Rome

Step-by-Step Oil Sketch

This is one of my favorite places that I'm fascinated with, the roof of my building.Growing up I never had one of these, I never got to go on the roof and here in Rome most rooftops have little buildings like this one on top

Crumbling Treasures

While my small painting project is winding down, I'm gearing up for something bigger.I won't stop painting these small and quicker paintings, they are almost an extension of me by now, but I am going to be starting some larger and more complex landscapes of

Favorite Places in Rome

What's your favorite place in Rome?Some of you already know and then some of you are like me, undecided.I'm always adding to and changing my list of favorite places around the city, but surely this place is up there on the list: San Lorenzo.Morning at

Crazed Plein Air

Even though sometimes I might think it, I never say it. Today I really mean it though: this painting was well-earned.Morning Coffee, Trastevere9x7"Oil on Panel© Kelly MedfordPainting on this corner was a great idea in theory, the slanting light coming in was perfect! Together with painter Ohla Pryymak, who is

120 Days: The Best Hits

This week is a review of some of my favorite and still unsold paintings from the recent daily painting project, 120 Days of Painting.One of my favorite themes or subject matter to paint here in Rome are the city's water fountains known as "nasone" for

Day 36: Laying Low

Silence seems to be the theme out there on the streets and in the parks of Rome today. The quiet, gray silence of winter has arrived.These past few days I've taken time out to paint some larger canvases and prepare for an upcoming painting trip

Day 37: Borderline Obesseions

I just keep going back for more. Of that field that is. I'm determined to learn more about how to separate my values while painting greens (sounds boring, right?).Values are the differences between black and white on the gray scale. For me out there in

Day 38: Repeats

Today back out in the field I was prepared with my mud boots.Although it was raining on and off I just wanted to get out there in between showers. Being inside just causes me to get lazy and the computer work waiting for me was

Day 39: On the Run

Painting on the run is not something I recommend, unless you  have no choice of course.That is just what happened while painting this small broccoli patch out in this field lot yesterday.Fall in the Broccoli Patch6x8"Oil on Panel© Kelly Medford, 2012It was a gorgeous fall