Since today is an official day of rest here in Italy, I decided to paint one of my favorite resting activities: wine time.A Local White8x6"Oil on Linen Panel© Kelly Medford, 2012This is a local white produced in the hills just outside of Rome. I didn't
I'm back from the heights of the Alps and to tell the truth I just couldn't face the chaos of the city today, so I stayed in the studio to do what I call a warm-up to get back into daily painting.Morning Warm-Up6x8"Oil on Panel©
Boats! Yes, another boat. Who could have ever imagined all that is involved in painting a single boat in the harbor?First of all there is getting the drawing down, then the lights and shadows, the water, the reflections on the water and the little cables
Even if you don't speak Italian, you most likely have heard or will recognize the word passeggiata.In this case it doesn't mean to go for a walk, but it's the physical place in an Italian seaside town where you stroll along the seaside in the
Today I decided to take the big umbrella to the beach to paint under. I'm glad I did, it really helps to see what you're doing without all of that glare off the water. There's also less of a difference and/or surprise when I bring
In John Ruskin's Book The Elements of Drawing, he starts out with telling beginners to spend time to try and draw a rock. Sounds simple, right? Wrong!As I've found during my time here at the sea, drawing or painting a rock and making it really
I felt like a little kid this morning, all excited when I reached the port and saw this blue cargo ship in the harbor. Lucky for me it was even docked alone so that I had a perfect view to paint it.Aziea, Blue Cargo in
I really wanted to capture the morning light looking east from the sea to the nearby mountains. I knew it would be a fleeting light effect and it's one I often times avoid painting because it's so subtle. Today I thought that it was time
Ever tried to paint a boat in the wind? Me either until this morning. What an exercise in patience, drawing skill and short-term memory!Little Boat in the Harbor8x6"Oil on Panel© Kelly Medford, 2012I wanted to call this a dinghy, but then I looked up the