Landscape Artists International: oils

France, Italy and the US - Flower Painting Workshops

Green Meadow Lavender Farms is the newest daily painting in Flower Mound Studio, I warmed up the purple brushes and mixed up warms and cools into my piles, planting them right next to the greens. Here's one of my favorite tips for punching up the color in your paintings.... Read more

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

White Rhapsody Rose Arbor and Braving the Harsh Elements in the Florida Wilds - Flower Paintings by Nancy Medina Art

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White Rhapsody Rose Arbor

by Nancy Medina

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Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

France, Italy and the US - Flower Painting Workshops

White Rhapsody Rose Arbor is the daily newbie in Flower Mound Studio, the landscapes are still calling my name and rose arbors are one of my favorite things to paint (and photograph) in the whole wide world. I have so many great images from Coronado, California, but White Rhapsody is based on the bougainvillea rose arbor we painted plein air in Florida last spring. You may recall that this was the "kinder, gentler" plein air class I taught where we provided tables and chairs under the beautiful Florida sun and 'neath the swaying palms. Once we were all set up and happy, content with knowing the owner of the property was quite happy we were painting his flowers, the neighbor's sprinkler system went off, making us all run for high ground. Just goes to show, you must be prepared for everything nature, and lawncare, throws at you whilst braving those harsh elements painting in the wild...

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Little French Houses - Flower and Landscape Paintings by Nancy Medina Art

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Little French Houses

by Nancy Medina

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Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

France, Italy and the US - Flower Painting Workshops

Little French Houses is the daily newbie in Flower Mound Studio, I've been having fun with my photo library from Southern France this week, and sense a few more of these landscapes will be appearing on my easel over the next week or so! My French brushes are all warmed up, and I sense lavender in their future...

Saturday, January 17, 2015

French Rest Stop Sunflower Garden - Flower and Landscape Paintings by Nancy Medina Art

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French Rest Stop Sunflower Garden

by Nancy Medina

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Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

France, Italy and the US - Flower Painting Workshops

French Rest Stop is a new sunflower garden in Flower Mound Studio, I was needing some warm color to chase away the winter chill and fused some of my favorite photos from my back yard garden along with my trip to France together to create this little floral-scape. My adirondack chairs are bright blue, so I shifted their color to white so they wouldn't compete with my blue flower beds in the foreground. I'm imagining a nice warm summer day, with temps in the high 90s, and an icy glass of lemonade nearby...

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

French Village Lavender and Sunflowers and an Arkansas Workshop - Flower and Landscape Paintings by Nancy Medina Art

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French Village Lavender and Sunflowers

by Nancy Medina

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Oil on Deep Gallery Wrap Canvas

France, Italy and the US - Flower Painting Workshops

French Village Lavender and Sunflowers is the newest painting in Flower Mound Studio, as the pug helpers lay about. I believe they are on strike, although they cannot hold up signs. It's more of a snoring laying about kind of strike. They don't seem the least bit excited about my big news today - I'm teaching my first workshop in Arkansas and you are cordially invited! *confetti!!* I'll be teaching in Hot Springs, a place I've always wanted to visit. Even better, it will not be in winter when I'm there. Here's a bit more info below. In the meantime, I have to wake up my snoring helpers and tuck them into bed. Sweet dreams flower friends!
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Painting Colorful Landscapes and Florals

in Hot Springs, Arkansas

June 26-28, 2015

A new village on the easel!

Monday, January 5, 2015

French Village Lavender and Poppies - Flower and Landscape Paintings by Nancy Medina Art

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French Village Poppies and Lavender

by Nancy Medina

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Oil on Deep Gallery Wrap Canvas

France, Italy and the US - Flower Painting Workshops

French Village is the newest landscape in Flower Mound Studio, and if the cold weather holds up much longer I'm going to have to relocate my studio! My big studio window lets in so much cold that by the end of each evening's painting session, my toes and fingers are numb. I've tried plugging in space heaters but always blow the circuits here in the front studio. Holy cow I'm going to have to get some hand and foot warmer thingies from the sports store if this cold snap continues much longer! I hope it's warmer where you are. I'm headed to Florida in a few days to teach. My hostess said the weather was 72 degrees yesterday. I can only vaguely remember warm weather, can you?

French Village on the easel

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Painting Silk Scarves and Florals in Sonoma, California - Nancy Medina Art

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Rainbow Vintage Grapes

by Nancy Medina

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Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

France, Italy and the US - Flower Painting Workshops

I'm super excited about my first Sonoma, California workshop in the spring, we'll be painting brilliant florals, and also be dipping into some fun silk scarf painting projects. You are invited to join me, but don't delay, class is filling super fast! I can't imagine a more beautiful place on the West Coast to paint in the spring, I'm already picturing sunrises over the vineyards, rolling hills, and yards and yards of silk covered in bright flowers! I need to calm down and go eat some chocolate or something...

Painting Silk Scarves and Brilliant Florals

Sonoma, California

May 29-31, 2015

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Creating brilliant color on silk!

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Wooly Lunch Crowd - Paintings by Nancy Medina

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Wooly Lunch Crowd

by Nancy Medina

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Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

France, Italy and the US - Flower Painting Workshops

Wooly Lunch Crowd is one of my favorite memories from Southern France this summer. This week I'm packing up supplies and paints for San Diego, California, and a week of painting in Balboa Park, one of the most beautiful places to visit in Southern California. Stay tuned to my art bloggy, I'll share photos from the trip!

Saturday, November 8, 2014

How to Shop Open Air Markets of France - French Dahlias Flower Market - Paintings by Nancy Medina

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French Dahlias Flower Market

by Nancy Medina

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Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

France, Italy and the US - Flower Painting Workshops

French Dahlias Flower Market is another memento from my trip to Southern France this year. I have so many wonderful photos of flower markets and brightly colored umbrellas it was hard to decide which one to paint. The umbrellas in the open air markets were all shapes and sizes, and many looked like they were well into middle age, sagging here and there, but still colorfully standing sentinel over their wares.

Southern France is very different than the US, there are few fast food places, grocery stores or shopping malls. People there really do visit these centuries-old markets for their bread, cheese, meats, fresh eggs and flowers. How does one shop in an open air market? Read more...

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

French Rendezvous Romantic Kitty and a Sonoma, California, Workshop - Paintings by Nancy Medina

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French Rendezvous

Romantic Kitty in France

by Nancy Medina

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Oil on Archival Panel

France, Italy and the US - Flower Painting Workshops

Flower Painting Workshops

For someone who spent almost a decade living in California, it's a bit embarrassing to admit I never visited one of the most famous places, the wine country of Sonoma. That's one reason I'm so excited to be teaching a workshop there next spring, strategically scheduled for the height of the local flower bloom season! I can hardly wait to share photos with you from my trip, so I'll be marking off the days on my calendar until then. Just a week after Sonoma, I'm heading to Tuscany, Italy to teach during the height of poppy bloom season. What a lucky duck I am, to have this job as an art teacher with my own art business, and I'm not just saying that because every day is casual day, either...! You are invited to join me for the painting getaway of your dreams. Put a little joy in your brush and let's make brilliant flowers bloom together next Spring!

Painting Florals in the

Wine Country of Sonoma, CA

May 29-31, 2015

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Painting Under the Tuscan Sun - A Tuscany, Italy Workshop by Nancy Medina

Purple Pinnacle Lavender Field

by Nancy Medina

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Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

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