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Fog Across the Valley

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on September 18, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Fog Across the Valley is an oil on canvas panel. This is another piece we did recently in art class. As you may have guessed this week from reading the blog, I finally brought home some pieces we did on Wednesdays in art class and photographed them to post on the blog. I didn’t realize how far behind I had gotten on that! We paint a lot in class. 🙂

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Another Fence for Pat

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on September 17, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Another Fence for Pat is an oil on canvas panel that we did several weeks ago in art class on Wednesday at the Blue Ridge Arts Council. I named it for Pat because one of my art students loves to paint fences. We have done several. This one was a snow scene with a fence.

Pat’s painting turned out great! I should take some photos of the art students work to show you all. I’ll do that soon.

Down the Lane IV begins And don’t forget that it is the 3rd Thursday and the Art Walk is tonight from 5 – 8 p.m. in downtown Front Royal. Shops are open late, serving refreshments, and there will be entertainment. Come out and watch artist demonstrating and support the art community.

Stop by Delilah’s and say hello to Sandy who will be there this evening.

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And finally, what I painted…

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged daily painter, Paint Out, Small Town Life, Virginia Artist, West Virginia on September 3, 2009| Leave a Comment »

And yes, I did paint while I was at the Paint-out. There were so many wonderful feature to photograph that I did take some time to walk around the yard and by the river and creek and get some reference photos for my file.

But finally I settled in and set up my easel on the porch, where other artist had gathered to sketch, draw, and one was even knitting. And I decided to paint the trunk of this magestic old tree by Robin’s house.

This is the start of the painting, the part that I got done that morning at the Paint-out. The painting shown in the photo is stored in the canvas carrier of the easel. I am waiting for the oil paint to dry a little more so I can go in and put some of the details in the tree trunk. As soon as it is done I’ll post the results.

Many thanks again to Robin for opening her lovely home and grounds to us for the Hampshire County Paint-out. It was a perfect day for artists, creativity and fellowship.

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Along the Creek at the Paint-Out

Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged daily painter, Paint Out, Small Town Life, Virginia Artist, West Virginia on September 2, 2009| Leave a Comment »

HC Paint Out Creek 3 This is the little creek that feeds into the river (See Monday’s postings) at Robin’s house. There was so much beauty – everywhere you looked, especially along this little creek.

HC Paint Out Creek 8 And terrific features to paint like this little bridge that leads to the main house.

As beautiful as the place is, there are always draw backs to living in paradise. Robin told us that a few times the river and creek have flooded and they have had water in their home….one time even as high as the second floor. YIKES!

HC Paint Out Creek 9 As I walked along the river and the creek to take these photos, I saw tons and tons of smooth river rocks. But I was fascinated by the way the creek had etched out this slate and made it into long flat pieces. And the moss growing on it was just a bonus.

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Paint-out in Hampshire County

Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged daily painter, Paint Out, River, Virginia Artist, West Virginia on August 31, 2009| Leave a Comment »

HC Paint Out River 1 One thing I love to do is gather with other artist to paint. This weekend there was a Paint-Out in Hampshire County, West Virginia where my cabin is located. I joined their Arts Council last year and when I got an invitation to attend the Paint-out I jumped at the chance.

We met at Robin Pancake’s beautiful home right outside of Romney. What a great place!!!

Her 18th Century home sits right where the river and creek come together. Beautiful views everywhere. I could paint there for weeks and not capture it all. I will share with you this week some of the terrific views. And later in the week, when I finish the painting that I started, I’ll share that too.

HC Paint Out River 2 Every direction you looked at the river was a beautiful shot.

HC Paint Out River 3 And my favorite was the convergence of the creek with the river.

Many thanks to Robin for inviting us and I can’t wait till we gather again.

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Come Downtown for the “River Show”

Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, painting, Shenandoah River, Small Town Life, Virginia Artist on August 28, 2009| 2 Comments »

River Show I As I have mentioned several times in the last few weeks, the Blue Ridge Arts Council’s current show hanging in the gallery at 305 East Main Street is “A River Runs Through It”, all about the Shenandoah River. We are so lucky to have such a beautiful feature in our town.

The paintings you see here are all of the river. The one of the left is a view out in Rockland. My neighbor, Clara Hoskins Larsen, did this painting from the vantage point of her old home place. Clara is 88 (hope you don’t mind that I told your age Clara) but she acts more like 48! And she is a wonderful artist.

The top right painting is one of mine, “Along the River”. And the bottom right is Wilson Webb’s work. Wilson is a fabulous painter from Winchester. He just won the member show at BRAC so he will have a solo show in the Spring that I am really looking forward to seeing.

So come downtown and see all the terrific art capturing the Shenandoah River.

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Impressionist’s Poppies II

Posted in daily painter, tagged Art Walk, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, still life, Virginia Artist on August 26, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Impressionists Poppies II Impressionist’s Poppies II is the second version of this painting that I did last Thursday during the Art Walk. I put the finishing touches on it yesterday. It is a 12×9 canvas panel painted in oil and is available framed for $195 by contacting me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .

This evening is Wednesday Night Art Class. Next week starts the new session. For anyone interested in painting with us see the tab at the top of the screen for Art Classes and call to join us. We are having loads of fun painting together!

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Summer Sky

Posted in daily painter, tagged Art Walk, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, painting, Virginia, Virginia Artist on August 25, 2009| 1 Comment »

Summer Sky is an oil on 9×12 canvas panel and is available for $225 framed.

This is the second piece that I started at the art walk last Thursday evening and I finished it yesterday.

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Plums, Plums, Plums

Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged daily painter, Landscape, plums, Small Town Life, Virginia Artist, West Virginia on August 24, 2009| 3 Comments »

Plums 3 Up on Twin Mountain in West Virginia yesterday we walked along the orchard road. Along with the apple trees there is a long row of plum trees.

Plums 1 The plums are dark purple but they show up blue on the trees. Really beautiful! And the trees are loaded.

Plums 2 Aren’t they great??? Just waiting to be ready to make into jelly!

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Demos Galore

Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged Art Walk, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, oil painting, Small Town Life, Virginia Artist on August 21, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Impressionist's Poppies

There are many days as a painter when I spend a great deal more time on marketing and promotion than I ever do on painting. Yesterday was one of those days.

I spent the morning with a group of ladies from the Garden Club in Front Royal, where I did a demonstration for them and talked about painting and what it is like to sell art for a living. They were a delightful group of ladies and we were hosted at a the lovely home of Jean Orsi. While doing the demo on the screened in porch at the back of her home we got an unexpected surprise. A HUGE black bear went running across the yard and over the fence into the woods behind her home. What a shock! And he was big! I wish I could have taken a photo but I had brushed in hand instead of my camera. Darn.

Many thanks to Darlene Goldman for inviting me to speak to your lovely group of ladies. It was great fun for me.

Set up to Demo

And since yesterday was the 3rd Thursday, it was Art Walk Night in Front Royal and I set up to do a demonstration at Delilah’s Art & Gifts on Main Street. It was very hot outside last night so I set up inside. I couldn’t decide what to paint so since I had the palette from the morning’s demo, I decided to do another version of the poppies that I had painted for the Garden Club.

Little Helper 2

The good news is that we had a lot of people come out for the art walk last night. It was a great crowd. And thanks to all who came into Delilah’s.

It’s always fun when little ones come with their parents. I was painting and this young lady came in with her folks and she was obviously a little tired but when I asked her if she would like to try painting she immediately said yes!

So her dad helped her stand on the stool and she took the brush and went to work.

Little Helper 3