Tuesday mornings at Treehouse

Why spend Tuesday mornings at my TreeHouse Studio?
1.) It's a relaxing, peaceful and inspirational environment to work in.
2.) If you're not painting, it will give you focus and create a special time for you to do nothing BUT paint.
3.) I can help you with projects and ideas you have banging around in your head that can't seem to find their way out and on to the paper.
4.) I can teach you. I am an experienced painter in watercolor, oil, acrylic and mixed media.
5.) I will share with you my thought process in the projects I myself am involved in.
6.) You can watch me work and ask me questions about the process.
7.) IT'S FUN!!!!

Hours: 9AM - Noon on Tuesday (I will notify you if I am unavailable)
Location: The TreeHouse Studio, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
Fee: $25.00
Reservations are necessary. Email: monica@monicalinville.com

Creative Painting Seminar

There is no greater freedom than flying, I think. But to do so you need wings. I am teaching a Creative Painting Seminar at my studio here in Puerto Rico from July 5-8, 2010. This workshop will give you the wings to soar creatively and with confidence. It will teach you the basic elements of painting that, with practice, will allow you to take flight without being "technically tethered" to the ground. It will teach you to work WITH your painting and not ON it, resulting in a work that not only reflects your skills but your emotions as well.

We will be working with watercolor and/or acrylic on paper along with a surprising assortment of other mediums and materials, some of which are included in the price. Classes include lectures and discussions, hands- on personal instruction, critique and and the end of the final class, a casual exhibition/closing party to which you may invite your family and friends.

A 50% deposit is required to secure your space in the class. Space is limited, so contact me as soon as possible.

The Art of Collaboration

I recently had the opportunity to work with a poet that I met in Second Life. A non-profit arts organization, DaVinci Isle, sponsored a poetry auction to raise money for the War Child Charity.(a charity devoted to providing aid to children conscripted to wars around the globe) People bid on the participating poets, meaning that if they won the bid, they would work with the poet who would then write a personal poem based on the thoughts and/or desires described to them by the winners. I offered to do a painting using the poem written by the poet who won with the highest bid. I in this case, the poet's Second Life name is Skylar Smythe. I won't take the liberty of publishing the poem here as it was based on the personal input given her by her winner and the poet's own personal insights. However, I will share the mixed water media painting that I created after reading the work. As an artist, I would never presume to interpret another artist's work; I would, however, show my reaction to the work with paint. The title of the piece is "The Escape"

Hearts and minds working together, worlds apart but brought together by art. Life is good.

What am I doing?

Well, it only took about a week before the novelty of writing a blog every day wore off. Why do people do this blog stuff? Why do people (including me) think that the rest of the world cares what they think or had for breakfast for that matter? I mean, I thought I should do it because it's another way for me to get images of my paintings up on the web. But after a few days I realized that I couldn't think of anything to write about! So maybe I should just post a picture of a painting every day and call it good.