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    Simplifying a Figure into Value Blocks and Shapes
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Apr 10
    • 2 min

    Simplifying a Figure into Value Blocks and Shapes

    Figures bring a human element to any landscape, especially beach scenes. But many artists are intimidated by the figure, and feel they...
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    Changing the direction of the light in plein air (Planar Values)
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Feb 28
    • 2 min

    Changing the direction of the light in plein air (Planar Values)

    Nature almost never gives you perfect light, and the time to paint it! Very often you must make up the light, or intensify it when it...
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    Adding a Figure to a Plein Air Painting
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Feb 5
    • 2 min

    Adding a Figure to a Plein Air Painting

    Adding a figure into a composition-while you are painting it en plein air-is always a challenge. I prefer to work from live models on the...
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    What Makes You Tick?
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Jan 29
    • 4 min

    What Makes You Tick?

    A friend recently asked me “if you didn’t have to sell your art, or teach art, would you still do it?” My answer is “Hail yeah! I’d still...
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    Color Studies May Just Save Your Life!
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Jan 7
    • 3 min

    Color Studies May Just Save Your Life!

    Color studies may save your life! How to plan a painting. Preparatory sketches.
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    Painting Waves and Water in Motion
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Dec 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    Painting Waves and Water in Motion

    Plein air painting in Florida means that at some point you will be painting water in motion, and probably at the beach. Painting anything...
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    Painting Water Reflections
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Dec 4, 2021
    • 4 min

    Painting Water Reflections

    This blog along with the previous 4, and the next 22 are designed specifically for the Plein Air Adventure class to go along with the...
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    Painting Trees
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Nov 28, 2021
    • 2 min

    Painting Trees

    Painting Palms and trees with Shawn Dell Joyce Treat trees as value masses and start with your darkest darks and get them down first:...
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    Sighting and Sight-Sizing in the landscape
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Nov 14, 2021
    • 4 min

    Sighting and Sight-Sizing in the landscape

    This week's demo and topic in Plein Air Adventure was on using the tool of sighting to gauge a measurement, and basing every measurement...
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    Doing things that scare the hell out of you artistically!
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Nov 6, 2021
    • 3 min

    Doing things that scare the hell out of you artistically!

    (Like starting a new class where you feel over your head, and out of your league) We all feel scared and overwhelmed at some point-if you...
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    Kindred Spirits
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Oct 9, 2021
    • 4 min

    Kindred Spirits

    Lessons from Olana and painting on hallowed ground... For the past month I've been teaching a plein air pastel class at Olana, this...
    231 views3 comments
    Making 100 Shades of Green
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Oct 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    Making 100 Shades of Green

    How to mix greens and avoid the "salad bowl effect" by Shawn Dell Joyce When you paint landscapes, especially plein air, you use a lot of...
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    Working up a painting from sketch to completion ALLA PRIMA!
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Sep 26, 2021
    • 5 min

    Working up a painting from sketch to completion ALLA PRIMA!

    When you are just starting out, it can be daunting to paint a larger or more complicated painting. I've heart novice artists say that...
    130 views1 comment
    Complementary Palette for Pastel
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Sep 16, 2021
    • 3 min

    Complementary Palette for Pastel

    I first learned about using a complementary palette from reading The Yin and Yang of Painting by Hongnian Zhang, from the Woodstock...
    154 views1 comment
    Believing Mirror-why we artists need each other
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Aug 14, 2021
    • 5 min

    Believing Mirror-why we artists need each other

    "Success happens in clusters..." Julia Cameron The Artist's Way I asked my friend A. (for anonymous) how her painting was going in a...
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    When Success Knocks-Creating Opportunities Through Marketing
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Jul 31, 2021
    • 3 min

    When Success Knocks-Creating Opportunities Through Marketing

    I really appreciate when press comes my way. It's rare (although it may seem to happen a lot to me) and it's usually because of my...
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    Sorolla and the Color of Light (paying homage)
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Jul 17, 2021
    • 3 min

    Sorolla and the Color of Light (paying homage)

    As a painter, I am easily amused. I can watch light wrap around figures and forms, captivated, for hours. Often when I am at the beach,...
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    What I want you to know...
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • May 1, 2021
    • 8 min

    What I want you to know...

    Recently, I was asked by Ampersand Art Supply to be featured in their upcoming blog. As part of this process, they asked me to answer...
    108 views1 comment
    Honest Self Appraisal vs Critique
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Apr 24, 2021
    • 6 min

    Honest Self Appraisal vs Critique

    Anyone who has had a class with me has experienced an honest self appraisal at the end of class. This is different from a group critique...
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    Secrets to Painting Sunsets and Water Reflections
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Apr 3, 2021
    • 2 min

    Secrets to Painting Sunsets and Water Reflections

    I teach classes in painting sunsets, both in the studio and en plein air. No surprise that I LOVE painting sunsets and the rich chroma...
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