Contemporary Artists of Texas: white hydrangea flower painting

Rose of Sharon and White Hydrangeas was my seventh class demonstration at my flower painting workshop in St. Louis a few weeks ago. Eighteen students painted in oils and acrylics to produce paintings of geraniums, hydrangeas, daisies, and sunflowers during three days in the beautiful historic district near The Hill. I wanted to be sure the white hydrangeas stood out, so I made the white china pot a bit more golden and subdued. The fresh Rose of Sharon flowers were a gift from Tina, one of my talented students, and were that sweet bit of color pop that set off the whole arrangement. You can see the fresh flowers that inspired Rose of Sharon below.

The flower models take a bow!

Monday, May 20, 2013

Paradise Garden Hydrangeas by Texas Flower Artist Nancy Medina

Paradise Garden Hydrangeas

by Nancy Medina

Class Demonstration

16X20

Oil on Archival Panel

I love walking into Flower Mound Studio a day after a workshop ends, the house is filled with the smell of fresh flowers! This past weekend, gals from Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma converged to create brightly color florals, taking home two or three new paintings each. I painted a large demonstration each morning, and in the afternoons, we completed step by step paint-along flowers together. Read more...

Flower Mound Studio smelling like roses today!

Monday, May 13, 2013

SOLD ~ Purple Pot White Hydrangeas by Texas Flower Artist Nancy Medina

Purple Pot White Hydrangeas

by Nancy Medina

SOLD

16X12

Oil on Archival Panel

There is a story behind these white hydrangeas. They were the models for my painting in the garden at a Colleyville, Texas, event last week. Sitting out in the sun, they slowly but surely wilted to nothing, leaving me to finish my demo painting that day almost purely from memory. I had forgotten my favorite brush, was using the wrong canvas, and my flowers went kaput - a recipe for disaster in the midst of a big event? Well, not quite - the demo found a new home - with the hostess - hooray! I brought my wilted flowers home, thinking they were done for, and the next morning these white hydrangeas were bright and perky and fresh again! Just like new! I think they wanted to be in another painting, don't you?

The new purple pot takes a bow!

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Deep Purple and White Hydrangeas by Texas Flower Artist Nancy Medina

Deep Purple White Hydrangeas

by Nancy Medina

Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas