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Peony Hearts by Nancy Medina 12X12 Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Purchase Information Videos France, Italy and the US - Flower Painting Workshops My Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Sign Up for My Art Newsletter Peony Hearts is the newest painting in Flower Mound Studio. One of the best ways to break down the essential bone structure of a flower is to deconstruct the flower, and working from life with an excellent light source is the quickest way to find that perfect balance between reality and impressionism. There are lots of great ways to migrate away from the old method of painting super-realistically. Squinting, of course, is one way. I asked my eye doctor last month during my annual exam if squinting four to five hours a day while painting would ruin my eyesight. She laughed and told me I had absolutely nothing to worry about. But then, what did she know. She's 22 years old...! I do not paint petals, leave...

 Citrus White Tulip Bouquet by Nancy Medina 16X12 Oil on Archival Panel Purchase Information . My new video Flower Painting Workshops My Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Sign Up for My Art Newsletter . Citrus White Tulip Bouquet is the newest daily painting in Flower Mound Studio. I've been admiring the pinkish color of Texas Grapefruit lately, and went on a quest tonight to find a tablecloth in that color, or even a scrap of clothing. After going through all the closets and storage bins, nothing, but then I saw a carton of scrapbook paper and there it was! After distributing several sheets artistically around the base of my vase, I found just the streaky lightened salmon type color I wanted. Sometimes it's not the flowers that call to me, it's another color I want to play against them. Do you ever find that to be the case? If so, I hope you are able to control your obsessive compulsiv...

Le Petite Peonies by Nancy Medina 20X16 Oil on Archival Panel Purchase Information . My new hydrangea video! Flower Painting Workshops My Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Sign Up for My Art Newsletter . My new hydrangea video! Flower Painting Workshops My Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Sign Up for My Art Newsletter - See more at: http://www.nancymedinaart.com/2014/06/petal-rain-sunflowers-and-spring-texas.html#sthash.OdpU7OzY.dpuf. My new hydrangea video! Flower Painting Workshops My Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Sign Up for My Art Newsletter - See more at: http://www.nancymedinaart.com/2014/06/petal-rain-sunflowers-and-spring-texas.html#sthash.OdpU7OzY.dpuf Le Petite Peonies was one of six class demonstrations in my Spring, Texas, workshop last week, held in the heart of Old Tow...