Learn how to make your acrylics perform like oils!
Registration is open for Nancy's first acrylic online class.
Join Nancy's online painting class to learn...
How to Create Impressionistic Paintings in Acrylic Color
Registration is now open!
After years of testing and refining...
I've unlocked the secret to blending color-rich acrylics for impressionistic painters like you.
Even more of what you’ll get in Paint Brilliant Acrylics...
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A toxin-free studio - no cadmiums, no cobalts
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Six full-length lessons in heavy body acrylics
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The benefits of acrylics with the blending power of oils
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All lessons to download and keep
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Nancy's “secret sauce” medium
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Make acrylics blend beautifully
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How to extend acrylics without stickiness
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How to create breathtaking florals
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How to paint impressionistically in acrylics
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Cleanup that’s a breeze
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An easy to navigate class website
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A teacher who loves her students!
This is your moment
When the colors of nature
Speak to your heart
Ignite your joy
and reawaken your passion
for painting.
Welcome to your new studio,
Paint Brilliant Acrylics
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Six full-length lessons
You'll receive six full-length painting lessons in heavy body acrylics to download and keep, studio tips, and more. No humming, no background music, Nancy never skips a step in teaching!
Paintings for all levels
With over 1500 online students, Nancy teaches to all levels, whether you're just starting, you're switching from oils, or you're a seasoned acrylic artist. You get a loose, bright approach in every moment of class.
A Private Facebook group
You'll have your own private group on Facebook where you can share your excitement, your paintings, and feel the genuine care and encouragement of your acrylic flower family members. This is your safe space to shine!
An instructor who cares
Nancy is super responsive, always helpful, and has a support team that is on hand 24-7 to assist you. Whether by email or social media, you won't hear crickets chirping when you need assistance!
Floral & botanical paintings
Learn why acrylics are just as exciting as oils in impressionistic works, and how they make your floral and botanical paintings the brightest they can be. Acrylics are by nature some of the most powerful colors!
Access from any device
With a website for your class, all of your content is housed on a secure space - not just a social media platform. Access lessons from your tablet, phone, or desktop with a top-notch support team for you!
Have you ever wished you could paint impressionistically with colors that blend beautifully, and clean up in minutes?
Want to switch your studio to a safe zone, and eliminate cadmiums and cobalts, but still achieve amazing color that draws the eye from across the room?
Master impressionist floral painter Nancy Medina brings you an online class painting exclusively in heavy body acrylics!
Watch first hand how to create brilliant acrylic paintings in an impressionistic style, with all the blending of oils at your fingertips. In Paint Brilliant Acrylics, you'll learn step by step how to create the most beautiful florals, capturing sunlit blossoms, the warm violets of garden shadows, and Mother Nature in her most brilliant attire ~ color! Acrylics are the super powers of all mediums when it comes to saturated hues that draw the viewer and lift the heart.
Whether you're just a beginner, maybe you've been painting in acrylics for years, or you're ready to try something absolutely exciting and new, Paint Brilliant Acrylics is now in bloom.
Join this one-of-a-kind painting experience!
A resource library of video tips
Access to all course materials for a full year
Registration is now open
$399
I’m a gal who quit the corporate life, took the leap, and found her color wings! I left behind a job as the director of a national magazine to become a full-time artist and art teacher.
One morning I had an epiphany – Life is too short not to follow your bliss. Since then, I’ve worked with Disney, been invited to paint on national TV, and designed a new outdoor studio. I wake up each and every day excited. I’m an artist and a teacher. Everything I paint, all that I know, I share with my students.
My joy is in helping you be the best artist you can be. Navigating this journey of color and discovery is not just a job description, it is a dream come true. What an honor it is to share it with you!
Will I have enough time? You can download and keep all of your full-length painting lessons. I encourage you to watch the videos first, and then dive into the materials with paint brushes loaded. All of the lessons and experiences are arranged in a way that guides you through the beauty, the color, and the creative energy of painting impressionistically in acrylics.
New to acrylic painting? All of my classes are designed step by step, sharing each tool, how I use the tools, and detailed information on each color and color mix I use. My classes are designed for beginning painters on up, with an emphasis on loosening up and learning to take joy in the painting process itself. Whether you're switching from oils to acrylics, or learning acrylics for the first time, this space is reserved for you!
Switching to acrylics from oils? If you’ve been longing for a new approach and you have no fear of color, acrylics are an exciting addition to your art journey. Acrylics catch the eye from across the room, but have historically been more difficult to blend. This course is the answer to how to make your acrylics perform like oils with a rich, impressionistic approach. Nancy completes every lesson with you step by step, never skipping a color, never drifting off in mid-thought, and always remaining fully present for you. Paint Brilliant Acrylics gives you permission to break the bonds of super realism and gives your creative muse permission to fly! You are the boss of your flower paintings!
If you’ve been longing for a new approach and you have no fear of color, acrylics are an exciting addition to your art journey. Acrylics catch the eye from across the room, but have historically been more difficult to blend.
This course is the answer to how to make your acrylics perform like oils with a rich, impressionistic approach. Nancy completes every lesson with you step by step, never skipping a color, never drifting off in mid thought, and always remaining fully present for you.
Paint Brilliant Acrylics gives you permission to break the bonds of super realism and bring color to life on canvas. Nancy demonstrates first-hand why she tells all her acrylic students they never need to switch to oils to achieve exciting results in their floral paintings. With more than 1/3 of her students currently working in acrylics, Paint Brilliant Acrylics is the online journey many of Nancy's 1500 online students have been patiently awaiting.
