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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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    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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    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...
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    The Ugly Stage
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Mar 7, 2021
    • 2 min

    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...
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    Stopping yourself 15 minutes before you think your done, or "Conquering Perfectionism"
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Dec 13, 2020
    • 4 min

    Stopping yourself 15 minutes before you think your done, or "Conquering Perfectionism"

    Perfectionism makes me silent when I need to speak up. Because I stumble over words, I often choose to be quiet instead of speaking my true
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    Abstracting the Landscape
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Nov 16, 2020
    • 3 min

    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...
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    The Lure of the Nocturne
    Shawn Dell Joyce artist
    • Sep 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Lure of the Nocturne

    There's a whole new world that opens up when the sun sets. Night changes the values and colors of the landscape; everything becomes low-key,
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