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6 days ago
2 min

Catching mistakes in your paintings

It's hard to see mistakes with the same eyes that made them. We all make mistakes, but not all of us are wise enough to catch them. Catch...

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Shawn Dell Joyce artist

Jun 21
2 min

High Key vs. Low Key

When you become a Value Ninja you start to see small changes in darks and lights that captivate you, and make you want to concentrate on ...

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Shawn Dell Joyce artist

Jun 6
3 min

Art is Your Happy Place

Creativity flows through all people in equal measure. You do not have to deserve it, or do anything special to get it, just be open...

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Shawn Dell Joyce artist

May 24
3 min

"Knowledge has to precede execution"-Edgar Payne

"Knowledge precedes execution." -Edgar Payne How visual learners learn...

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Shawn Dell Joyce artist

May 17
3 min

Training your eyes...

Skill building for artists means building your ability to discern subtle nuances of color and value. Being able to see into inky shadows...

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Shawn Dell Joyce artist

May 2
2 min

How Online Art Classes Build Your Skills

Unless you were born in the 80's or later you didn't grow up online, and probably cast a wary eye at anything technological. Being a late...

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Shawn Dell Joyce artist

Apr 11
3 min

How to torture a plein air painter...

By this time, we are all feeling the effects of the quarantine and being trapped indoors. But for folks like me, who HAVE TO be outside t...

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Shawn Dell Joyce artist

Apr 5
2 min

Too much time to paint? How to avoid overworking a painting

What happens when you overwork a painting is the freshness and life that was in it in the first 45 minutes has been deadened and dulled...

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Shawn Dell Joyce artist

Mar 29
3 min

The Importance of Artist's Dates

Almost every painting I make is inspired by an artist's date. Some obviously like this one. Others not so obviously.

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Shawn Dell Joyce artist

Mar 22
3 min

The Shape of Things to Come...

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...

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Shawn Dell Joyce artist

Mar 15
3 min

Art During the Apocalypse

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

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Shawn Dell Joyce artist

Feb 23
2 min

Getting by with a little help from friends...

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

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Shawn Dell Joyce artist

Feb 9
2 min

Workshop Frankensteins

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

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Shawn Dell Joyce artist

Feb 2
2 min

Using the color temperature to create color harmony

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,

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Shawn Dell Joyce artist

Jan 19
2 min

Seeing Color As Value

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

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Shawn Dell Joyce artist

Jan 4
3 min

Biggest Mistake that Artists Make...

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...

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Shawn Dell Joyce artist

Dec 15, 2019
3 min

Painting Fog and atmospheric light effects

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

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Shawn Dell Joyce artist

Dec 1, 2019
2 min

Keeping an organized palette

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...

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Shawn Dell Joyce artist

Nov 23, 2019
2 min

Value does all the work-Color gets all the credit!

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

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Shawn Dell Joyce artist

Nov 17, 2019
2 min

STUCK?! why its important to step out of your comfort zone artistically.

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

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