Hill Country Hydrangeas and Meeting a Rare Blue Cow - Flower Paintings by Nancy Medina

Hill Country Blue Hydrangeas

by Nancy Medina

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We painted flowers til the cows came home in the Texas Hill Country this week! Tomorrow is the last day of my four day painting/marketing workshop for The Good Art Company school, and I'm so sad to say goodbye to these talented gals from Michigan, San Diego, Louisiana, and across Texas. We painted pink lilies, white hydrangeas, irises and sunflowers this week, and started each morning with fresh kolaches and cheese danish from the local bakery. Visit my art blog today to see pictures from our adventure this week, as well as a photo of a rare blue cow, spotted just outside the classroom. Clearly he had been subsisting on a diet of bluebonnets for quite some time!

 We painted sunflowers til the cows came home today!

Early to Rise Pink and Red Poppies of the Texas Hill Country by Nancy Medina

Early to Rise Pink and Red Poppies

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Early to Rise Pink and Red Poppies is the newest daily painting in Flower Mound Studio, as I begin work on a large Texas landscape for a beautiful Flower Mound home. These poppies are based on the field of tossing and turning blossoms at Wildseed Farms in Fredericksburg, Texas last week. The wind never rested while I snapped photos as quickly as I could - one must tread carefully when photographing outdoor flowers in Texas, watching especially for fire ants! Happily, I was not attacked by the awful little beasties during this photoshoot. Like a big flower game hunter, I carried home hundreds of new flower photos, much preferred over hundreds of new ant bites...

Summer Season Sunflowers and a Hill Country Workshop by Texas Flower Artist Nancy Medina

Summer Season Sunflowers

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Summer Season Sunflowers and Day Lilies was the morning class demo today for my workshop in Fredericksburg, Texas, in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. We woke up this morning to sunshine and country breezes, a perfect day to spend with friends painting, a perfect day to enjoy fresh German pastries, and a fabulous day to go out for dinner after class for excellent and seafood and chocolate torte desserts all around (yes, I noticed there were two references to desserts, and one reference to painting....) ! I get such joy from seeing my students excited about their paintings. These ladies converged from all over the country to gather for some loose, bright application of color emphasizing an energetic, free approach to making brilliant flowers bloom in oils. What an amazing life it is, to wake up each morning now knowing I am now officially doing the thing I love most of all  - teaching art. I sincerely hope each of you has found a way to follow your bliss. I'm so glad you are here with me, on this journey. Have another cheese kolache and let's get to painting!

Linda, Nancy, Linda, Linda, Annie, Linda, Carolyn, Cathy and Cheri show their
beautiful hydrangea paintings!

Hill Country Sunflowers and Roses and a New Container Garden by Texas Flower Artist Nancy Medina

Hill Country Sunflowers and Roses

by Nancy Medina

Fredericksburg, Texas, class demo

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Hill Country Sunflowers and Roses was my demo painting for my students during my Texas Hill Country workshop this past weekend. The Fredericksburg, Texas grocery store always has a top notch selection of flowers, so we painted quite a variety of blossoms from the studio school on the resort overlooking log cabins and trees for miles around. It was like a slice of heaven right outside the door!

My next workshop is on July 21 in Dallas and is already full with a waiting list, so it looks like I'll have to make the sacrifice and go shopping at Central Market *sound of harps* for scads of gorgeous blossoms again this week! 

Take a peek at my art blog to see a preview of my newest container garden which is almost finished. I thought it only fitting you should also see the little four footed furry obstacles who like to plant themselves squarely in front of my easel. It wouldn't be art if it wasn't challenging to reach the canvas, right?

Tea Time White Rose by Texas Flower Artist Nancy Medina

Tea Time White Rose by Nancy Medina

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Tea Time White Rose is the Newest painting in the studio, as I begin work on a container garden for my favorite Coronado CA gallery, begin packing for my 3-day workshop in Fredericksburg, Texas, next weekend, and finish framing new paintings for my solo show at The Good Art Company Gallery Friday night.  All these sound like pressing issues, but truly the most important Saturday task has been throwing the new ice cream cone toy for Studio Director AnnieBee. The pictures on my art blog were taken of her majesty as she stationed herself strategically in front of my easel at least a dozen times today, in exactly this pose. I know dogs cannot talk, but I am definitely getting a sense of her message.

Painting in the Texas Hill Country and Howard Meets a Llama Mama by Texas Flower Artist Nancy Medina

 

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You are invited to join me for a three-day workshop in Fredericksburg July 6, 7, and 8, 2012 at the Good Art Gallery Studio School at the Baron's Creekside Resort and stick around for my solo show at the Gallery during Artwalk on Friday evening, July 7! 

We had a great time at the school in April, discovered a new favorite restaurant, painted loads of sunflowers, poppies, hydrangeas and daisies, and made new friends from around the US (and even one dear new friend outside the US!).  I would love to paint with you there in July, and we'll be ending class just a wee bit earlier each day to allow for exploring this beautiful area (plus shopping!).

Carlos and I almost always bring the pug pack when we travel to Fredericksburg, there are many pet friendly bed and breakfasts, and plenty of dog friendly adventures to be had. Howard in particular had a close encounter with some new friends last summer. I've shared a little picture story on my art blog today to show you what really happened! 

Disclaimer - no llama mamas were harmed in this picture story.

Little Lovelies, Pansies by Nancy Medina

Little Lovelies, Pansies by Nancy Medina
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Little Lovelies is a fresh pot of pansies drying on the easel this evening. I'm busy packing, framing and labeling a new load of art to take to The Good Art Company gallery in historic Fredericksburg, Texas, in a few weeks. I've enjoyed being a member of the gallery family for over a year now. It's always a fun trip to head down to the hill country, pack up AnnieBee the pug for the trip, stay at a fun bed and breakfast, and stop by Rather Sweet in the morning for warm cheese danish with raspberries. The best time to visit is Christmas, every little antique store, and the quilt shop, and the German restaurants, deck out in their finest holiday attire! I will share the whole thing with you through a photo journey on my art blog, so stay tuned!