If you've ever been to Venice and had a few days to spend, chances are you ventured the boat ride out to the colorful island of Burano. Colorful is really an understatement for this magical fairy tale land where every single house is painted in its
Well, this is really the question I've been asking myself as we kicked off a week long watercolor workshop here in Umbria: what can I teach to have people create gorgeous landscape paintings in just a few days?The first 3 days have been invaluable to
Today I'm writing from Umbria and posting from my cell phone nonetheless, so we'll see how this works.I'm away because I'm teaching a week of watercolor sketchbook at the most wonderful villa, here completely for artists' workshops called Arte Umbria.I've had the wonderful opportunity to
Well, getting into this larger canvas has been very exciting for me. Just the act of using my entire arm (as opposed to just the wrist) to paint feels powerful and how painting was meant to be. The Old Casale60x75 cmwork in progress I was sure I
It was time. Time to get out the big canvas and get out into the field. And today was the day.The Old Casale, Work in Progress80x65 cm, Oil on Linen©Kelly MedfordYou may recognize this place, I've painted it many times over and was just waiting to
Now everyone has visions of Florence, Italy. Home and birthplace of the Renaissance.Even if you've never been there, you know what Florence looks like.I lived in Florence for 6 years where I studied art and then first began plein air painting. Florence is the best
The rain is persisting here in Italy, which is fairly unusual for Rome this time of year.Still, there are some signs of spring coming just around the corner. Almost Spring 8x6"Oil on Linen Panel ©Kelly Medford A few hours of sun let me get out and paint
In the middle of a public park just on the outskirts of Rome there is a giant ruin of a tower, Tor de' Schiavi.In English this translates to The Slave Tower, a foreboding name to go along with what's left of this structure jutting into