General motors truck oil painting by BECKY JOY

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Today we needed to get away from the house with all the construction and working so hard lately. So we went out to my friends Kit and Aryana so that I could paint their GM truck by the name of Giovanni.

I've painted this truck before and just love the patina and color variations in it. The reds and violets contrasting with the greens make a great combination. I had a lot of fun today. I need to get out there more often.

I've been working on my website now. I have a new host and will putting together a new site. I wasn't able to do some of the things that I wanted with the previous site, so here goes. I worked on it last night, now again tonight. Hopefully, it doesn't take too long. Probably not the best time of year to do this, but it needed to be done.

I'll try to get something else done tomorrow and get back in the swing of things.

Talk to you all later,

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Plein air antique truck oil by BECKY JOY

This is an 8x10 plein air that is available on my website, www.beckyjoy.com

The day that I painted this one, I had a poet "shadow" me for the day. I started at another location painting a barn and out buildings, but it was way too hot. So, I moved on to another location closer to the coast. The main object was just to find a shady place to paint. I pulled into a parking lot and found this old truck across the lot. I thought the red would show well against all the greens. 

The poet that followed me and wrote about me painting this truck is Jane Elsdon of Atascadero, CA.

The following is the poem that she wrote.

FAREWELL TO THE JONESES

No keeping up with the Joneses here

Artist that she is -

The moment that she saw it -

Rusty old red Dodge

Flatbed truck, vintage 30's or 40's

Disintegrating before

A backdrop of green

Beside a billboard boasting

Town of HARMONY

Population 18 -

It was instant love

For this artist

No hot August nights

Where folks from wide and far

Parade their seductive vintage 

Automobiles through town

Ashine with radical restoration

Like a fading actress displaying

Her latest tuck and nip

On the red carpet.

It was simply

Romance of the brush

Seduction of the subject

Captured on canvas

By a brush whose bristles

Reveal the light.

Jane Elsdon

September 28, 2010

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Plein air morning glory by BECKY JOY

This 8x10 plein air from the SLO festival is on my website for sale

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A friend from San Luis Obispo took me to an apple orchard to paint on Thursday morning. This was the first thing that I saw with some shadow. It felt like the little shed was being overwhelmed with the morning glories. The old sign in the back just gave it a great added touch. I had so much fun painting this.

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california plein air show and workshop by BECKY JOY

This is an 8x10 plein air oil. I woke up after dawn, looked out my window and saw this view. The hills were just ablaze with wonderful rich colors. I hurried up, showered, got dressed and went painting.

I awoke almost every morning this past week at dawn and was out there painting when the sun was coming over the mountains, but this morning I was winding down and slept in a little later. Because of that I saw a different view, the hills were already lit with the morning sun. I have posted this painting on my website along with other plein air paintings from the week. http://www.beckyjoy.com/

This 9x12 plein air is another view from the house that I stayed at. The light streamed over each of the hills then hit the field at the bottom of the valley. I was so mesmerized by this view and the light coming from the sun that I almost missed the other view. This piece sold at the show. Overall, I felt that the show went very well for me. I'm happy with what I sold and with the paintings that I created. At least most of them. There are a few that were good learning tools. Next time, I'll have more knowledge from those failures or at the least, not complete successes.

Below is a photo of my paint set up with the view of the quickdraw behind it. The finished painting in the quickdraw was auctioned off afterward. I originally started painting the big blue work trucks with the orange ladders. They had the cones out, so I thought they would be there for a while. Not so, I had to wipe them out, because I didn't have enough information. It was panic for a little while when I had to refocus and have a new focal point, but I think I recovered reasonably well. I noticed that my drawing was a little off after wiping off. I have too much of a slant from left down to the right. I guess that is one of the things I need to watch more next time.

I'll be leaving for home tomorrow morning, rest and wash clothes for a couple days, then I head up to northern AZ to pinetop to paint the aspens. That should be a nice change of pace with the fall colors on the aspens. So, I'll have to sort through all of this. Then I'll be posting some fall pictures later this week. Talk to you all later.

I still have space in my 3 day plein air workshops Oct 21,22 & 23 in Phoenix. Email me if you are interested. beckyjoy@beckyjoy.com

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california plein air festival by BECKY JOY

Hi everyone!

What a great week painting. It has been a very productive week painting like a mad woman. Overall, I'm very pleased with the results. I finished 16 paintings from 8x10 to 11x14. This is just a part of them. I'll have to take more photos when I get home.

