Workshop: Surreal Pet Portrait Painting – SOLD OUT
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November 12 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm
In celebration of 100 years of Surrealism, we invite you to paint a surrealistic colorful portrait of a furry friend in your life. Learn how to use a value scale and “paint by numbers” to create a unique and colorful pet portrait. Paintings are acrylic on canvas 10” square.
Once your ticket is purchased, you must email instructor Shawn Dell Joyce at shawndelljoyce@gmail.com with a pet photo that shows mainly the pet’s face (she will crop and print your photo). This must be sent no later than Nov 1. Shawn will then pre-sketch each canvas and provide a color key similar to “paint by numbers” but with a surreal twist! The result is a colorful, fun portrait that makes for a great holiday gift.
Materials provided per person:
10″ square pre-sketched canvas with color chart and B&W photo reference
Acrylic paints, brushes, water cups and towels
Aprons and easels
Location: The Dalí Museum’s Raymond James Community Room
Cost: $45 for Museum members | $55 for non-members
Not yet a member? Join today.
Gallery access and all materials are included.
All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds.
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. Registration is no longer available.
Shawn Dell Joyce
Shawn Dell Joyce was born in Texas in 1965 and grew up on the border in Brownsville, TX. She worked in her family’s citrus orchards until an unseasonable frost killed the trees in 1982; this loss changed the trajectory of her career from farmer to artist. She went to art school at University of North Texas in Denton and studied Semiotics with artist Vernon Fisher, then transferred to San Francisco Art Institute in 1987. Joyce’s real education happened as an artist’s apprentice in SoHo section of NY, where she worked in several artist’s studios until leaving the city for the beautiful farmlands North of the city and began teaching plein air classes in 2000, and continues weekly to this day. She founded a plein air school with an Arts and Agricultural mission based on the historic Hudson River School, the Wallkill River School of Art. It still exists today as a nonprofit arts organization with a mission of bringing cultural tourism to the Hudson Valley region through plein air painting workshops and events on local farms, historic sites and open spaces. Joyce 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), plus has been featured in many national newspapers and magazines like The New York Times, Plein Air Magazine, Plein Air Podcast with Eric Rhoads, Pastel Journal Magazine and Tampa Bay Magazine. She 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. Joyce teaches workshops in pastel and plein air techniques across the country in Staunton, VA, Olana, NY, Tampa Bay, FL and is included in museum collections in the Georges Pompidou Museum in France and The Museum of Modern Art in NY.
