BECKY JOY FINE ART oil sunset painting

Sky #16 5x7 oil

OK, back to work here. Since I got back I have been working on a couple of larger paintings and now remodeling the studio. I need more and better organization for storage. This house has been and is a work in progress. I had set up the studio first, but have been using a sun porch add on. It has worked, but wasn't the most ideal situation. Now after the mess and trying to paint through all my junk piled up, I'll have a better space when its done. I'm looking forward to it. 

I will try to get back on track here and paint more skies. I did work on four small cloud paintings last week, but the are just clouds with a blank space in the bottom for the ground. Hopefully, I'll finish them and post them.

I also have cancelled my ustream show for the time being, just too crowded and too much commotion for now. So for right now, back to painting.

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Skyscape daily paintings #1 of 100 by BECKY JOY

This is #1 of a series of 100. 5x7 oil on canvas sold

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.

3 day PLEIN AIR WORKSHOP in Phoenix Oct 21,22,23 from 9-3 in the Pebble Creek/White Tank Mtn area. Email me if you are interested in the workshop. beckyjoy@beckyjoy.com

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.

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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Plein air painting in Oregon 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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BECKY JOY desert plein air oil landscape

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I got home from my Oregon trip a couple of days ago. As I said before the workshop went great and family and friend time was good. I'm still waiting for a box to show up. I mailed some of my plein air paintings and paints back home. I suppose with the holiday weekend, it will be here on Tuesday. I did receive my palette knives that I mailed from a gift shop at the airport. They caught them this time and they didn't go through. I never really thought about it, two of them a pretty sharp. The dull one was OK to go through. 

This is a plein air painting that has been around for awhile. I reworked it today. I wasn't totally happy with the color before. The colors are richer and more vibrant now. I liked the zigzag pattern reaching up to the sky.

I felt like I had overworked it before. Sometimes I get caught up in the detail and work a painting to death.

Tomorrow I'm heading north to paint at a wine festival outside of Cottonwood. The winery invited some artists into the festival to do some plein air painting. I don't know what to expect, but I have heard it will be crowded. Anyway, its more plein air painting, that's good.

Have a great weekend everyone.

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plein air rural scene by BECKY JOY

HAYFIELD 6x6 oil plein air on canvas panel. 

This is from last week's plein air paintings on my Oregon trip. I went out every morning to paint. 

Sat, Sun and Mon I taught a workshop in Portland. It really went well. I haven't got the photos ready, so I'll have to post them later. I also was taking a video of one of the demo pieces, but forgot to set the camcorder in movie mode. I found that out after I finished painting. Anyway trust me, it went well. I sold the demo, a moonlight painting, to one of the students. They asked me to return for next year, so all in all, it was a success.

I have a couple of workshops I need to see if we can sew them up when I get home.

I'm hoping it isn't raining in the morning, so I can get out one last time. Time to pack up the paints soon and send them home.

Talk to you all later.

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OR plein air paintings by BECKY JOY

MORNING 5x7 oil/canvas panel

With the purchase of this painting, you will receive free a small black wrought iron display easel. So framing is optional.

Today was a great morning out painting, my third day painting in Yamhill County, OR. I feel like I was getting in the groove. I haven't done any plein air painting for a while since I live in Arizona (it's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too hot for that). The weather has been great, except that the Oregonians have been complaining that it is too hot. They don't know what hot is. I think it is wonderful.

I drove down the road from my parents about 5 to 7 miles and I was out in the country with little farms dotting the landscape. The light in this scene was just starting to come over the trees hitting a little of the shed and the field in front of it. Great atmosphere to paint here.

I'll be out there again tomorrow morning, then probably off to Portland to visit friends.

Talk to yo all later.

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Floral and Architectural Garden oil painting by BECKY JOY

THE PICKET FENCE oil 6x6 

I painted this from a photo from Colorado. Just a little slice of the scene. The plants were growing like crazy, but that picket fence was very well maintained. I like my gardens kind of a natural look, but not too out of control. Actually, I haven't got much of a garden. I've planted a couple of citrus trees and that is about it so far. The lemon tree is growing like crazy and the poor orange tree, not much. It had to be transplanted once so it is suffering now.

