Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, cherry blossoms, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, Virginia Artist, Washington Monument on April 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago the Thursday Kids class painted the “Cherry Blossoms and the Washington Monument”. What a great job! And thanks to my friend Terri who is also an artist who kindly shared her idea for this painting with us. Hope we made you proud Terri.
For more information on classes click here.
Posted in daily painter, Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, baseball, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, MLB, Virginia Artist on April 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Baseball 4
Baseball 3 – SOLD!
Two more baseballs that are painted in acrylic on 6″x6″ gallery wrap canvas and available for $50 each. Contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com for more information.
Posted in daily painter, Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, baseball, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Major League Baseball, Virginia Artist on April 23, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Baseball 1
Baseball 2
Baseball is on my mind these days. And while it’s fun to paint the baseball fields as part of my Kickstarter project (Read more about that here) I had fun yesterday painting just a simple baseball. These paintings are acrylic measuring 6″x6″ and are available for $50 each by emailing kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, baseball, Camden Yards, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, Landscape, MLB, Oriole Park, Painted Diamonds, Virginia Artist on April 22, 2013| 1 Comment »
Spent most of yesterday afternoon working on the painting of Baltimore’s Oriole Park at Camden Yards. This is an acrylic on 18″x24″ canvas. It is the second in the series of Major League Baseball’s parks that is part of my Kickstarter project – Painted Diamonds. I have less than two weeks now to get the project funded. Click here to learn more and to pledge. Thanks!
Posted in Art Class, tagged Art Class, impressionism, oil painting, Virginia Artist on April 21, 2013| 1 Comment »
Brooke joined my art class right after she moved to Front Royal recently. We are so glad she did. She paints wonderfully and just lights up our Thursday evening class. But she talks so fast…I mean FAST. We have to ask her to slow down and repeat so that we can understand her. But it’s great having a teenager in class to keep us up to date on what’s going on. Welcome Brooke and great job! Can’t wait to see the next one.
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, baseball, Baseball parks, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Kickstarter project, Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, Landscape, MLB, Virginia Artist on April 19, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I have just 17 days to go for my Kickstarter Project to get funded and it’s at 71% this morning. Many thanks to everyone who has already pledged to make the project work. Your help is greatly appreciated. I am so anxious to do this project and really want to get it funded. Many people have congratulated me on the project and asked about it and have told me they are not familiar with Kickstarter. Click here to see my project. Here is a little more about how Kickstarter works:
Kickstarter is a way for creative people to get projects funded. You go to the site and read about a project then click on the green button and make a pledge at the level you wish to help. As you read about the project you see that you get rewards for different levels of pledges. So choose your reward and make a pledge. You can help by pledging as little as $1 and every bit adds up to get to the goal of 100%. I must get to 100% for the project to work. Anything less than that and the pledges will NOT be collected. So I’m asking you PLEASE make a pledge today. Help me with this project. As far as we can find no one has ever painted all 30 Baseball Parks and certainly not in 30 weeks. Help make me the first. Thanks so much for your consideration and I’d appreciate it if you share this with your friends by clicking the Facebook or other share buttons below this post. Thanks again.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Class, daily painter, daily painting, Dogwood, dogwood blossom, flowers, impressionism, Virginia Artist on April 18, 2013| Leave a Comment »
This is a painting I did last week as an art lesson in an adult class. It’s “Dogwood Blossom“, acrylic on canvas, 11″x14”, available for $125. Contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .
Posted in Serendipity, Travel, tagged daily painter, impressionism, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Virginia Artist on April 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I spent a lovely day yesterday in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I went on a bus trip with a nice group of people who went as a fundraiser for a Relay for Life team and I was told we raised over $500 for them. Yeah!
I went specifically to see the exhibit- Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity. And it was well worth the trip. There were over 80 major paintings of figures clothed in lovely period clothing with actual fashions from the time being shown with the art. It was fabulous! You can read more about it here on the Mets website.
This painting, “In the Conservatory (Madame Bartholome) by Albert Bartholome shows his wife entering a door. Displayed by the painting was the actual dress she wore in the painting. It was fascinating to see.
If you have an opportunity to get to New York before the show closes on May 22nd be sure to stop into the Metropolitan and enjoy this wonderful exhibit.
Tomorrow I will share my FAVORITE!
Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, Paint Party, Virginia Artist on April 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I had the most delightful evening leading a Paint Party for Reen’s Birthday. This was a fun group of ladies and they painted some wonderful dogwood paintings. Everyone was so enthusiastic about painting and it came through in their work. Great job everyone….and Happy Birthday Reen!
And the little cutie in the front middle is Cassie. She was the life of the party. 🙂 For more information on Paint Parties click here.
Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on April 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Luzia joined our art class last night and this is her first painting. Great job! And the best part, she had a great time. Painting is fun. Why don’t you come join us too.
Yesterday was a day of firsts. I was asked to work with the Front Royal-Warren County Leadership Class during their Art and Tourism Day and they all painted their first landscapes of the mountains and did wonderful work. And they had fun too. I think there is a theme here: PAINTING IS FUN!!!
The Studio 