Posted in Landscape, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Rowboat, Virginia Artist on May 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Paint this Rowboat at the June 7th Paint Party.
The 1st Saturday Paint Party coming up on June 7th will have us painting a rowboat. This is the demo piece I painted this week as our sample. If you want to join in on the Paint Party fun just contact me to sign up for the party. It is held at 3 pm at the Blue Ridge Arts Council. Hope to see you there.
Posted in daily painter, Flowers, tagged acrylic, Bluebells, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Virginia Artist on April 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »
We go to the Dog Park almost every morning and for the last week or so the Bluebells have been blooming along the path by the river leading to the park. It’s beautiful.
Of course my “kids” like to take a look and a sniff and sometimes they aren’t so gentle so flowers get smushed. So yesterday when they trampled some I picked them up and put them in a vase when we got home and took them to art class.
Bluebells
This is the little painting that I did inspired by the Bluebells. They are happy, sweet little flowers.
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, Little Known Facts, Travel, tagged acrylic, Chicago Cubs paintings, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Kickstarter, Landscape, Major League Baseball, Painted Diamonds, painting of Wrigley field, Virginia Artist, Wrigley Field on April 23, 2014| 1 Comment »
Wrigley Field
Home of the Chicago Cubs
Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, turns 100 today.
When asked last year while I was painting the Kickstarter project – Painted Diamonds what is my favorite ball park to go see a ball game I said Wrigley Field. If you haven’t been there you really have to go if you like baseball. It’s a ball park – not a stadium. It has an intimate feel about it. According to where you sit you may have to lean around posts to see. I love Wrigley. It’s a great old park.
Happy Birthday Wrigley!
Posted in Flowers, tagged acrylic, art lessons, daily painting, flowers, Geranium painting, geraniums, impressionism, Virginia Artist on April 17, 2014| 2 Comments »
A few days ago I posted Geraniums in the Window (see it here) and said that I needed to touch it up a little more. I did that last night. I darkened the shadow under the window and added some texture to the wall. Also, I hit the flowers with a little more light. Now it’s finished.
Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet Cotton Hat pattern, free crochet hat pattern, Virginia Artist on April 16, 2014| 2 Comments »
As promised here is the Cotton Hat crochet -2-. This is a simple, basic pattern that can be changed easily using different stitches. For example I have used a V-stitch on the main part of the hat on these before. Feel free to change it up.
Also, I have added a “Crochet page” to my blog. You will now see a tab at the top of the page that will take you to a tab that shows some of the crochet work I have done and many of them have patterns. Thanks for asking for them.
Posted in daily painter, Flowers, tagged acrylic, daily painter, geraniums, impressionism, Virginia Artist on April 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I got a good start on this Geranium sitting in the window sill this past week. I haven’t been able to complete it yet but hopefully I will find some time in the next few days and then I can show you a finished painting. For all my painting students – can you see what’s missing? Maybe a shadow under the window ledge? And some weathering on the walls. Heavier shadowing on the window frame…..and on and on. 😉
Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, antique cookie jar, Cookie Jar, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, still life, Virginia Artist on April 4, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Cookie Jar Painting
I am often asked how I find things to paint every day. I never have any trouble finding something to paint. There are just so many things all around that I want to try to paint. From time to time I will set up an area with my camera and shoot lots of photos of “common” things for reference photos. I recently did this with a cookie jar that had been given to my parents as a wedding gift and that my mom gave to me years ago. I always have fond memories of it because Mama always had it sitting on the breakfast bar in the kitchen with something good in it for us when we got home from school each day. I treasure that cookie jar.
Cookie Jar Reference Photo
Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged acrylic, Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, geraniums, impressionism, Virginia Artist on April 2, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Speaking to Girl Scouts about art
Yesterday I was asked to speak to a group of Girl Scouts about being a full-time artist. They were a great group of girls who toured the Blue Ridge Arts Council before our session and had several questions about art. I was working on the demonstration painting for our 1st Saturday Paint Party so they watched as I completed the flowers. They enjoyed it so much that they want to come back and do a little painting. So we will meet again later in the month!
I did finish the demo painting for this Saturday’s Paint Party and there are still a couple of seats open if you want to join us and paint this little geranium painting. Contact me today.
Posted in Crochet, tagged baby blankets, Crochet, crochet cocoon bunny, crochet cocoon pig, crochet gifts, Virginia Artist on March 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Little Pig Cocoon
Little Bunny Cocoon
A Variety of Baby Blankets
Crochet baby blanket- light brown with blue border
Baby Blankets
I have been working on new baby items for Delilah’s Art and Gifts. If you need an unusual, handmade baby gift keep this in mind. There are several fun as well as traditional items to choose from – baby cocoons perfect for those first fun photos and lovely blankets that will become that handmade piece to be passed down to the next generation. Be sure to go by Delilah’s to see them all.
Posted in Books, tagged acrylic, book, daily painting, impressionism, Virginia Artist on March 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago I did this painting as a demonstration for a kid’s art class (see that here) but I finally went back to it yesterday to finish it up. It will be at Delilah’s if you want to see it up close. 🙂
The Studio 