This is a painting I did a while back of Morning Fog on Chuckanut Drive.

Morning Fog on Chuckanut Drive. oil by Joy Olney

This paint sold along with a couple of other paintings from the Jansen Art Center last week.

...On Stage, Oil by Joy Olney

No time to paint today or tomorrow. Here is a painting from last July. Mountain View

Mountain View oil by Joy Olney

Today's image is of the fog on the Washington coast. The Painting hangs up in the Western Washington University Music Library along with 16 other landscape paintings of mine.

2nd. Beach,oil by Joy Olney

Today I drew 12 or more people and a doggie at Project Homeless. I loved it and each sitter went home with the drawing.
One of the artist in my last workshop asked me to post the group. So to be fare I'll post painters from both workshops. The May and the July workshop.

 July portrait workshop. 5 in the class.

 Great job July workshop.

 May workshop. 7 in the group.

 Great job every one in May group.

Margaret is 92 years young. She told me to teach again.

Today the drip painting again. This time photoed in the sun. Also some drawings of Cara, our model today.

 Island Beach oil 16x20 by Joy Olney

 Cropped drawing of Cara.from a sheet 24x18 by Joy

 Side view of Cara,24x18 by Joy

three quarter view of Cara, 24x18 by Joy

My drip painting was too wet to photograph earlier this afternoon while the sun was on my deck.
So the image of it I just took is toooooo blue from lack of sunlight. But up it goes. I put images up from my Drip Painting Show in Seattle a year ago. I'll take a picture of it in the sun tomorrow.

 Drip Painting of Island Beach oil 16x20 by Joy Olney

See the one on the left at the Jansen Center opening tomorrow night.

Today I started a DRIP painting. I have two drip paintings on exhibit at the Jansen Art center's Summer Exhibit Below is a write up from their news letter.  Below that are the two paintings in the Summer Show.

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Left: Painting by Joy Olney - Joy's contemporary impressionist style along with strong composition and spontaneous application of colorful pigments using natural light creates unique & beautiful works of art. We have a variety of her work both in our Gallery Gift Shop and in the Summer Exhibit.

 Island View oil 36x24  below Morning Fog on Livingston Bay oil 48x60 both by Joy Olney

Drawings of the Rock and Roll  Player from last Thursdays Drawing Group.

 This drawing shows the method I use for the portrait painting class.Measuring with a stick.

 These 2 drawings are done with my sight method, no measuring with a stick.

9 steps to painting a portrait. This is the portrait lession I just gave Friday and Saturday.
The step method were taught to me by Peggy Baumgaertner.
Portrait of Mike in oil by  Joy Olney DEMO

 drawing & color notes

 lit & shadow, three values

 color correction

 rounding out the form

 placing the features

 correcting detail & finishing

The two last steps for the Portrait. Plus the finished portrait that I painted as a demo from my Portrait Workshop's last day, today. Tomorrow the Steps for painting Mike.

Today's Portrait demo of Mike oil by Joy Olney

NOTE,many colors may be used as long as they are in the same value.

 

 Step 5 Finishing the portriat

Step 6 Finished Portrait,oil by Joy Olney

The first day of the 2 day portrait workshop went very well. I will post some steps to doing a portrait.
 Not from the painting we worked on today,

because I'm to tired to upload the new images: step 4 Forming the egg shape

 step3 color correcting

 step 1  light and shadow

 step 2 Value correcting

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I'm still setting up for tomorrows portrait workshop. I drew a rock and roll guy this morning and will post photos of the drawings in a few days. Two more older paintings below from John Bishop's Ballet Group:
Tomorrow I will post the steps to doing a portrait from my workshop.

This Friday and Saturday I will be giving a portrait workshop.10 hours with a model and instruction.
I'm too busy today setting my studio up for the workshop.
So I'll post some older art.Enjoy.

Today I'm posting one of my paintings that is showing at the Corridor Gallery in Seattle. The name of the Show is "State of Mind". Sunset Lovers oil, Framed 14x11

. The painting is one from my View from Blanchard series. It is the only one with people in the painting.

 I picked the painting “Sunset Lovers” for this show because it shows both my ability to capture a landscape and a mood.

I always find it a challenge to try and figure out what the jury really is wanting in the theme they pick for the show.

Image of painting:

Sunset Lovers - 2012

 Oil,    Framed 14” x 11”

Two Plein Air paintings from Larrabee State Park early morning.Oil Sketches

 Across the bay from Larrabee oil 6x8 by Joy Olney

Cove Road, Larrabee Park,oil 8x10 by Joy Olney

I painted 4 Plein Air Paintings

I painted 4 Plein air paintings. I want to show how high key they are compared to my studio paintings.
Studio painting first. Larrabee Park trail view.oil 16x20 by Joy Olney

  Larrabee Park Trail View.oil 16x20 by Joy Olney Studio Painting

 Plein Air, Larrabee Trail oil 10x8 by Joy Olney

Plein Air, Park Trail oil 6x8 by Joy Olney

I will post the other two tomorrow.

Drawings from yesterdays model. Her name is Michelle. A teen.
Tomorrow I will be out painting and selling all day.

 Michelle drawing 24x18 by Joy Olney

Michelle Drawing 24x18 by Joy Olney