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More from the Long Green Paint-Out

Posted in Plein Air, tagged barn, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Long Green, Long Green Barn, oil painting, Paint Out, Plein Air, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on June 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Barn – A Good Start

Barn – Laying in Background and Foreground

I had a delightful day of painting at Long Green yesterday. (See here the set-up for my first painting there.) Here is the progress I made. It was a bright sunny day so the shadows kept moving…and fast! But I got the first painting, the barn to a point of about 85% finished.

Barn – Only Details Left to Paint

Now I will tinker on it in the studio until it’s done. The Long Green Paint Out is for an upcoming fundraiser for Blue Ridge Hospice. They are going to have a “Decorator’s Showcase” there in September that will be open to the public. More info to come as I get it. And our paintings will be on display and for sale to benefit Hospice.

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Poppies, Poppies, Poppies

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, poppies, poppy, Virginia Artist on May 31, 2013| Leave a Comment »

The young artists did a fabulous job on their poppy paintings yesterday. We had a little “test” to be sure they are remembering some of the things I tell them in class and they all did a terrific job. I so glad that what I teach is sticking with them. Great job everyone!!!

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Three Weeks to Art Camp

Posted in Art Camp, tagged Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Virginia Artist on May 29, 2013| Leave a Comment »

It’s just 3 weeks to the beginning of Art Camp. If you have kids ages 5 – 18 there is a session for your young artist. This year we are offering a couple of short (2 day) sessions for younger artist, ages 5-7 and for our busy older painters (ages 14-18). Plus we have our usual sessions for ages 8-13. Take a look at the flyer and registration form here and find the session(s) that works for your schedule. We have great painting planned!

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Lexie’s Favorite

Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, Virginia Artist on May 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »

My niece Lexie graduated from high school yesterday and I gave her this painting as one of her graduation gifts. She loves blue Hydrangea so I painted this one just for her. It’s a 12″x12″ acrylic on canvas.

Congrats Lex!!!

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Students Paint Great!

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on May 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »

The Thursday kids class painted a beautiful local landscape with a fence and gate in the foreground. They are fantastic! Good job everyone.

And I am sad to say that I will no longer be working with the wonderful ladies at the Southerlands. They have discontinued their art program. I will miss all the fun we have had. Here is Miss Gaylor with the last painting I helped her paint. I will miss them.

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AT&T Park

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, AT&T Park, impressionism, MLB, San Francisco Giants, Virginia Artist on May 21, 2013| 1 Comment »

San Francisco Giants
AT&T Park

This is number 8! I finished the home of the San Francisco Giants, AT&T Park. This one is so different from all the others as it has water behind it instead of skyscrapers. I loved working on this one.

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Paint Parties are Fun for All!

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, painting parties, Small Town Life, Virginia Artist on May 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Paint Parties are a great way to enjoy some time out with the girls. And everyone has a great time learning to paint. I love the comments from the painters at these parties. Coming into the art room they always say, “I can’t paint. Maybe I’ll just watch”. And then at the end of the evening it’s, “Wow, I can’t believe I did that.” And “That was so much fun, I’m amazed at how great it turned out!”