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Winding Down a BIG Project

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, baseball, daily painter, impressionism, Kickstarter project, Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, Major League Baseball, MLB, Painted Diamonds, Virginia Artist on September 14, 2013| 2 Comments »

The last few weeks I have been feeling a lot of pressure to finish the last few ball park paintings in the Kickstarter Painted Diamonds project. There are only a few more to go. What I did this past week was start several and work on parts of each every day. I find this is more interesting at this point in the project. Yesterday was spent painting, painting, painting. And that is the plan for this weekend too!

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A Painting of Kloe

Posted in Art Class, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, Art Class, cat, daily painter, impressionism, interior, kitten, pet portrait, Virginia Artist on September 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »

One of the things I love about Facebook is all the terrific photos that my friends post…especially those of their pets. And I am lucky that my friends are kind enough to give me permission to paint from their photos when I ask. That happened this week with my friend Sonja and her new kitten Kloe. She posted this adorable photo of Kloe looking out the window and the kids class painted her yesterday. GREAT job everyone! I love it.

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You are Invited to a Paint Party!

Posted in Paint Parties, tagged acrylic, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, floral, flowers, impressionism, Paint Party, Virginia Artist on September 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »

I have been offering private Paint Parties to groups for some time now. And boy, are they fun! Now you have an opportunity to attend a Paint Party without having to put your own group together. On the first Saturday of each month from 4-6:30 p.m. we will have a Paint Party at the Blue Ridge Arts Council in Front Royal. All you need to do is make a reservation by contacting kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com . These parties are for everyone, whether you have painted before or not. All supplies are provided. And at the end of the party you will have a beautiful work of art as well as some new friends. So invite some friends and come join me for a Paint Party on October 5th from 4-7. Cost just $30. These are some samples of what we will be doing at the first party. It’s a Floral Paint Party!

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Miami Marlins Park

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, Marlins Park, Miami Marlins, MLB, Virginia Artist on September 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Marlins Park
Miami Marlins

Miami Marlins Park is number 23 in the Painted Diamonds series. The retractable-roof building is air-conditioned, with separate, retractable glass walls beyond the fences. This engineering provides fans with uninterrupted views of downtown Miami while offering relief from Miami’s intense heat, humidity, and frequent rain during the Summer. It is also designed to withstand strong hurricanes. A 75-foot home run sculpture behind center field lights up and animates when the home team hits one.

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A Finished Dock

Posted in daily painter, tagged commissioned painting, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on September 9, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Finished the commission painting of the Dock yesterday. Here it is!

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A Dock Commission

Posted in daily painter, tagged Commission painting, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on September 8, 2013| Leave a Comment »

I have been so busy painting ball parks that I haven’t let myself paint much else over the last few months. Yesterday I decided I needed a break from the ball diamonds to do something else. I started a nice little painting of a dock by the river that is a commission piece for a lady who is having it done for the owner of the property. I am painting in oil on an 8″x10″ canvas. I got a good start on it. Maybe I can finish it up today.

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The Llama

Posted in Animals, daily painter, Farm Animals, tagged daily painter, daily painting, farm animals, impressionism, Llama, Virginia Artist on September 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Llama painting with reference photo

A few weekends ago I took an art workshop in Staunton at the Beverley Street Studio School. What a neat place! The workshop was all about painting animals. So, of course, the week before I went to the workshop I took photos of animals I have been wanting to paint — like a llama. I have some friends with all kinds of animals and they allowed me to come and take pictures. This Llama, I think his name is Tony, was a real character. He kept photo-bombing every time I tried to take a photo of the other llamas that were there, especially the baby llama. He and the other two adults did not want me to photo the baby. So long story short, I got lots of cool photos of Tony but no good ones of the other three. Here is the first painting of Tony. It’s a 6″x8″ oil on canvas. It is available at Delilah’s or by contacting kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com

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A Fun Transformation

Posted in Abstract, Art Class, tagged Abstract, abstract art, acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, flowers, impressionism, Virginia Artist on September 6, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Before

After

We had a fun lesson yesterday with my young artist. We transformed an old canvas that had been painted as an abstract and turned it into a fun post-impressionist painting in the style of Matisse. Take a look at the before and after. What do you think?

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Showhouse to Raise Money for Hospice

Posted in daily painter, Plein Air, Small Town Life, Travel, tagged Blue Ridge Hospice, daily painter, Plein Air, Virginia Artist, Winchester Show House and Gardens on September 5, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Several weeks ago I blogged about painting on location with a group of artists to help with a fundraiser for Blue Ridge Hospice. Read about it here. The Winchester Show House and Gardens opens this Saturday and I hope you will plan to see it. The photos in the article in The Northern Virginia Daily and on their website does not do the house justice. Go see it. It will be a wonderful outing and you will be helping a very good cause. Thanks! Here’s the article: http://www.nvdaily.com/news/2013/09/winchester-showhouse-and-gardens-fundraiser-honors-headley-homes-history.php

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The Great American Ball Park

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, baseball, Cincinnati Reds, daily painter, daily painting, Great American Ball Park, impressionism, MLB, MLB Ballparks, Virginia Artist on September 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Great American Ball Park
Cincinnati Reds

The 22nd ball park in the series of Painted Diamonds is The Great American Ball Park – home of the Cincinnati Reds. See all the paintings in the series here.

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