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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- Apr 11, 2020
- 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
- Mar 29, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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
- Jan 19, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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
- Oct 20, 2019
- 2 min
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” -Picasso
"We must compost the failures of today into tomorrow's successes."-Shawn Dell
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Shawn Dell Joyce artist
- Oct 13, 2019
- 2 min
Using a color sketch to lay out your palette
The secret to Alla Prima painting, or painting fast and accurately, is to be organized from start to finish,
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