I was really in the "zone". I even forgot to eat one day (not good) and that certainly  doesn't happen often to me. Anyway, today was the day that we turned in 6 of our paintings for the show. Now its relax until tonight for the opening.

Tomorrow morning is the quick draw. Always an exciting event. Its really a rush (literally and figuratively) during the two hours. After the paintings are done they are auctioned off. I'm hoping to get some small paintings done on Sat afternoon and Sunday. Both days have a lot of waiting around until the show is taken down on Sun at 4. Then I'll be heading home.

I'll post some more later and hopefully some photos of the event.

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3 daily sky plein air paintings by BECKY JOY

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I went out yesterday as the clouds were blowing into town and painted these two cloudscapes from the backyard. That's one of the expensive houses that looks down onto my neighborhood. They were exciting and fun to paint. Always a rush (literally and figuratively) to paint quickly moving clouds.

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This was the first plein air of the day. I ran on errands in the morning as the clouds were starting to come in. I started these at about 3 in the afternoon. By evening there were just a few ribbons of clouds left. They blew in and blew out. I went out last night at probably about 8pm and painted the third scene, a nocturne. There wasn't much going on in the neighborhood as far as lights, but the moon was wonderful. Anyway here is my third plein air sky of the day, Sky #12 of my series.

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I worked on getting some ideas together for a commission. Things are busy right now. Also, two or three other commissions (not sure what sizes yet, but big). I'm also getting ready to leave for San Luis Obispo Plein Air Festival next week. I should get something done for tomorrow, but that may be it for a week. I'll have my computer and will try to post something while the plein air event is going on. I'll take pics at the least.

Talk to you all tomorrow.

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Daily challenge oil painting by BECKY JOY

Pelham Park, NY 5x7 $110. includes shipping in US

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OK, I know its not a sky painting. I WILL continue to paint skies. But today I was online and saw the virtual challenge. Now I haven't done many challenges, but decided to take a walk with my little man on the google man. I found this bend in the road and liked the light and the signs. Only problem was that I walked too far. I was off of the island before I knew it. And now, I don't have any extra time to paint another painting. Maybe next month.

I'm still working on the youtube thing. I made a video. It looks great. I have tried to download it on youtube three times. I know that the size is OK, but it won't download and says there is a problem internally with youtube. So now I'm making a dvd so that I don't lose it somehow playing around on this. I'll get it yet. I don't give up easily, except on the challenge this month.

Talk to you all later,

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Sky oil daily paintings by BECKY JOY

Sky #5 available on my website

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Today was a busy day with working on my portfolio, the ustream show, painting, getting ready for a demo tomorrow and a little hitting golf balls at the driving range. Don't ask how good I am. Its for the fun of it.

 I painted the first sky painting on my weekly ustream show. It is almost finished. I've got a little tweaking to do tomorrow morning then I will post it here. I've had a lot of fun with the ustream show. You should check it out next Tuesday night at 4pm PDT.

Tomorrow should be a good painting day. Hopefully. My workshop in Phoenix Oct 21, 22 & 23 is filling up. If you are interested, email me for particulars at beckyjoy@beckyjoy.com

Talk to you all tomorrow.

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#3 sunset painting of 100 series by BECKY JOY

Sky #3 6x6 oil $110. To purchase click here.

The Sky is the Limit, series of 100

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The diagonal line in the foreground is offset by the diagonal in the clouds and the tall tree on the left. I kept working on this trying to get the sky light enough, but still enough color in it. In the light parts of the sky I used Cad lemon yellow, cad yellow light, dioxazene purple, ultramarine and cad orange. the clouds have the same colors with the addition of quinacridone rose and cad red light. The foreground is a lot of my left over paint making grays.

I hope to get a larger sunset painted this weekend. I need more in my inventory. These three have already given me ideas for my larger pieces. Come back to view #4 coming up soon.

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Skyscape series #1 of 100 by BECKY JOY

This is #1 of a series of 100. 5x7 oil on canvas for sale for $110 includes shipping and a small black wrought iron display easel. To purchase click here.

I have considered concentrating more on skies. I've know for several years that that is one of my strengths, but I found myself often painting similar paintings. So I've decided to stretch my wings by working on skies exploring color and compositions. I will be doing a series of 100 daily paintings that will all be primarily skies. Today is the beginning. 

