| A Stroll Through the Chihuly Glass Exhibit |
| | Nancy Medina Art ~ Flower Mound Studio June 2012 |
Blue Glass Asters and Sunflowers, 20X20
Purchase InformationDemo painting, Dallas Arboretum workshop Hail and the Chihuly glass exhibit
A Dallas Arboretum Stroll The stars were aligned this month for my Dallas Arboretum flower painting workshop on June 9 - while my students and I painted California purple asters and daisies inside, the Chihuly glass exhibit was right outside our classroom windows. Just four days after my class, a hail storm hit North Texas and a few pieces from the exhibit were hit. The Arboretum said only a few of the more fragile pieces from the Chihuly exhibit were damaged. When I was in the park last weekend, I learned from one of the docents that it took several large donations and just the right timing to have the installation here in Dallas from the world renowned glass artist. I asked the guide what would happen if we had a hail storm. He said the sculptures were made of pretty thick glass, and Dale Chihuly had said that if a piece was broken, he could have another shipped out to replace it pretty quickly. Chihuly works on one particular style over and over again, until he has almost a warehouse filled with that design, before he moves on to another subject. Suddenly my sunflower obsession has been vindicated! *trumpets* Get your comfy shoes on, grab your favorite camera and let's take a stroll through the Chihuly glass exhibit (pre-hailstorm). Be sure to bring soda money, it's a hot one here in Big D this week! Click here for the complete tour through the gardens! 
Beautiful smiles from my students nearChihuly's Mexican Hat sculpture, based on the red Mexican hat flowers of Texas!
Ready for the tour? Let's go!
Blue Marlin and Turquoise Reeds! Imagine a nice cool breeze and getting misted while you listen to the birdcall....
The Dallas Star - The docent said Chihuly changed the names of a few of these after installation. I wonder if Chihuly is a hockey fan?
The Yellow Icicle Tower, imagine, icicles in Dallas in June!
I watched this little fellow try to land on one of the glass branches of the Yellow Icicle Tower. He tried three times and slid down each time. Then he chomped a delicious moth from the leaves under the base, and flew away, happy.
This one was called Frog Feet and it was my absolute favorite. The feet just glowed in these beautiful elephant ear plants.
This vanishing pool is new to the garden, and looks out over White Rock Lake. This entire section of the
garden has been improved and just reopened to the public. Saturday Sunflowers
Let's Paint Together This Summer!
Fling your painting inhibitions to the wind and join me for my 1-day Summer Saturday Sunflower oil painting workshop June 23, 2012, at the Jaycee Park Center for the Arts in Irving, Texas, from 9 am to 4 pm. There are just 2 seats left so don't dally, we're going to paint fast and bright and focus on loosening your approach to the still life!
Just two spots left! Summer Saturday Sunflower Workshop Painting Sunflowers in Oils Saturday, June 23, 2012 9 am to 4 pm Jaycee Park Center for the Arts 1975 Puritan Lane Irving, TX 75061 $150 |
Blissfully Content Sunflowers
and Lazy Daisies 16X20, Oil on Linen
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Ode to the little green bowl.... Blissfully Content Sunflowers and Lazy Daisies was finished around 2 am, three hours before it was time to get up and go to the office and start the day job. Sometimes when I get in the zone, I simply cannot stop - and the white gerbera daisies were looking so cute and fresh and producing all kinds of interesting golden and green shadow tones. This new painting features my little red bowl in the foreground. It replaces my favorite green bowl, which met an untimely demise during my last Dallas Arboretum workshop a few weeks ago. My little green bowl fell and smashed to pieces when I was moving a prop table around to catch the light just right, collateral damage in the quest for a great demo painting. The little red bowl has stepped up to the plate quite nicely, so far, and gotten along well with the studio models and not insulted any of the lazy daisies. I think you'll be seeing more of this little red bowl in the future. For those waiting for an update on the release of my first sunflower video, hubby finished the downloading and is working on the editing now! Because you've been so patient and been so kind not to mention my overwhelming sunflower obsession on the blog recently, here is another step by step sunflower for you below. Enjoy! 
