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Plein Air Painting in Waterford

Posted in Landscape, Plein Air, tagged brick painting, Historic Village of Waterford, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Plein Air, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist, Waterford Virginia on October 10, 2014| Leave a Comment »

A study in brick on location in Waterford, VA

A view of Waterford, VA. Park behind the church

A view of a street in Waterford

Another streetscape in Waterford

Yesterday I painted with the Plein Air group in Waterford, Virginia. Our group meets to paint together outdoors in different locations to hone our skills and enjoy the fellowship of other painters. And Waterford was such a nice choice. I had never even heard of it and it is just about an hour from where I live.

The entire town is a national historic village. It was founded by a Quaker from Bucks County, PA in 1733 and many of the buildings still is use were built before 1840. It’s adorable. (Learn more here about Waterford.)

There were so many wonderful streetscapes in this adorable little village that it was hard to choose what to paint. I took many, many photos so that I would have some material for later.

I decided to paint the front portion of a cute little brick home so that I could do a “study in brick”. I don’t often do streetscapes so I took this opportunity to practice working on shape and color. I like how it has started and hope to finish it soon in the studio. The lady who lives in the house came out to chat for a few minutes. She was delightful.

I have missed painting with this group and hope we get a chance to paint together a couple more Thursdays before the weather gets too cold.

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Painting with Paper – A Pup

Posted in Collage, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged collage, daily painter, paper painting, Shenandoah Artist, Virginia Artist on October 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Paper Painting – Walking the Dog

I experimented more with painting with paper this week. It’s relaxing to rip paper and fit it onto the form that I have pre-painted. I like searching through the paper to find the ones that have the colors that I think will work for the shades of color I need.

It’s an interesting departure from painting.

“Walking the Dog”, 9″x12″, paper over acrylic paint on canvas board.

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Fabulous Hay Bales!

Posted in Paint Parties, tagged acrylic, daily painting, hay bales, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist on October 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »

The group at the 1st Saturday Paint Party created wonderful paintings of Hay Bales in the Field yesterday. Great work ladies. And what fun. It is always good to paint with such a cheerful group. Keep up the good work.

Sample of Folk Art Bucket similar to what we will paint at the next party.

The next Paint Party is Saturday, October 18th at 3 pm. We will be trying something new-painting buckets and other metal items. Just contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com to register for this fun event!

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Completed “The Talking Beagle”

Posted in Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, beagle, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist on October 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »

A few days ago I posted “The Talking Beagle”, an acrylic painting that I started during art class last week. (See that post here.) I finished it this week.

I just love the way beagles “talk” and when I saw the photo of this little guy baying I knew it would make a great painting.

“The Talking Beagle”, acrylic on canvas, 16″ x 20″, available for $225.

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Another Primitives & Pioneers Retreat

Posted in Workshop/Retreat, tagged Chickens in the Road, Primitives & Pioneers Retreat, Retreat, Virginia Artist on October 1, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Photo by Suzanne McMinn

There is one more Primitives & Pioneers Retreat coming up. This is the last one this year. Sign up today and join us on Saturday-Sunday, October 11-12, 2014 at Sassafras Farm and learn old-fashioned cooking, canning, art, and craft techniques. No experience is necessary.

Check out more photos from last month’s retreat here on “Chickens in the Road” Blog.

Painted Buckets from the Retreat

Learn more about the Retreat and how to register here. Or contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com for more information. This is a really fun weekend with LOTS of great take-home items including a painted bucket, canvas painting, loaf of bread, corncob jelly, burnt sugar cake, taper candles, and more! You don’t want to miss it!

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The Talking Beagle

Posted in Art Class, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, beagle, daily painter, Dogs, pet portrait, Virginia Artist on September 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Last week at my evening adult classes I started a painting. Sometimes when I feel that everyone is on track with their paintings I will paint during the adult art classes. On Wednesday and Thursday I worked on “The Talking Beagle”. It is an acrylic painting on 16″x20″ canvas. I have always loved the way Beagles “talk”-they throw their heads back and just let go! I love it.

This painting is about 75% finished. I still need to get in some details and the finish the face. I am hoping to get to that during this weeks class.

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Sunflower Field at Oxbow Farm

Posted in daily painter, Landscape, Plein Air, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Oxbow Farm, Shenandoah Valley, sunflower, sunflowers, Virginia Artist on September 28, 2014| 1 Comment »

I spent a delightful morning painting a sunflower field at a beautiful farm north of town yesterday.

It has been awhile since I have been out to paint and I had almost forgotten how much I enjoyed it.

As with most Plein Air paintings that I do this one is almost finished but will get a little adjustment now that I have it in the studio. You can see the step-by-step progress in this collage.

Sunflower View I is an oil on canvas panel measuring 11″ x 14″. SOLD!

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Abstract IV

Posted in Abstract, daily painter, tagged Abstract IV, acrylic, daily painter, Virginia Artist on September 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Abstract IV, acrylic on paper, 9″x12″. Available for $85.

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Demo Painting of Hay Bales Completed

Posted in Landscape, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, hay bales, impressionism, Landscape, Virginia Artist on September 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »

TVOR Demonstration Painting

TVOR Demo Painting Completed

I took a little time to work on the demonstration painting that I did last week at The Village at Orchard Ridge. (Read about that here and here.) Often when doing a demo painting I get it about 75-80% completed. I like to take questions so I talk while painting and I can’t always concentrate on details to finish up. That is what happened with this one. I used a larger canvas than usual because I wanted everyone to be able to see it so in the 50 minutes that I painted I did get a lot done but still needed to wrap it up.

Here are the photos side by side to see the difference.

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Commission Picked Up

Posted in Commissions, Landscape, tagged acrylic, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, View from Harrisonburg, Virginia Artist on September 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I met the nice young man who was the recipient of the painting that I did recently of the “View from Harrisonburg”. (You can see the step by step photos here.) The painting was a graduation gift as he just graduated from JMU.