I painted this primarily violet painting with just a little yellow and warm cad red light in the light of the clouds. I was able to get many subtle shades of violet and having just a small amount of the yellow really contrasts with those violets. So, there will be 99 skies to come.

This is an 18x24 that I painted last night on Ustream. I used one of my daily farm scenes as the composition, but changed the color and lighting to a sunset. I thought I would let you know my basic palette of colors.
I use a very traditional warm/cool palette of titanium white, cad lemon yellow, cad yellow light, cad red light, alizarine, cerulean blue and ultramarine blue. Additionally, I use dioxazene purple, cad orange and sap green in almost every painting. I also like and sometimes use, quinacridone rose (sparingly), permanent green light and mars orange. I do have an array of other colors that I will occasionally use, but these are the most common colors on my palette.

On ustream I also talked about opposites, the yin and yang of painting. I wrote a list of them on a previous blog. To see that list click here.

I think the ustream broadcast went well last night and I will be back on next Tues at 4pm PDT. Hope to see you.

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workshop photos by BECKY JOY

These were two of the three paintings that I did as demos in my workshop in Oregon. I forgot to take a photo of the third one, a moonscape that got away from me before I had a chance to take the photo. I was taking a video in the class, but didn't have the camera in movie mode, so not a lot to show you about the workshop.

I also have posted another painting here. It was my last plein air piece on my way up to Portland at dawn. I still need to look at the videos of me plein air painting.

This is a winery that sits up on the hill. There was so much to paint while I was visiting Oregon.

I told all of you about the plein air paintout at a winery in Northern Arizona yesterday. I went, I painted and it turned out to be maybe one of my worst paintings. It was a wipeout when I got home. I made several mistakes that I hope I don't do again.
1. I set up by a wall where I couldn't back up to look at the painting.
2. I didn't do a value sketch
3. I didn't have a clear vision of what I was painting
4. I changed my mind on the focal point midway
5. I left my glasses in the car, which I needed since I couldn't back away.

The painting was all over the place with no real focal point or composition. There was no way of reviving that one. Oh well, I did get a bottle of wine and a teeshirt and it was a great location.

I hope that you all had a great weekend. I will be resuming my broadcasting on ustream tomorrow on Tuesday at 4pm PDT http://www.ustream.tv/channel/becky-joy-artist-oil-painting-in-the-studio

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farm painting plein air by BECKY JOY

FALL CROP 5x7 oil plein air. Click here to purchase.

This was the second painting that I painted yesterday morning. Another nice day and good day of painting. There is so much scenery to paint, but the trick is to find a place to park on a narrow country road. I found a good spot to park. So, I painted two paintings from the same parking spot. Actually, there were more scenes that I could have painted today, but I needed to get back to take my mom on an errand.

I noticed that a lot of the fields have been cut. It's supposed to rain this weekend, so they had better get it all baled and picked up soon.

Following are some photos that I took during the painting of yesterday's plein air.

Today I painted two more this morning and from the same parking spot. I'll post them later.

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plein air oil daily painting by BECKY JOY

This 11x14 oil is a rework of a plein air painting that I wasn't totally happy with. I changed the design a little adding more layers of trees for depth and atmosphere and worked on the color. I love the colors in this piece.

I have posted this painting on my website, www.beckyjoy.com

I'm in OR in the Yamhill County right now visiting family and plein air painting. I'll be posting some of those that I've done. I'm also getting ready to teach a three day workshop this weekend in the Portland area.

I just had someone contact me about teaching a workshop in the Fort Worth area. I thought I would post that on my blog with the hopes that there might be more interest in getting a workshop together. Just a thought to think about. If you are interested or know others in that area that might be, email me and let me know.

I won't be able to have the ustream broadcast this week since I'm not in my studio. I should be back on the air in two weeks. I'll let you know.

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marsh grasses & pond oil painting by BECKY JOY

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Yesterday I reworked one of my plein air pieces. I decided to punch it up a bit and add more colors. I liked all the colors in the algae and pond scum. There was kind of a violet red to part of it. It was a fun piece to paint. You can see where I used the palette knife on the thicker paint. It really added a lot of texture and the contrast with the still water really makes that look smooth.

I have a workshop I will be teaching in about a week in Oregon. I'll post some picks from the class. I have been spending some time preparing for the workshop lately.

Everyone have a great weekend. Talk to you later.

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