Oregon plein air painting by BECKY JOY

FALL CROP 5x7 oil plein air. 

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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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.

BECKY JOY
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Marsh wetlands oil painting by BECKY JOY

This 8x10 painting is on my website

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.

BECKY JOY
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Oil painting field and trees by BECKY JOY

LIGHT ON THE FIELD oil 5x7 This painting is for sale on my website which includes the small black wrought iron display frame so that framing in not needed. 

The scene is from the Sierra Madres in Mexico, but could be almost anywhere. It was late afternoon with the sunlight hitting the field and trees. There were bushes along the fence and the field that had yellow blooming flowers. I'm not sure what they were, I hadn't noticed them up here before. The climate was a high desert climate and looked much like northern Arizona. You can see the thick paint from the palette knife and the smoother brushwork. This gives more dimension and depth to the painting. I'm from the school of thought that paintings should have variety in every way, texture, size, color, warm/cool, light/dark, etc., etc.

I got some other painting done today. One that I had sketched out and blocked in yesterday. It is one of 50 for a large project that I have been working on. I'm still not ready to divulge the secret work. 

Talk to you all tomorrow.

BECKY JOY

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Barn Farm scene by BECKY JOY

Today's daily painting is 6x6 In Line, a farm scene. I have this painting for sale on my website. 

I composed the scene with everything overlapping, going back into space. Again, I used the palette knife and brush. With the brush I am able to get the soft edges as in the background. The hard edges of the palette knife bring the foreground forward. The colors are a little more intense around the barn and the two overlapping roofs bring your attention to the buildings.

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Talk to you all tomorrow. 

BECKY JOY
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