Shawn Dell Joyce 

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

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 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...

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...

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