From "Paint Believable Birds" with Shawn Dell Joyce, who is on the faculty of the 2024 Pastel Live online art conference
From "Paint Believable Birds" with Shawn Dell Joyce, who is on the faculty of the 2024 Pastel Live online art conference

Shawn Dell Joyce shows us how to add realistic birds to landscape paintings in this episode of Art School Live with Eric Rhoads.

The following is part of a series featuring a leader in the art community who will be joining us on the faculty of Pastel Live, September 18-20, 2024, with an Essential Techniques Day on September 17. Learn more and secure your spot at PastelLive.com.

Watch this free lesson on how to paint believable birds:

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Shawn Dell Joyce is represented by six galleries around the country including Wallkill River School in NY, Woodfield Fine Art in St. Pete, and Lakeside Inn Gallery in Mount Dora, FL. She teaches workshops across the country in Staunton, VA, Olana, NY, Tampa Bay Florida, and is included in museum collections in the Georges Pompidou Museum in France and the Museum of Modern Art in NY. She won the Creative Pinellas grant for established artists in 2023, Best in Show for Central Florida Pastel Society Annual Exhibit, and Best in Show for 2024 Pastel Society of Tampa Bay Annual Exhibit.

She has won many prestigious awards for plein air painting, and is a signature member of New York Plein Air Painters (NYPAP), and International Plein Air Painters (IPAP), and Pastel Society of Tampa Bay (PSTB). She has been featured in many national newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times, PleinAir® Magazine, Plein Air Podcast with Eric Rhoads, Pastel Journal, and Tampa Bay Magazine.

Pastel Paintings: Examples of Realistic Birds in the Landscape

Shawn Dell Joyce, "Family," pastel on Ampersand Pastelbord, 24 x 36 in.
Shawn Dell Joyce, “Family,” pastel on Ampersand Pastelbord, 36 x 24 in.
Shawn Dell Joyce, "Gloaming," pastel, 20 x 16 in.
Shawn Dell Joyce, “Gloaming,” pastel, 20 x 16 in.
Shawn Dell Joyce, "Golden Hour," pastel, 20 x 16 in.
Shawn Dell Joyce, “Golden Hour,” pastel, 20 x 16 in.

Browse more at realismtoday.com, and be sure to join us for the next Pastel Live online art conference!