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Domingo Familiar, 6x6 inches, acrylics on hardboard panel.
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A Sunday with the family. Even though all these days are now family days, last Sunday was special, because we met (online) for about 2 hours with our extended family that's all around the world. From Vancouver to Denmark, including Perú, Valencia (Vzla), Caracas, Houston, Atlanta, Madrid and London, we in Apex, North Carolina, were closer to all of them than we have been in years♥️.
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What's something positive this social distancing time has brought to your life?
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#stayhome #familytime #connecting #onlinevisit #virtualgettogether #socialdistancing
#morecreative #6x6happyhabit

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Painting Together, 6x6 inches, acrylics on hardboard panel, and how my palette ended after 6 days of painting on 10(ish)minute intervals on IGTV...with all of you watching 😱 ♥️
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Hope you are all painting and doing the homework I gave you during yesterday's video😉.
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Let's #stayhome and #keeppainting.
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#staypainting #stayhome #paintingflowers #paintingtogether #6x6happyhabit #🌼

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The palette I'm using for the painting I'm doing this week with you on IGTV. Today is the third day! I'll see you at 10:00am.
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Here are the colors on the 🎨 (I wrote the initial next to each color). Starting on titanium white, up and clockwise:
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Titanium White
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Quinacridone Magenta
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Alizarin Crimson
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Cadmium Red
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Lemon Yellow
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Cadmium Yellow
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Pthalo Blue
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Ultramarine Blue
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Sap Green
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Indigo
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Raw Umber
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See you soon!
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#mypalette
#paintingprocess #dailypainting
#paintingtogether #stayathome #monicalinaresart #6x6happyhabit

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I'll be painting today on Instagram TV for about 10 minutes, starting at 10am ET. You'll see it as a regular post...and after 1 minute have the option to keep watching. Click in there and you'll watch the rest of it.
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This is the photo (taken by me) I'll use as a reference for my painting.
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Materials I'll use:
-6x6 hardboard panel
-Silver Bristlon flat brushes from #0 to #12 (#12 just to cover the panel with a coat of cadmium red).
-masterson palette
-water spray
-water bucket
-Lukas acrylic paint (I'll make sure to mention my palette during the video).
See you in 30 minutes!
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#paintingflowers #paintingtogether #demo #monicalinaresart #igtv #6x6happyhabit

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We have a winner! I'll post a 10-minute video every day at 10 am ET on Instagram TV (IGTV), of me working on a painting until I finish it. I'll start tomorrow, Thursday March 19.
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Right after you see me painting for 10 minutes, you have to paint at least for 10 minutes. So have your supplies ready; choose today what you are going to paint and be ready.
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The idea of this is to get through this mandatory social distancing, together, even if it is virtually! Let's use social media for what it is made for (I think😉)...staying connected when we can't physically be together.
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See you tomorrow at 10am on Instagram TV (today is learning technology time for me!) .
Thanks for all your wonderful comments and ideas. LOVED THEM ALL!
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Bye!😘
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#igtv #paintingtogether #6x6happyhabit #monicalinaresart #stayinginspired #wecandothis!

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Let's get through this TOGETHER! I have MANY ideas on how to stay connected, motivated and inspired during these mandatory days of social distancing, but can't choose one.
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So I want to hear from you what would you like me to offer on this wonderful Instagram/facebook platform.
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My only rule is, it needs to be simple enough for me to be able to offer it to you without hours of preparation 😉 .
Below are some of my ideas...please share if you have another one! Or choose which of these ideas you like the most.
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But, before anything, we all first need to take a PAUSE, breath, think, connect with your very very close ones, and then go on. But the pause is mandatory for me, I learned that lesson last week (I'll tell you that story later).
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Ok, now back to my list of ideas:
1- Keep working on the 6x6 floral painting challenge I announced last week (challenge ends on March 24) and post using #6x6happyhabit. There are already wonderful paintings over there! (You don't need to go far to take pictures of flowers to paint. Walk around your neighborhood, there are many flowers blooming!!!).
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2- 10 minute video of me painting and you can paint along (Instagram tv allows a max. of 10 minute videos)...not sure how far I can go in 10 minutes. It could be 10 minutes each day until I finish the painting?
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3- Share your email in the comments section and I will send you a photo to paint and then you share your master piece on Instagram and we will all comment.
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4- jump to @paintingmiles . We will be doing some fun things over there too!
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Any other ideas??? What's your favorite one?
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Can't wait to hear from you!
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Pause, 6x6, acrylics on panel. (From today on the new paintings will be available on my website and if you live in the triangle I will hand delivery them and leave on your front porch. I'll do this until April 30, 2020)
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#paintingflowers #paintingtogether #6x6happyhabit #ideas #letsdothistogether #flatteningthecurve #dailypainting

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Most of them start like this:
1- Red underpainting.
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2- Simple sketch with ultramarine blue.
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3- Lightest light, darkest dark, most saturated color, background and forground (lately I've been leaving background to the end of the process).
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4- Keep going until done.
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5- Sign!
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"Elastic", 6x6, acrylics on hardboard panel. Available @ncartmuseum store during Art in Bloom.
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#paintingprocess #paintingflowers #🌼 #artinbloom2020 #ncartmuseum
#6x6happyhabit

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