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| | If you would be happy all your life, plant a garden.
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~ FLOWER MOUND ART STUDIO ~ |
| Expanding horizons and blue spotted helpers in the studio
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There is change afoot in Flower Mound Studio! After hopping off the corporate treadmill for a life of full-time art just a few months ago, the art calendar is filling quickly with three sold out workshops coming up in June and July, an artist's retreat in sunny Florida scheduled next March, and new "kinder, gentler" plein air workshops at the Dallas Arboretum. A new pug painting apron made its debut this week, and, to celebrate surpassing the 2000 friend mark on Facebook, I'm giving away a free painting today! Amidst all the excitement, there were those special moments when I noticed blue footprints leading from the studio across three of my Pottery Barn rugs. I did consider framing these and selling them as original artworks made by talented pugs, but decided instead to erase these masterpieces with a couple of handy Clorox wipes. The offending helper (or the four footed neo-renaissance pug painter, whichever you prefer) was cleaned up and all evidence eliminated. I'll be teaching in Kansas City, St. Louis, and Tennessee in the next few months, and can hardly wait to meet all these midwestern and southern gals and gents and find new places to shop, learn new facts about fresh flowers (my students always provide me with astounding amounts of flower trivia), and reacquaint myself with the famous chocolate pie in a little town called Collierville. I hope to see you in an upcoming workshop - classes are open to beginners to advanced painters, including those who work in acrylics and water based oils - put a little joy in your brush and let's make spring flowers bloom in brilliant colors!
Buying flowers instead of paper clips ~ sheer bliss!
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 | | | Join me for an artist's retreat in Fort Lauderdale, Florida!
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| Mix Flowers, Paint, Ocean Breezes, and Blend Vigorously...
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|  There is much confetti and fanfare as my new 4-day Florida workshop was announced last week, and registrants are already booking spots! I'm delighted to be teaching in this sunny resort setting March 7-10, 2014, just 20 minutes from Fort Lauderdale. I'll teach three days of indoor/outdoor studio florals and on the fourth day will host a "kinder, gentler" plein air painting workshop. Snacks, some meals and plenty of sunshine will be included so don't delay! What say we paint flowers all day and wiggle our toes in the sand after class each evening!
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March 7-10,
2014
Ft Lauderdale, FL
Workshop
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| | | | | | | More than anything, I must have flowers...always, always
~ Claude Monet ~ | |
| | Paradise Garden Hydrangeas
16X20 Oil on Archival Panel | |
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Gently steed our spirits,
carrying with them dreams of flowers....
~ William Wordsworth ~ | |
| Thanks to you for making my dreams come true!
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 Thank you to everyone who has followed my art journey these past years, to my collectors and friends for all the support, smiles, and positive thoughts along the way. This month I was humbled and excited when my Facebook fan page topped 2000 fans. Without my friends, collectors, and students, my dream of becoming a full time artist and teacher would never have come true. To celebrate and to share my thanks I'm giving away an original oil painting today. Congratulations Sherri Cordry! You will be receiving an original painting - thanks so much for walking with me on my art journey!
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Nature is the living, visible garment of God.
~ Goethe ~ |
| | Early to Rise Pink and Red Poppies 16X12 Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas
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~ A TOUR OF MY NEW WORK SPACE ~ |
| Perks of Painting at the Arboretum |
 | Painting in the sunshine ensures proper Vitamin D!
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Painting outdoors at the Dallas Arboretum is one of the perks of my new job as a full time artist. No more soul scorching fluorescent lighting, just pure sunshine and breezes. On weekends, you can hear the sound of classical piano music wafting through the delphiniums and watch the brides and their photographers on their way to the perfect Kodak moment. Painting in the Arboretum gardens is just about perfect, especially if you rent one of the big red wagons at the help desk to haul all your important accoutrements (a picnic basket of fried chicken and iced down peach tea). Even better when the hubby comes along and sets up your EasyL easel and makes a critical ice cream bar run around 2 pm. I love when the children come up and ask questions about the painting, many answering in the affirmative when I ask, "Are you an artist?" I've never had one answer with uncertainty. They are either very certainly an artist, or very certainly not an artist. If the parent allows, I always offer the child my brush and invite them to contribute to the work in progress. This small gesture provides a return on investment equal to about a million smiles of pure childlike joy and wonderment. Have I mentioned recently how much I love my new job? Just another day at the office! |
| | Summer Rain Pink Roses 12X12 Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas
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| | A featured artist interview I'm delighted to be a featured artist in the July 2013 issue of Visual Language Magazine! What an honor to be spotlighted by a publication filled with some of the most talented contemporary artists in the world.
Visual Language had over 550,000 visitors in its first year, and is an aesthetic treat for those who love art that stretches the boundaries and reaches beyond traditional norms.
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 A Bit of Heaven Hydrangeas was inspired by the morning dappled light of my back porch container garden, in full bloom this month with white Queen Anne's Lace hydrangeas and blue and purple petunias.
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| | A Bit of Heaven Hydrangeas 16X12 Oil on Archival Panel | |
Tips on Making Red Poppies Glow in Oils |
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Dreamers Three Poppies 16X12 I've been sharing step by step painting tips on my art blog for years, and have just added a recipe for making your red poppies glow. One way to make the crenelated ridges of poppy petals appear realistic is to lay different values of reds next to one another. There are several ways to create new versions of this bright color. You can add alizarin crimson to cadmium red deep for a deep warm red. Alternatively, you can add permanent rose to cadmium red light to pull the red to a brighter value. Tickle the tips of your poppy petals with a lighter color ~ infuse them with a little glow! A great way to lighten reds for places where poppy petals catch the light is not to add white to your red. White is the color killer. Instead, use Naples yellow light. Finally, remember that like all flower petals, the tips of your poppy petals are thinner, and are a lighter, brighter value than the base of a poppy petal. Tickle the tips of your poppy petals with a lighter color, infuse them with a little glow. Put a little joy in your brush and join me for a flower painting workshop!
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Morning Garden Azure Blue Hydrangeas 16X20 Palette Knife/Oil on Archival Panel
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| | Oranges and Lilies
16X20 Oil on Archival Panel | |
 Summer Sale Item! Happy Days Sunflowers
16X20 Oil on Archival Panel |
| Me and her majesty, Studio Director AnnieBee
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| | Nancy Medina Art | 214-802-5537
Flower Mound Studio
Flower Mound, TX 75028
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Flower Mound Art Studio
Flower Mound, TX - 214.802.5537
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