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A Fine TIme For Plein Air
Story & Photography by Leslie Joy Ickowitz guest blogger this week while Shawn Dell Joyce is moving... It’s a picture perfect, crisp fall...

Shawn Dell Joyce artist
Nov 14, 20223 min read


Finding Your Tribe
"Success happens in clusters." -Julia Cameron; The Artist's Way We artists need each other. It's a simple fact. While many artists may...

Shawn Dell Joyce artist
May 22, 20223 min read


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...

Shawn Dell Joyce artist
Apr 3, 20212 min read


Color Temperature and why it makes a difference
Most people have no idea what color temperature is. Only geeky artists ever use that term, and maybe a wayward interior decorator. But we...

Shawn Dell Joyce artist
Mar 27, 20212 min read


The Ugly Stage
Every painting has an ugly stage. You know when you are about 30% into it and its not working out the way you want and your mind starts...

Shawn Dell Joyce artist
Mar 7, 20212 min read


Abstracting the Landscape
When I'm plein air painting, I have a different process than when I'm painting in the studio. In plein air, you have a short period of...

Shawn Dell Joyce artist
Nov 16, 20203 min read


The painting process
If I were to describe my painting process here, it would be back-to front, and dark-to-light. That means I started with the big shapes of ..

Shawn Dell Joyce artist
Oct 31, 20203 min read
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