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October Garden Sunflowers and Daisies by Nancy Medina 16X20 Oil on Archival Panel Purchase Information Flower Painting Workshops My Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Sign Up for My Art Newsletter! October Garden Sunflowers and Daisies is the newest painting in Flower Mound Studio, as I begin work on a large commissioned painting of a Dallas Arboretum cherry blossom path. This is the perfect time of year to be painting outdoor scenes, as the North Texas weather has taken a turn today toward fall, with cool breezes and a light sprinkling of rain. Fall is my favorite time of year, and the season I missed most when I lived in Southern California, where temperatures averaged 85 degrees F about 320 days a year. I used to lose track of time there, with the years seeming to whiz past, because there were no seasonal changes to mark the days passing. Now that I'm back in Texas, I miss the California sunshine! Ah the irony of it all... The studio models t...

Class Demonstration Blue Shadow White Hydrangeas by Nancy Medina Copyright 2013 16X12 Oil on Archival Panel Purchase Information Flower Painting Workshops Nancy Medina Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Blue Shadows White Hydrangeas was one of seven class demonstrations completed during my three day workshop that ended Sunday in North Texas. We studied white flowers, starting with white irises and ending with white hydrangeas, on the first two days. I love painting white flowers, there are so many colors you can put into white petals, into the shadows and the highlights both. The white irises for our class paintings were cut directly from my iris garden, which was in full bloom this morning. I've posted photos of my iris garden on the art blog today , including one starring my little garden helper, Howard Pee Pugpants himself!