Artists Of Texas Contemporary Paintings and Art

Daybreak Hydrangeas, Larkspur, and White Roses by Nancy Medina Class demo, Fredericksburg, Texas 36X24 Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Purchase Information Flower Painting Workshops Nancy Medina Web Site This week is my annual half price sale on my Web Site, and the response has been overwhelming! Click here to see the sale!  Paintings shipped today to Nova Scotia Canada, Massachusetts, Texas, Georgia, and California. Three more packages will be going out to Georgia tomorrow. I started painting in watercolor when I lived in Santa Barbara, CA, where I used to trade my paintings for furniture and rent. Since then I have moved exclusively to oils. Following an invitation from Joy Ijams Matthews, Director of Education for the Dallas Arboretum one year ago, I became officially, and for the first time, an art teacher. I never dreamed I would love being a teacher so much, but it has become one of the most rewarding things I do (aside of course from huggin...

White Roses, Larkspur and Kiwi by Nancy Medina Class Demo, Irving, Texas 16X20 Oil on Linen Board Purchase Information White Roses, Larkspur and Kiwi was my demo painting for class today in Irving, Texas, at the Jaycee Park Center for the Arts and the first time I ever painted kiwi. I've shared it with you step by step below, and also some photos of my student's paintings. It was one of those classes where I wanted to grab up all the luscious student paintings and run out of the building saying Mine Mine Mine!!  The kiwi was fun to paint, and I am sure I'll do it again, but I had forgotten to bring a knife so attempted to saw the fruit in half with a pair of blunt scissors, until one of my students whipped out her handy dandy exacto knife and saved the day. Mushy kiwi is not pretty. Trust me on that. To see this painting step by step, see some of my students' paintings and glean some insightful observations about kiwi, click here... Put...