my painting earning the highest auction bid.

I had a terrific time painting and meeting some new artists from the Madison area. And many thanks to my friend and fellow painter Linda Kusior who came to support me and for taking most of the photos here.

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Best Part of Plein Air Painting

Posted in Dogs, tagged Dogs, Shenandoah Valley on June 30, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Almost always the best part of painting in plein air for me is the dogs I meet (and their people). Thursday when I was at the Dickey Ridge overlook I met Adobe. Turns out I had run across Adobe before. Six or seven years ago I did a series of dog paintings for a show. The sales from the show went to benefit the Humane Society of Warren County.

This was the painting I did of Adobe, now 15 years old, with McKinley. McKinley isn’t with us any more but his mom told me Thursday that they were glad they had the painting of the two of them. I’m glad too.

Here are some of the other new friends I made there that day.

I love the “people” I meet when I paint outside.

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Plein Air at Dickey Ridge Visitor Center

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…

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Irises in Strasburg

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on May 30, 2012| Leave a Comment »

We had a delightful class in Strasburg at Buggy B’s last night. As you can see we painted irises. Great job everyone.

Anyone interested in painting with us in Strasburg remember that we paint the last Tuesday at 5:30 at Buggy B’s on King. Come join us.

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Shenandoah River Plein Air Painting Completed

Posted in Plein Air, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Shenandoah River, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Virginia Artist on May 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Shenandoah River in Plein Air, oil on canvas, 11″x14″, SOLD.

I worked on finishing up this painting while working at Delilah’s on Sunday and am pleased with the finished product.

Here is how it looked when I returned to the studio from a day of painting down by the river. Painting in Plein Air is a challenge that pushes artists to develop their skills. I like it! Read about the Plein Air day here.

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Denim and Diamonds

Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Denim and Diamonds, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, poppies, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist, Warren Memorial Hospital on May 12, 2012| 1 Comment »

These are the poppies that I painted last night at the Warren Memorial Hospital Foundation’s Denim and Diamonds event. There was a wonderful crowd of women there exploring the different vendors with information on women’s health and well-being. I had a great time seeing so many friends.

Poppies for Charity, acrylic on 12″x12″ canvas. I donated this piece to the raffle. I hope whoever won it likes how it turned out!

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Strasburg’s Last Tuesday Art Workshop

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, art lessons, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Strasburg VA, Virginia Artist on April 26, 2012| Leave a Comment »

On the last Tuesday of the month we have an art workshop at Buggy B’s in Strasburg. And this past Tuesday we worked on this painting, a glorious summer day with hay bails.

Here is Gloria and Francis getting a good start on their paintings.

And Tammy joined the mix as well painting the scene. We all worked in acrylics and it took about an hour and a half and in the end we all had a nice finished result.

We are planning our next gathering. It will be the last Tuesday in May. Just let me know if you would like to join us.

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Sign up Today for the Plein Air Workshop

Posted in daily painter, tagged Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Plein Air, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on April 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Have you wanted to try your hand at painting out-of-doors just like the Impressionists painters did but aren’t sure where to start? This workshop is your opportunity. Sign up now by contacting me at kwalker@kellywalkerstudios.com for the Plein Air Painting Workshop on Saturday, May 12, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Fee: $79

Pre-registration required. We’ll find a great location to develop our skills and learn to paint outdoors in a fun, relaxed environment with a helpful instructor who will share knowledge and tips for getting a great painting. You can see more about the workshops here.

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Leadership Class 2012

Posted in Art Class, Small Town Life, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, Leadership Class, Shenandoah Valley, Small Town Life, Virginia Artist on April 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I was invited to teach this year’s Adult Leadership Class a lesson in art. Leadership is an excellent program that the Chamber of Commerce offers that studies a different aspect of our community each month. They study in-depth government, education, industry, tourism, law enforcement, art, and much more over the course of the year.

So, of course, for my session on Art, Culture and Tourism day, we all painted.

And everyone embraced their inner artist!

And at the end of our session we had seven new artists! Great job everyone.

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Mountain View Demonstration

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged acrylic, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on April 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »

We had a new student in class yesterday morning so I painted this demonstration piece so he could follow along. Still a few final details to add in but we got a great start.