Posted in Paint Party, Still Life, The Studio/Classes, tagged blue vase, orange, still life, vase on February 13, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The Still Life with Orange paintings that we did yesterday at the Paint Party turned out terrific! Don’t you think? Look how good everyone did. We even had a new painter in the group. It goes to show that if you want to learn to paint you can! Why not join us on an upcoming event. Check out our schedule here.
Posted in Art Class, Flowers, tagged Clover Hill, floral set up, flowers, still life on October 11, 2021| Leave a Comment »
We had a great afternoon of painting at The Farm at Clover Hill yesterday. What fun to select some beautiful flower stems, arrange them, and then paint. SO MUCH FUN!!!! And everyone did a beautiful job on their canvases. Paintng from life is a little more challenging than painting from a photo but everyone was up to the task and went for it! Nice work. Looking forward to another chance to paint at Clover Hill. Thanks Susie for having us.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged Abstract, Large Abstract, Masters Class, Set up, still life on February 18, 2020| 1 Comment »
We have two exciting classes coming up this weekend. On Friday, we are holding the Large Abstract Class again. Always a popular one especially if you have a large space that needs a piece of art or a pop of color. In the past many beautiful pieces have be created. We have space for three more painters so click here and register now!
And then on Sunday we are offering our first Masters Class. These classes emphasize a start to finish painting working for a still life set-up. We’ll have flowers and fruit set up for you to work from…finding the look that suits your aesthetic. This will be a little longer class and feature more instruction. Click here for more info and to register. Just three spaces left in this one too!.
Posted in Art Class, Expressionism, Still Life, tagged Expressionism, Masters Class, still life on January 13, 2020| Leave a Comment »
We have tons of fun with Paint Parties but some people have asked to take it a step above…in other words, they want to learn more rather than just copy the follow along paint party image. With that in mind we are introducing the Masters Class. Masters Class will provide more detailed information and teach techniques for those who want to not only paint but improve their skills. In our first session we will learn to develop a painting from a live set-up to create an Expressive Still Life. The set-up will include fruits and flowers….according to what is available at the time. (These photos show some of what we may have that day.) Click here to register and join us on Sunday afternoon, February 23rd from 1-5 pm to take your art to the next level.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Paint Party, Still Life, tagged oranges, still life on March 4, 2019| Leave a Comment »
We painted amazing still lifes using an underpainting this past week. The painters learned lessons in light and dark and glazing. They did GREAT!
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Paint Party, Still Life, tagged oranges, oranges with blue pot, still life on February 15, 2019| Leave a Comment »
We will be painting this still life with oranges at a Paint Party on Friday, March 1st at 6 pm. This one was done with a grey scale underpainting. We won’t necessarily work it this way at the paint party but it’s a good exercise that helps with darks and lights in painting. You can see the process above. Click here to register and for more info.
Posted in Art Class, Still Life, tagged fruit, grapes, pear, still life, VIA on April 8, 2017| Leave a Comment »
The Virginia International Academy students painted this little still life this week. We have been working on a variety of subjects and styles since they started painting at The Studio. They are doing beautiful work!
Posted in daily painter, Paint Party, Still Life, tagged Famous Painters, oranges, Piet Mondrian, plate, still life on March 3, 2017| Leave a Comment »
I often get asked why I don’t post my paintings along with the paintings that the people at Paint Parties do while at The Studio. The answer is that I don’t often finish mine! I am usually walking around helping others put the finishing touches on their work to be sure they are satisfied with them before we wrap up the party. From time to time I get back to my canvas to finish up. I did in the case of the Famous Painter Party this week because I really like the Piet Mondrian still life that we chose to do. Here is how my painting turned out. I love the complementary blue and orange colors.
Posted in Art Class, Still Life, tagged cherry, pear, still life on September 29, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Our lesson yesterday at the Kid’s Painting Class was on blending colors. We painted a lovely still life with Pear and Cherry and they did a great job blending the colors on the fruit. Keep up the good work kids!
Posted in Art Camp, Collage, Still Life, tagged apple, bird, Cezanne, collage, pear, still life on July 27, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Painting like Cezanne
Yesterday we studied Cezanne at Art Camp and painted Apples & Pear, a still life, just like Cezanne’s. And these kids are AMAZING! Look at what a great job they all did.
Collage Bird
And when we had a few extra minutes at the end of Monday and Tuesdays sessions we put it to good use and created a collage painting of this little bird. Beautiful!
The Studio 