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Golden Light

by becky joy on 7/29/2010 7:00:57 PMComment on this

This painting was painted with the palette knife and brush to create texture, interest and depth. The painting is painted over the edges of the board and varnished. With the purchase of the painting you will receive a small black wrought iron display easel so that framing is not needed.

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Warm Light

by becky joy on 7/28/2010 7:31:40 PM2 Comments

This painting comes with a free easel (no framing necessary)

WARM LIGHT 6x6 oil on canvas.

To buy this painting for $100. click here.

This is all that I got done today as far as painting (a lot of errands to do today). I did some wiping off of the canvas and starting over. Some days just don't go real easily. I've been going through photos and sketches pondering what to do next for a larger painting. I haven't decided yet. Hopefully, tomorrow will bring some new ideas.

I am now offering these wrought iron display easels free with each small oil study (5x7 or 6x6) purchases. The edges will be finished so that it will not be necessary to frame the paintings. It also gives you another place to display your paintings besides just the walls.

Monsoon season is here in Phoenix. It is really clouding up in the afternoons and more humidity. If you have never seen the summer clouds in the desert, they are magnificent. They are the best thing about summer here.

Just a couple of more days to sign up for my newsletter to be in the monthly drawing for a free oil study.

I'll be posting something else tomorrow. I will absolutely be painting, after I take care of my address on my drivers license. Talk to you all later.

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On Top of the World

by becky joy on 7/27/2010 8:19:33 PMComment on this

For the last 5 days I've been camping in Zion and at Brian Head, UT. I was wonderful getting away to some cool weather and away from the moving and putting things away.

This painting is one of the plein air paintings that I did in Brian Head. I didn't get very much accomplished as far as painting. I didn't bring the main colors with me that I always use. I had a lot of odd colors to work with. I had cleaned out my bag and thought that I put the right colors in, but what I got instead was a lot of frustration. Anyway, I hiked a lot more than painted and I probably needed that more.

Tomorrow I should get back to work along with some errands that I will be doing. So, I will talk to you all later.

Remember to sign up for my newsletter. There are a few days left this month to be in the drawing for a free painting that I will give away at the end of July.

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The Big Red Barn

by becky joy on 7/20/2010 5:00:56 PMComment on this

6x6 oil on canvas, The Big Red Barn, is available on my website for $100. To purchase, click here.This barn is different for me because it is in good shape and still standing. I usually go for the derelict buildings. I liked this one because it was sitting up on a hill and looked even bigger than it was. All the different colors of red were interesting and of course, the green moss than contrasted with the red. This was in Oregon which explains the moss on the roof. All that moss, it won't be long before this barn will be a derelict building.I still have my drawing for a FREE painting going on for the sign up of my newsletter for the month of July. Sign up and you will be in the drawing. I didn't get my newsletter out for June because of moving and now I've been catching up with painting and little jobs around the house like painting moulding. Check out my website for available small paintings. All are $100. http://beckyjoy.com/collections/24428

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Morning Light on the River

by becky joy on 7/13/2010 1:44:58 PMComment on this

The Seiver River

This 5x7 oil painting is available on my website for $100. To buy click here.

This is from a photo taken in Utah a few years ago. It was morning and the sun was coming over the mountains hitting the river here and there. I love that kind of striking light. I used the palette knife on the light in the painting which gives more attention to that area. The palette knife also works great on the light ripples in the water. I loved the various blues and violets in this scene. By keeping everything in that palette it makes the yellows, oranges and greens of the light stand out.

It was a great day in the studio although a little short. I'm taking some time off to relax and go to the movies. I have to make sure and get out of the house here and there, because it is easy for me to spend all my time in the house and studio. Now that I moved and have my things all set up, I'm trying to get back into old routines which includes the treadmill. Sitting down at the computer and easel I don't get a lot of exercise. My routine used to always be the treadmill in the morning and then out of the house and studio at lunchtime for a bike ride or walk, just something to get out and see the world. Yesterday I started on the treadmill. Today I stepped it up and already feel the effects, which obviously means that I need it.

I'll be posting more paintings coming up so check back.

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Spring Bloom

by becky joy on 7/12/2010 4:56:56 PMComment on this

I painted this one from a photo that I took on a trip to Charleston about 3 years ago. I created depth and the illusion of the pillar and flowers popping forward by using soft edges with the brush in the background and hard edges and the palette knife in the objects moving forward into space. I started with dioxazene purple in my shadows and adjust the colors and values of each object. the pillar has yellow ochre mixed with the purple and some of the green from the plants. I painted an underpainting of orange in the grass. Some of the grass, branches and mortar lines I used a rubber sculpting tool to scribe those areas, much easier than painting lines.

Well, I have completely moved, not completely done with the house or putting things away. But, I can now relax a little and get back to business. I didn't have time to think about painting withdrawals or have the energy. Moving in 100+ degrees certainly takes a lot out of you.

