Shawn Dell Joyce artistJun 273 minO'Keefe and CompositionGeorgia Totto O'Keeffe was an American modernist artist. She was known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and...
Shawn Dell Joyce artistJun 19, 20213 minThe Golden Curve and the Fibonacci Sequenceand how it can help your compositions affect viewers on a primal level... I'm a geek. If you are an artist, you probably are too. One of...
Shawn Dell Joyce artistDec 6, 20202 minHow I teach Still Life Classes...If you ask 100 different artists how to approach a still life, you may get 100 different answers. In art, there are many paths to the...
Shawn Dell Joyce artistNov 16, 20203 minAbstracting the LandscapeWhen 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 artistOct 10, 20202 minAbstracting the Landscape Part 2What we have done so far is break it down into values and shapes. At this point, we can start assigning color to those shapes.
Shawn Dell Joyce artistOct 4, 20202 minAbstracting the LandscapeStarting off with a good Gestalt is key to making a good painting. To determine the Gestalt, you may need to abstract the design down to the