Shawn Dell Joyce 

On Tuesday, St. Patrick's Day for all of us fine Irish folk, every cultural institution in our country shut down in accordance with CDC...

art is a healing, soothing balm in troubled times. You are probably stuck at home reading this, and have art materials available...

Success happens in clusters. Its as simple as that, for artists to be successful, we need each other. Van Gogh had Gaugin, O'Keefe had Stei

Workshop teachers refer to this as "Workshop Frankensteins" when new artists pick up "trees" from this artist, "skies" from that artist...

Many artists don't really think much beyond the basics of the color wheel. Warm colors are red, yellow, orange, etc. cool colors are blues,

This is a great exercise to get your creative color juices flowing. I highly recommend you do a few studies playing with color like this. It

One of the greatest blessings in my life is to see someone grasp the basics of art then develop their own style and voice over the years...

Weather effects are all beautiful in their own way and each has a unique set of techniques for capturing it...

I don't know if you are anything like me, but when I am in the heat of the moment, and the art is just flowing out of me...

When you treat color as value, you can substitute any color; even unnatural and high-intensity colors, as long as they are the correct value

Embrace being stuck. Look for it, and be glad when it happens to you artistically. Being stuck means you are reaching outside your level of

I've made many, many paintings by this point in my career. I'd estimate well over 3,000, but only a handful of major paintings. What makes

When I am asked to judge an art exhibit or jury an event I evaluate other people's work using the same criteria that I evaluate my own...

"We must compost the failures of today into tomorrow's successes."-Shawn Dell

The secret to Alla Prima painting, or painting fast and accurately, is to be organized from start to finish,

Light is the main reason I paint. I'll bet you are also inspired by it and here are a few ways to capture light in my favorite medium...

Growth happens in the downtime, in the doodles in the margins, and the studies before the main event.

Learn to treat color as value and "paint by numbers" for more interesting and Impressionistic paintings!

How long did it take you to paint that? Well you may be surprised by the work that goes on before paint touches canvas!

Finding time in the studio when you lead a busy life can be difficult, then asking yourself to sacrifice some of that time to play instead o