I did manage to have my drawing for the free painting for signing up for my newsletter. And......the winner is Dorothy Kerr from Oregon. I will have a drawing for July also, so you still have a chance to win a painting by signing up for the newsletter. If you have already signed up, have a friend sign up. You will both be in the drawing the, just email me to let me know who you are.

I haven't gotten around to my monthly newsletter yet. Obviously, it will be late coming out. Well, back to painting and the computer. I have some catching up to do.I painted this one from a photo that I took on a trip to Charleston about 3 years ago. I created depth and the illusion of the pillar and flowers popping forward by using soft edges with the brush in the background and hard edges and the palette knife in the objects moving forward into space. I started with dioxazene purple in my shadows and adjust the colors and values of each object. the pillar has yellow ochre mixed with the purple and some of the green from the plants. I painted an underpainting of orange in the grass. Some of the grass, branches and mortar lines I used a rubber sculpting tool to scribe those areas, much easier than painting lines.

I haven't gotten around to my monthly newsletter yet. Obviously, it will be late coming out. Well, back to painting and the computer. I have some catching up to do.

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Sun Through the Oak

by becky joy on 7/1/2010 9:27:58 AM1 Comment

This 14x18 oil in posted on my website. For more information click here.

I have been busy working on my house that I had gutted and remodeled. Some of you already know the story, but I'll repeat myself here. I bought a bank owned repo about two years ago. I wanted a house that I could gut and remodel the way I wanted. Anyway, I got one with a LOT of work to be done. We spent about a year on it working everyday tearing out walls and everything else then reconstructing. The studio was the first thing to set up. I have been going back and forth from the office at my current home to the studio at the new place. Now I will be moving into the new place, because the old one finally sold. We have two weeks to move. We are over at the new house cleaning, putting things away and sheetrocking, texturing, sanding, painting and electrical in the master bedroom. We left that end of the house unfinished because we wanted to add onto it after getting the house livable.We decided to get a little more work done this week before actually moving in. Anyway, my posting will be erratic the next couple of weeks.

Onto the painting, this painting is an older one. It was one that won a competition of FB, one of 14 from almost 900 submissions. It was in a gallery show at Bucks County Fine Art Gallery in PA. To create the illusion of sunlight coming through the tree, the colors become cooler and grayer moving away from the spot of light. The gray colors make the pure color appear even brighter, but also having the progression to warmer and purer builds up to the light. I have texture in the grass and the fence posts which helps to bring the foreground closer to the viewer.

Today, I have an interview on ArtistsDiscuss with Martyn Chamberlin. I'll have to check it out, maybe you can too. It was a pleasure talking with him. Well, off to work on the house today. Talk to you all later.

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The Property Line

by becky joy on 6/28/2010 8:15:03 PMComment on this

This is an 8x10 plein air painting that I revisited. I wasn't pleased with it so I did a little more work to it. I painted this in Clarkdale, AZ. Cutest little town. The homes are small 1950's era homes and each one is different. I had not used a palette knife on this painting the first time around. It was too timid, so I beefed it up with some more powerful strokes and stronger light. The red bushes along the property line is what drew me to this scene. I definitely need to get back there and paint and I will. I have a painter friend, Christine Debrosky who lives near these homes. She spends a lot of time painting in this neighborhood. "The Property Line" is in oil and I have it posted on my website. www.beckyjoy.com Just a couple of more days and I will be drawing for the winner of the daily painting from those that signed up for my newsletter. There is still time to sign up.

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Poppies

by becky joy on 6/25/2010 11:14:04 PMComment on this

To buy this painting for $100. click here.

This is a 6x6 oil on canvas, just a "slice of a house. I have listed this daily painting in my Zatista store. The lighting and the poppies along the walkway are what caught my attention when I took the photo.

The photo was from a trip to Breckenridge, CO a few years ago. I used to do the outdoor art shows with my tent. There were several shows in Colorado that I would do during the summer. Breckenridge was one of them. I would be up there a week or two at a time then come back home to Phoenix. During the week between the weekend shows I would wonder around and do some plein air painting. Breckenridge has a lot of quaint little houses in the town. Its a fun place to visit. The houses are full of flowers and color. So, I will probably be painting some more houses from that area. The little painting of the picket fence and gate that I painted about 10 days ago or so was also from the same area.

I didn't get very much painting done today. Even though I was in the house and studio most of the day, the heat here in Phoenix kind of zapped my energy. It was a lazy day, went bowling then came home and jumped in the pool. I really needed that.

I've had several emails lately from people asking me about teaching workshops. That is something that I love to do and would like to teach more. I've been teaching for about four years now, although it has been in Arizona. It seems that I hadn't gotten my name outside of the state until just recently with the blogging. So now I am getting inquiries from people. If you have an interest in me coming to your area to teach a workshop, email me and let me know. beckyjoy@beckyjoy.com

I've got a painting that I want to finish real soon, so I will probably be in the studio in the next couple of days painting. Hopefully, I have more energy.

Talk to you all later,

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