“Nancy I've been quietly enjoying my wonderful online lessons in Painting Brilliant Colors and the Painting Brilliant Colors Facebook community is the best. I can't say enough...you are a great teacher. This is a new world for me (painting) and as a beginner in acrylics, your lessons bring a daily smile to my face and my life. I've learned so much from you, Nancy. I can't thank you enough for sharing your bliss. By doing so, you encourage me to follow my own.” ~ Valerie B
“I just watched your online class. You can't know but you have succeeded in opening me up and helping me through my journey. I take care of my mother and she and my two girls are my only family. They found cancer in her kidneys and I am terrified. But this is such a happy place for me. I am overwhelmed and feel like I am under water sometimes. But I have this escape and it is like meditation. All I see when I paint is this. Thank you so much, Nancy, for giving me permission to say I am an artist.” ~ Elizabeth M
“I've been with Nancy since her first online class and I love painting with her. Until Nancy, I was basically a failure to launch, always studying but rarely painting, so basically a dreamer. Thanks to Nancy, I paint now. Vivid color is something totally new to me, so I just try to follow Nancy's lead. Little did I understand at this phase of my life how much I needed vivid color, the colors over a period of time permeate your soul. I want to see the world like Monet meeting Disney and Nancy is spreading her magic across the globe. Newcomers, you are going to find her color healing and addictive.” ~ Patricia W
“This is my second online class with Nancy and I am hooked. I find her use of color to make every painting come alive fascinating. I am learning a lot and can see myself improving after every lesson.
For one thing, my brush strokes are looser (weaned from a 2-hair brush to 3/4"), and I blend less. I wish you a wonderful experience from this class” ~ Kathy L
How to be more expressive and joyful in every subject you paint
How to give yourself permission to love your art journey
How to create beautiful temperature shifts for delightful nuance
How value is the first step toward a successful painting
How line work is the key to composition
Step-by-step instruction on how to build strong light and shadow in nature
The secret to nurturing artistic intuition and unleashing joy in the studio
How will the course be structured? You’ll get full-length painting lessons to download and keep, resource videos, and inspiring images. You can share your experiences, encourage fellow students, and find inspiration from new painting friends in your private Facebook group during this exciting journey workshop.
I’m an oil painter just learning acrylics - is this for me? In Flower Mound Studio, Nancy works in both acrylics and oils regularly. Transitioning fully to acrylics is a way to embrace the brightest colors in your work - you get easier cleanup, brighter color, and fewer chemicals in the studio compared with oils - there are no solvents used with acrylic paints. Nancy teaches to all levels in the online class, so it's the perfect way to ease into a new medium - she gradually takes students each week step by step in lessons on how to use your tools, care for your brushes, set up your Sta Wet Masterson palette, and more.
What will we be painting? We’ll be painting florals filled with color. These are not tiny paintings! We're going to use larger canvases, averaging 20X16, to give you room to stretch your color wings. You’ll get to paint and experience your lessons from the comfort of your own studio. Included will be poppies, peonies, daisies, irises, sunflowers, and more! Nancy uses the same basic palette for everything she creates, with a few exceptions that are shared in each painting exercise.
Do I need high-speed internet? Yes – it will help alleviate frustration. We have the best support team you'll find in e-course instruction, so you’ll always have prompt responses to help you every step of the way.
What supplies will I need? You can find the supply list by clicking here. The acrylic heavy body supply list is provided here. *Any professional brand or equivalent is good! Nancy uses: Permanent Rose or Quinacridone Red (Utrecht), Quinacridone Magenta, Cobalt Violet Hue (Golden) or Quinacridone Violet (Utrecht), Light and Medium Violet by Sennelier, Burnt Umber, Cadmium Red Hue, Cadmium Yellow Hue, Dioxazine Purple, Turquoise, Parchment (Sennelier), Neutral Gray N8 (Golden), Titanium White, Alizarin Crimson, Indian Yellow, Yellow Iron Oxide or Yellow Ochre, Green Gold, Chromium Oxide Green, Hookers Green Hue, Ultramarine Blue, Nickel Azo Gold (Golden) or Red Iron Oxide. Optional colors are Cadmium Orange Hue, Quinacridone Pink (Sennelier), and Phthalo Green. Nancy uses stretched cotton canvases: 14X14, 20X16, and 20X20. The SG 700 Royal soft grip brush costs about $2 along with the Royal Sabletek Langickel No. 14. *Note that these supplies are not required, but simply recommended. There are many good brands available, and suggestions for substitutes are listed in the course materials. Nancy Medina Art cannot guarantee the availability of the recommended supplies in your area. It is the responsibility of each student to ensure (s)he has access to the supplies necessary to complete the course. Our support team is always happy to answer questions about supplies.
Can I sell and exhibit the work I create in this workshop? One of my intentions in this course is to help you develop your powerful and personal connection with painting from life. Your own style will show when you work from your own flower setups and photos. I’m happy for you to show and sell your own original, innovative work created. However, if your work is more similar to the original paintings in my copyrighted lesson videos, I would ask that you don’t put those pieces out to exhibit or sell, if they are close copies of my work. I trust that your heart will tell you what is too close.
A resource library of video tips
Access to all course materials for a full year
Registration is now open
$399
