Keeping up a daily practice is more than just a skill thing, it's a mental thing as well I discovered. It's taken me a few days and a group of throw away paintings to get back into the mixing and brushing on of paint- a little
Whew, I'm back.Just in case you were wondering I haven't quit the 120 Day Project, I was just taking a bit of a hiatus in order to have my first solo exhibition here in Rome.What was I doing all of that rime instead of sending
The weather is really changing now. The front page of today's paper had Rome's mayor out lining the river with sand bags to protect against the predicted coming storms. Fall is here in a big way and today it was all about the clouds.October Clouds, Acqua
The scout motto "Be Prepared" is exactly what came to mind while out painting today.Why?Rain.When the founder of The Scouts Baden-Powell created this motto he had 2 things in mind: to be prepared mentally and to be ready with everything you need. The motto literally
This is a part of Rome that I had yet to paint: the neighborhood Prati. I think of Prati as the upper west side of Rome. It's chic with wide boulevards lined with trees. It's dotted with nice cafes and businessmen on the go. When
This little one is from the renowned neighborhood Trastevere. Anyone who has been to Rome has most likely visited this part of town and loved it immediately. It's just what you think of when you think of Italy: old with narrow cobbled streets, vines growing
Practice makes perfect? Ha! Obviously it wasn't an artist who said that.Today as I went into the studio to finish up a commission, I froze.I'd been away from the painting for too long and I wasn't sure where to start and how to get back
Ahhh, it feels great to be back painting in Rome.Today was a fun and special day. Friend and fellow painter Cory Wright is in town and so we got to go out and paint the town together.Entrance, Botanical Garden6x8"Oil on Panel© Kelly Medford, 2012Cory is
Sometimes I find it hard to fathom just how nonchalant Romans are about their streets lined with aqueducts and ruins. With 4 lanes of honking and gridlock traffic whizzing under ancient arches, only someone on a bicycle armed with an easel can afford the luxury