Step 1 - the underpainting 
Step 2 - making blue happen 
Step 3 - time for a closeup... 
Step 4 - even daisies have a dark side.... *cue scary music* 
Step 4 - the little red bowl takes a bow! |
Farm Fresh Hydrangeas, 14X14 Sold fresh off the easel! Keeping your hydrangeas fresh as daisies Farm Fresh Hydrangeas is the newest work in the studio, if you don't count the 20X20 larger version that's holding down the easel today. I found these white hydrangeas at the corner market, and have been pampering and spoiling them, spritzing them with water, giving them cool drinks, and storing them every evening in the coldest room in the house hoping they will last just a few more days. The best way to preserve hydrangeas is to keep them chilly and wet, and if they are cut and in water, to put them in the refrigerator at night, vase and all. Most of the hydrangeas in pots will end up planted in my hydrangea garden when they are done with their time in the studio spotlight. Someday they'll tell their hydrangea grandchildren about the glory days, and how they were memorialized in paintings and how they lived indoors in the air conditioning and only drank filtered water.  The studio models take a bow... |
Dance by the Light Sunflowers and Daisies 24X20 Oil on Linen Board Purchase Information |
Howie's rain hat Howie says the recent storms in Flower Mound preclude his Friday bathtime requirement... |
 Sun Seeker Sunflowers
20X16, Oil on Linen Board Purchase InformationA Texas Hill Country Flower Workshop I am so excited about my upcoming workshop in the Texas Hill Country in July, and I'm not just saying that because of the pastry shops! I have some special surprises planned ~ and gifts ~ for my students. Extra gifts for everyone who brings me a frosted chocolate cake donut from the Kolache factory.
Book soon! This is peak tourist season for Fredericksburg!
. Put a little joy in your brush and join me for my 3-day workshop in historic Fredericksburg, Texas, July 6, 7 and 8, 2012. A Day in Provence - Painting Flowers in Oils will be held at The Good Art Company studio gallery in historic Fredericksburg, Texas, from 8 am to 3 pm each day. The school is located on a resort property near downtown and overlooks rolling hills and cabins and is just a little bit of heaven all in itself!
I've scheduled class each day so that we can start a bit earlier, and end a bit earlier, leaving some time to shop in charming downtown Fredericksburg. Best of all, since hubby won't be there I'll be shopping with no adult supervision whatsoever!
Nancy Medina Workshop
Good Art Company School
Baron's Creekside Resort
July 6, 7 and 8, 2012
316 Goehmann Lane
Fredericksburg, TX 78624
$350
I will begin class each day with a thorough and well explained demonstration. In the afternoons, we'll paint your favorite flowers together. Using transparent colors as a base, I'll show you how to create powerful color notes that will make your flowers sing. Students will receive a supply list shortly after registration.
Contact: nancy@nancymedina.com
214-802-5537
Baron's Creekside Resort Art School
Fredericksburg hydrangeas on canvas, 30X40
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June 23, 2012 - Irving, TX 2 Seats Left! Summer Saturday Sunflower Painting Workshop Jaycee Park Center for the Arts Irving, Texas Read more... July 6, 7, 8, 2012 - Fredericksburg, TX A Day in Provence - Flower Painting Workshop Good Art Company Studio Art School Baron's Creekside Resort Frederickburg, Texas Read more... July 21, 2012 - Dallas, TX FULL Painting Summer Flowers Dutch Art Gallery Dallas, Texas Read more... August 17, 18, 19, 2012 - Irving, TX FULL With Waiting List Painting Summer Flowers in Oils Jaycee Park Center for the Arts Irving, Texas Read more... October 20, 21, 2012 - Irving, TX Painting Vibrant Flowers in Oils Jaycee Park Center for the Arts Irving, Texas Read more... November 16, 17, 18, 2012 - Irving, TX Limited to 12 students Painting Winter Flowers in Oils Jaycee Park Center for the Arts Irving, Texas Read more...
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Flower Mound, Texas 75028
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