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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- Jul 11
- 3 min
Monet and Impressionism
Oscar-Claude Monet was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in...
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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- Jul 5
- 3 min
Matisse and Wild Color or Fauvism
Henri Matisse is widely regarded as the greatest colorist of the 20th century. The French artist used color as the foundation for his...
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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- Jun 27
- 3 min
O'Keefe and Composition
Georgia Totto O'Keeffe was an American modernist artist. She was known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and...
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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- Jun 19
- 3 min
Van Gogh and the Method to his Madness, and the color Yellow
by Shawn Dell Joyce This week in my Classical Training class at Dunedin Fine Art Center, we are studying Vincent Willem van Gogh. He was...
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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- Jun 14
- 3 min
How Michaelangelo Scammed the Vatican
We artists pride ourselves on being unique. Like each one of us is a perfect little snowflake in a blizzard. But actually, we are...
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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- Jun 6
- 3 min
The Father of Western Perspective-Albrecht Durer
In my Classical Training class we study some of the work of artists who have changed history. The first class we learn about his most...
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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- Apr 29
- 5 min
Working in the Public Eye
How it feels to paint with an audience and why you should! For the past month, I have been working in public on a large-scale painting in...
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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- Mar 19
- 2 min
Starting off with Blocks of Value and Color
One of the ways plein air painters capture a scene so quickly is to reduce it to blocks of color and value. This is very challenging to...
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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- Mar 13
- 3 min
Pushing it to 10 Values!
When you become comfortable working with 5 values from dark to light, it's time to push that envelope to 10 values! Remember if you have...
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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- Feb 26
- 4 min
Troubleshooting Your Paintings!
Tricks to solve a problem with the same brain that created them! Self-evaluation is a skill that can be built right alongside your...
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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- Nov 28, 2022
- 7 min
When You Get a BIG Commission by Shawn Dell Joyce
Recently I had a solo show. One of the many ancillary benefits of it, was that it generated a large commission for me. A collector who...
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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- Oct 11, 2022
- 2 min
Iridescents-and what I LOVE about them!
So when I was a girl, like most girls, I loved ANYTHING with glitter! I mean it was the '70's and disco was the latest craze with pink...
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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- Sep 24, 2022
- 2 min
Color As Value
One of my favorite challenges in my Advanced Pastel Techniques class (next session is at Dunedin Fine Art Center Winter 1, Thursday...
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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- Sep 17, 2022
- 4 min
Complementary Palette for Pastel
Folks, this is the article that I wrote for Pastel Journal Magazine that is in the current edition. The article is reprinted below if you...
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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- Jun 29, 2022
- 6 min
What it's like to go to IAPS (one person's opinion and experience) by Shawn Dell Joyce
The International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) convenes every other year in Albuquerque, NM. I've been wanting to go for years,...
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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- Jun 19, 2022
- 6 min
Working from other people's photos and copyright law
Almost every artist I know works from photos at some time or other. Most artists shoot photos that wind up being paintings, and some use...
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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- Jun 4, 2022
- 7 min
Art Handling-Avoiding damage to your framed pastels
Framing is one of the largest business expense for most professional artists. When you invest in good quality framing, you also need to...
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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- May 27, 2022
- 5 min
Preparing for a Solo Show!
Getting a solo show is a big honor, and something you want to build for rather than have too quickly in your career. If you are not...
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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- May 7, 2022
- 2 min
Why Under Paint?
An underpainting wash is a way to dissolve layers of color into the tooth of a paper to lay down a base coating and free up the paper...
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