I had started a large ( large for me) painting for some friends and their new house. I haven’t done a painting this size in years ( please don’t make me tell you how many ). It’s oil on canvas 18×24. Sure hope they are happy with it, they know I’m working on it for them. Read more →
Category: Joy’s Paintings
What’s on my Easel Jan thru April 2022
Wow, 2022! And the month as flown by. Yep, I painted my favorite Starbucks cup . I call these Morning Coffee and Evening Coffee and I’m hanging them in my Kitchen. This cup was given to me by my little sister when Starbucks first got poplar and I have used it pretty much daily for years now. So it made… Read more →
What’s on my Easel in Nov & Dec
Been concentrating on 2 classes right now, my Bargue drawings (to improve my drawing & my eye for composition) and my oil painting on-line classes. The drawing classes are on Zoom every 2 weeks with New World School of Art & my painting is from websites DrawMixPaint.com with Mark Carder & You tube videos of Paul Foxton. It’s really been… Read more →
What was on my easel in July
Wow, July ran right on by! I did go to Woodward Park’s Japanese Gardens for another trial run on my mobile set up. It was to be a low traffic day for the park and promised to be cooler. We’ll it did start off that way 😎….. but I only lasted about 2 hours. It did make me realize I… Read more →
What’s on my Easel, June 🎨
I’ve been trying to decide how to set up these posts…..I really don’t want to do a post for every painting (How boring for you!). So my idea is to do a monthly “On my Easel” post and add projects as I go through the month. This way I get a record of my work & progress and I don’t… Read more →
What’s on my Easel in May🎨
I’m working on a “Old Masters” copy .. yep, I’m copying another painting. I am actually working on 2 different copied paintings it’s been fun. This one was by John Singer Sargent , copy of his painting is to the right and my copy is on the left. I picked it because I was attracted to the Painterly way the… Read more →
What’s on my Easel 🎨
I know it’s been awhile, but I’ve decided to utilize my site for new paintings I’m working on. This last year I made lots of “Art” changes. I moved to using oils again …but I’m using the water mixable lines. I just can’t hang with the solvents but I have missed painting with oils. So in making that decision I… Read more →
Start of color studies
I took one of my little canvases and made a color wheel of the acrylic paints I have then mixing secondary colors from those primary colors. And I visited a local small gallery and bought a book they use for classes on color theory. With that said I’m now experimenting with mixing colors a little differently then I use to.… Read more →
Went to the coast and brought home a picture
So I took this picture just to paint. It’s in Morro Bay, CA our favorite mini vacation spot. I could tell that my brain was wanting to think Watercolours while I was painting this, so I’m working on that. #3 11/17 Morro Rock in fall Acrylic 6×6 in canvas board Read more →
Wanted to try a little more….
So in the next few days… hummm….looking for more depth so I’m going to do some color studies. But I did enjoy the thickness and messing with the clouds. #2 11/17 Gray sky’s Acrylic 6 x 6 canvas board Read more →