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 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
I’ve always wanted to paint rocks at the sea here in Italy, but have either never dared or never taken the opportunity. Today there was no avoiding it. If I wanted to go to the beach, I was going to paint rocks. And this place
Today I’m on the Italian riviera or the western coast on the way to France in the region called Liguria. It’s beautiful here and very different from what I’m used to calling “the beach”. Here there is a narrow strip of land running along the