Last night I had my weekly broadcast on Ustream. It was a good audience in the chat room. Thanks all for being there. I painted a larger painting (a least a part of it) from a small study. I hope to finish it today then I will post it. I will be teaching a workshop in OR coming up. If anyone is interested in joining, let me know, beckyjoy@beckyjoy.com. I will be off the air for two weeks. I will put out a reminder for when I will be back on. It should be in three weeks.

Talk to you all later.

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Rural Dirt Road oil painting by BECKY JOY

This painting is reminiscent of road a typical road trip. In fact, it is from a photo that I took either in Utah or Montana last summer. I changed the photo a little and made the road a dirt road. I liked the mystery of the road disappearing around the trees and off into the distant mountains.

The palette knife was used in the foreground of the grass, bushes, road and highlights of the trees. This is a scene that could be almost anywhere in the US.

I finished painting one last 8x10 painting that I will be sending off to the new gallery in Dallas. So, I'll be framing, packing and shipping this week. One of the many jobs of an artist.

Tues at 4pm I will be live on ustream painting from my studio. To view the broadcast go to: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/becky-joy-artist-oil-painting-in-the-studio


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Moonlit night and hill oil painting by BECKY JOY

MOONLIGHT 6x6 oil on canvas is available for $110. 

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Today besides painting this little one I finished the painting that I painted on my Ustream show on Tuesday. I made some changes that I didn't feel were working. I needed to darken the foreground field, I moved the sunlight up a little higher and just refined and finished the painting. I have this painting posted on my website, www.beckyjoy.com

I've also started another painting that I am reworking. I should have it done tomorrow. It seems that every six months or so I look back on some of my paintings and want to change some things about them. I try to convince myself that that is good, but it sure would be easier just to move on.

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ustream weekly painting show by BECKY JOY

This is a 5x7 oil called TREES. It is available on my website at www.beckyjoy.com. 

This afternoon I was trying out ustream broadcasting. If it worked out well, I was going to leave it for people to view later. But, someone caught me at it. She saw that I had broadcasting on and asked if I was there. So, I started a show. She went to FB and told other artists. Then I had an audience. Anyway, my intention was to officially start next week. I am now ready to announce that I will broadcasting from my studio on Tuesdays at 4pm PDT on ustream. To view the recorded show go to my ustream channel http://www.ustream.tv/channel/becky-joy-artist-oil-painting-in-the-studio

I may occassionally be broadcasting additional times, so I set up a google group to inform people when I will be online. If you want an email to know the times, sign up for my google group, Becky is Painting

Tomorrow I will post the photo of the painting that I did on ustream.

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Daily painting rural trees landscape by BECKY JOY

LATE IN THE DAY oil 6x6 on canvas board is available on my website With the purchase of the painting, you will receive a small black wrought iron easel. So, framing is optional. 

This was painted from a photo from Oregon and my imagination. The photo like the last post was mostly in green. I played around with this one a lot until I figured out what I wanted. It didn't go very easily, but I'm pleased with the final results. 


Today I've prepared some linen and canvases. I'm going to paint the last small study into a larger piece. I drew it onto the canvas, a little different format. The size is 14x18. I also drew and 11x14 onto the linen today. It is for a series of 5 that I'm painting (2 more to go). So, tomorrow is mapped out for me.

I'll be trying the ustream again, putting together a whole show. If it is successful, I'll let you know and you can view the show of me painting in the studio.

I also had my drawing for July for those that signed up for my newsletter. And....the winner is.....Gary Keimig, a Wyoming artist and coincidentally a good friend of friends of mine, Tammy and Tom Lucas. I've known them for several years from doing the Celebration of Fine Art together. C

I'll post again tomorrow. See ya.
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Field and Barn oil painting by BECKY JOY

This 6x6 oil on board is Farm Field. The painting is for sale on my website at www.beckyjoy.com. With the purchase of this painting, you will receive a small black wrought iron display easel. The painting is finished on the edges of the board and varnished. With the easel you have the choice of framing it or displaying it on the easel.

I used both the palette knife and the brush on this painting. You can see more texture as you move into the foreground. This gives the painting more space and depth which I think is especially important in a scene like this with the distant trees and mountains.

Even though it is Sunday, I got a lot of painting done today. I started the day with a good game of bowling and a good day of painting. It was one of those days that things were coming together. Last week I felt pretty inept at painting. Oh well, sometimes it isn't easy.

I should have a productive day of painting tomorrow. No plans other than painting. :)!!!!

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