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New project inspired by Alphonse Mucha colors 🧡

New project inspired by Alphonse Mucha colors 🧡..and I'm LOVING it. Why Mucha? I'll tell you tomorrow. I changed my palette for this project to force me not to use my usual colors, I added turquoise, artic blue and cadmium orange. I might add ochre later. Even though these are colors I could get close to by mixing my split primary pallette, I really needed to eliminate the temptation to my more saturated colors. But... I kept red and magenta and my two yellows (cad and lemon) 😊. I'll tell you tomorrow why Mucha. The book I'm using as reference for colors is: Mucha, by Tomoko Sato. Got it @ncartmuseum store 😉.
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Mucha Bouquet, 6x6, acrylics on hardboard panel.
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#mucha #colors #newpalette #artnouveau #exhibition
#complimentaries #colorwheel #grays #desaturated #mix #alphonsemucha

Can you guess the line I fixed? I know, two posts

Can you guess the line I fixed?
I know, two posts in a row. I'm breaking all the posting rules😱.
And no hashtags 😱😱

Straight enough? You know, I go back and forth fro

Straight enough? You know, I go back and forth from painting hard edge structure to fluid organic shapes...I enjoy both! What can I do! And if you are reading between the lines, stop. There isn't anything between the lines, just paint 😊.
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Between the lines, 6x6 acrylics on hardboard panel.
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#interior #muchacolors #light #window #wall #interiordesign #colors #shapes #betweenthelines #paint #6x6happyhabit

Do you want to become a better painter? Paint ever

Do you want to become a better painter? Paint every day...or most days! I know how hard it is to actually do it. Our days are filled with chores, other commitments, jobs, long to-do lists, and other habits. But after researching habit formation and puting it to practice, I did it! I want to share with you all I learned in that process, and help you form your habit of daily (or most days) painting. Sign up now (link in bio). I'm offering 1 online and 1 in person class starting mid October, 2021! (Painting experience required)
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#classes #habits #dailypainting #happyhabit #6x6happyhabit #accountability #tools #community #onlinelearning #inpersonlearning #downtownraleigh

"Viéndole el queso a la tostada" it's a saying in

"Viéndole el queso a la tostada" it's a saying in Spanish that when translated says something like "seeing the cheese on the toast" or "finding the cheese on the toast". It means that after effort your are finally seeing the fruit of your work...Is there a saying in English that means that? After doing three, and two more some years ago, I see something I understand I need on these pattern paintings (for now! It might change soon) I need depth, good value distribution, interesting color scheme, variation. Depth is debatable since I have seen some pattern paintings completely flat and completely lovely. I'll keep experimenting, I need like 100 more to get it 🤣.
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Duke Gardens 3, 6x6, acrylics on hardboard panel.
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#pattern #design #garden #birdseyeview #nature #organic #shapes #lovenature #outdoors #flowers #dukeuniversity #dukegardens #ncartists #venezuelanartists

@sarahpdukegardens some delicious #succulents . Th

@sarahpdukegardens some delicious #succulents .
These repetitive shapes, pattern style paintings are very relaxing, I think they are a type of meditation. It feels at first like an impossible, "how I'm going to translate so many similar and #organic shapes into a painting!"...but once you start you can't stop. It is like a puzzle 🧩 if you like puzzles!
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Duke Gardens 2, 6x6", acrylics on hardboard panel.
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And...if I read between the "likes" I get per post I would had stopped yesterday painting these pattern paintings 🤣. But here I am, believing in the process! (I know most of you ❤️ flowers. No worries, they'll come back! I can never be without flowers for long...I think!)
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#pattern #shapes #colors #suculentas #ncartists #venezuelanartists

@sarahpdukegardens this summer. Bird eye view of c

@sarahpdukegardens this summer. Bird eye view of colorful foliage. I keep thinking about the pattern paintings by @clark_richert I saw a couple of years ago!
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Duke Gardens 1, 6x6", acrylics on hardboard panel.
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#foliage #garden #colorsheme #pattern #sumner #duke #dukegardens #leaves

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