Posted in Art Camp, Flowers, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, flowers, Van Gogh on August 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Art Campers Paint Van Gogh’s “Sprig of Almond”
Van Gogh’s “Sprig of Almond in a Glass”
Famous Painters Art Camp for Kids started yesterday with a wonderful Van Gogh painting. The kids did a terrific job in their study of Van Gogh’s “Sprig of Almond in a Glass”. Good work!
Posted in Serendipity, tagged prom dress, Van Gogh on June 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Photo from HuffPost
This young lady has painted one of the best ideas I have seen in a while.
Yes, she copied Van Gogh but she brought her own ideas to it and the design to make it work and she got attention for fine art from millions of people…not just her classmates.
You go girl. Be sure to click here and read the whole story.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, impressionism, Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh, Vincent's Chair on August 9, 2013| Leave a Comment »
“Van Gogh’s Chair”
Tanner concentrating on her work
Conner and Brigid putting on some final touches
A really nice thank you note
We wrapped up the last day of Art Camp with Van Gogh’s Chair. The young artists painted a large version and did a fabulous job. This was a delightful group of kids who are really good painters.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Landscape, post-impressionism, Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh on August 7, 2013| 2 Comments »
Art Campers Paint Van Gogh
Yesterday’s Art Campers painted a beautiful Van Gogh painting. We learned more about color mixing and blending colors. GREAT JOB!
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, impressionism, Landscape, Starry Night, Van Gogh on July 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The Art Campers would have made Van Gogh proud with a version of his Starry Night yesterday at art camp. Great job everyone!
There are just two sessions of camp left this summer. Young artists ages 8-13 have the chance to paint the week of July 22-25 or August 5-8. Click here and read more or sign up today.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh, Vincent's Chair, Virginia Artist on June 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday the young painters at Art Camp did this fabulous Vincent Van Gogh painting. We discussed Van Gogh and his interesting history and family. And didn’t these girls do a stunning job recreating Van Gogh’s chair!?! I really enjoyed this session of camp with these girls. They are all very good painters and interested in art and the process. Great work!
Next week Art Camp continues with young artists age 8-13 studying Impressionism and painters like Monet, Degas and Renoir. This particular week is full but there are others available if you have young painters interested in having fun with art this summer. See the schedule here.
Posted in Little Known Facts, Trivia, tagged Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh on March 31, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Much has been written about the mental state of Vincent Van Gogh. It’s been proposed that he had paint poisoning, schizophrenia, syphilis, or bipolar disorder. Any of these can account for the periods of mania followed by deep depression that he suffered. Whatever it may have been, surely had he lived in our time he could have enjoyed a cure. But what would that have meant? Would he still have produced the multitudes of beautiful art that he gave us?
Posted in Little Known Facts, Trivia, tagged Art Camp, Blossoming Almonds, Starry Night, Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh on March 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Born on March 30, 1853, Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist who didn’t paint until his late twenties but produced more than 860 oil paintings, as well as several thousand drawings and watercolors before he died of a gunshot wound at the age of 37. And while his bright, colorful, energetic work was not appreciated by the art world and collectors during his lifetime, he is now one of the most recognizable artists in history.
Of all the paintings by famous artists that I have done with my kids classes and at Art Camp the one, by far, that the kids know and want to paint is Starry Night.
Van Gogh’s brother, Theo, who was an art dealer, supported him throughout his life. Theo died six months after Vincent. Theo’s wife, Johanna, inherited the bulk of Vincent’s paintings and it was she who promoted his work after his death and because of her constant promotion, we know Vincent Van Gogh today as the wonderful painter he was. 
One of my favorite Van Gogh paintings, Blossoming Almond Tree, is one that his family cherished. Van Gogh painted this piece as a gift to his brother’s newborn baby. Vincent was deeply moved when they name the baby Vincent. It is an excellent example of the Japanese influence in art that he admired.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, flowers, sunflower, sunflowers, Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh, Virginia Artist on August 10, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Thursday at Art Camp we worked on a Van Gogh. Since we’ve done Starry Night in the past we decided to something else that Vincent is well-known for, Sunflowers. And didn’t these kids do a great job! Just beautiful.
Posted in Art Camp, Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, Starry Night, Van Gogh on July 14, 2012| 1 Comment »
At the end of Art Camp week we always paint a “masterpiece”. This week it was Van Gogh’s Starry Night and we painted it on a 16″x20″ canvas. You can see how large it is with the young artists holding their finished work. What a fabulous job they all did. Don’t you love it.
The Studio 