The White House daily oil painting by BECKY JOY

I have posted this painting on my website for sale for $100 which includes shipping.

I am continuing my series of houses and buildings. I didn't intend to keep painting them, but I am really enjoying myself. I liked the roofline of the two parts to this house and the shadow colors which varied from warm to cool. I pushed the orange trim. It was a little darker in reality, but to get the sense of light I used cad orange with titanium. The garbage can I thought was a nice little detail. I like those kinds of things that aren't "pretty", but add a human touch. All the whites in the painting actually have color in them so that they each vary from the other. The driveway and road were dirt.

The one thing I realize now that I forgot was the little vent on the roof. I wanted to add that to break up the space. I'm not at the studio now, so I think I will add that tomorrow or the next day. I know I will be painting on Sunday, but maybe not tomorrow. Should I continue with the houses? What do you think?

Talk to you all later,
BECKY JOY
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Painting Progression and daily painting by BECKY JOY

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I posted this painting on EBay for a starting bid at $75. This is from a photo of a little house that I saw in southern Arizona several years ago. There were toys littering the yard and a dirt driveway. The roof was the main thing that attracted me to this place. The rust on the roof makes interesting colors to work with. You can see that I used the palette knife on the roof and the vegetation in the foreground and the grass. By doing so, I have given the painting more depth. In a painting like this one which has no far away view, you need to use soft edges to help create the depth. The tree in the background, the edge of the roof that is farther away and the house windows all have soft edges (at least part of the edge) which helps in giving that depth to the scene. I like using edges in all of my paintings, it also gives some variety to the painting. The palette knife works well for the hard edges and the brush for the soft edges.

Today I also worked on a larger version of yesterday's painting. I have posted on my blog several photos of start to finish of the painting. This is the block in and yes the sky is pink at this point. To view the other photos go to my blog: http://beckyjoyartist.blogspot.com/

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Mission San Xavier oil painting by BECKY JOY

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This is an oil painting of the San Xavier Mission south of Tucson. The top was never completed on the one side, so it certainly makes this mission distinctive. This is in the late afternoon when the golden light shines on it. I used both the brush and the palette knife on the painting. The darker colors are thinner and the light has all the texture. I started painting this a few days ago, but screwed up on the drawing. So I waited for it to dry then went back into it and finished the piece. I think this painting would look great with a wide dark frame. It would really set off the golden color of the sunlight. I have posted this painting on EBay with a bid starting at $65. Check out my other paintings on EBay that are for sale.

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Talk to you later. Check back tomorrow for the next painting.

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