Showing posts with label creek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creek. Show all posts

Monday, July 29, 2013

Day 40, project 125 Lone tree and rock wash painterly painting BECKY JOY

tree and wash painting
© 2013 Becky Joy    Day 40, Lone Tree   oil    6 inches x 6 inches    $125.

Today is another difficult day with my daughter. I painted this morning and also started my next book or most probably a dvd about color. I've been going through notes that I have gathered together over several months and organizing my thoughts. Right now, it is an outline and where I will start. A couple more days and I can start video taping some. I've had so many people ask me about dvd's and especially about color. It's time to start working on it. It will be more intensive than the last book that I put together, because it is a complicated and sometimes difficult subject to understand.

Today, while I was painting this painting I was think more about color itself and how I use it. The range of colors in this painting is in the blues and greens with a little bit of orange and red, which is a split complementary. The complementary colors red and orange are just used as an accent. The painting seems colorful, but it is a small range of colors, but it does harmonize very well.  I softened the background with my brush to knock it back, giving more aerial perspective.

I will be taking off real soon to go back to my daughter's house to make dinner for everyone and to have dinner myself for tonight. Back to the painting tomorrow.

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

pOND Water plein air oil landscape painting by BECKY JOY

© 2013 Becky Joy      The Pond     oil    8x10   
I loved the variety of colors in this scene, the warm violets contrasting with the bright yellow greens. The sunlight filtered through the grasses creating shadows on the water. This is a plein air painting from Flagstaff, AZ
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Monday, April 8, 2013

BECKY JOY plein air oil landscape painting Vail, Colorado water

© 2013 Becky Joy     Water Reflections    oil     8 x 10 inches  
Painted in Colorado near Vail. I was attracted to the clear water and seeing bottom of the lake and reflections. It's nice how the reddish muddy bottom contrasts with the greens of the surrounding banks.
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

"Alone in Winter" By Li Mahalik

Oil on Gessoed Masonite, 6"x6"

This painting was  based on a picture I took during a plein air paint-out at the Pebble Beach by the Bush highway. The green tree stood out amongst the grey leafless trees along the creek. I added some horizontal elements to break up the many vertical lines.

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