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August 25, 26, 27, 2008 |
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Becky Joy ― Oil |
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August 25, 26, 27, 2008 |
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| Description |
This workshop is for beginning to advanced students. The class will begin with a demonstration from start to finish with a focus on improving color, values, compositions and using texture in the painting. I will work with each student on an individual basis. Each student should bring their own reference material from which to work. I will bring a few photos for those that need some and set up a still life for those that want to work from life. Each student will work on something of their own choosing and I will go around individually to help each student. I will explain to the class about color usage, focal pints, soft and hard edges, getting depth in the painting and about using texture. If there is enough interest, the last day will be spent working out on location.
There will also be a critique on the last
day of the workshop. |
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Materials
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Photos of your choice
a variety of Filbert Bristle Brushes (no
particular sizes)
Odorless Turpentine and Container
Palette Knife(s)
Paper Towels
Palette
Easel
Canvas no larger than 24 x 30, preferably about 16 x 20
Oil Paints:
● Alizarin Crimson
● Cerulean Blue
● Cadmium Red Light
● Cadmium Yellow
Light
● Sap Green
● titanium white
● Ultramarine Blue
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Instructor
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Becky Joy is best known for her vibrant
landscapes that so accurately capture glowing light and shadow. Her
paintings burst with abundant colors and powerful, thick textures.
Painting in the historic Plein Air style, she accurately creates what
she sees and feels in her creative trips to the open air. Viewing her
work brings every sense to life, creating an expectation of the kiss of
a mountain breeze, the scent of mesquite and sage in an oncoming storm.
The taste of salt water on the tongue, or the visual explosion of color
in the setting sun’s vast sky. The impulse is to reach out and touch her
paintings, to become a part of the scene she has created in oil. True to
her desire for painting from life, Becky also paints luscious and
colorful still lifes. Born and raised in Portland, OR, Becky Joy worked as a hairdresser for 19 years while raising a family. During this time Becky took art classes at the local college and tried several different art forms. After moving to Arizona in 1993, Becky attended classes and workshops at the Scottsdale Artist’s School then began to hike and paint in the desert that surrounds her home. Becky juried into Women Artists of the West in 1997. In the summer of 1998, she was included in a show at the Phippen Museum in Prescott, AZ called Painters of the American Desert. She has been published in Art of the American West and in 2001 was chosen as the cover and poster artist for Hidden in the Hills Artists Directory. Becky was featured in an article in the Feb 2006 issue of Southwest Art Magazine. Three of her works were purchased by the Kierland Resort and Spa. Her paintings have also been collected by American Equity Insurance, Banner Hospital and Pioneer Home Bank. 2003 brought Becky the Southwest Art Magazine Award at the annual Phippen Art Show in Prescott. Becky is a juried member of the American Academy of Women Artists. She now teaches workshops and continues to exhibit and have one woman shows of her paintings in galleries and shows in CA, CO, UT, AZ and NM. Becky Joy is represented by: |
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