When I say “using” I mean “copying”… but I think it is different enough that she will be happy. Go check out her work at https://www.jhicksfineart.com It is lovely. So light and airy and beautiful. I really want to learn to paint as freely as she does, and you can tell from my attempt that I HAVEN’T! But it is only my first attempt. I’m confident I’ll improve.

DaVinci watercolor has a new palette with colors she inspired, including Joyce’s mother green, which you can see through this link: https://www.davincipaints.com/category-s/123.htm (I am not affiliated with Davinci, I just enjoy their paints and find them both quality, and affordable, which is nice!)

I purchased her palette, and after swatching the colors out, wasn’t terribly interested in it, to be honest. Then I ran across a little tutorial Joyce offers using the palette… https://youtu.be/K3DNoaKqHJk This tutorial was not what I expected. AND it was easy to do, and fun. It got me wondering about some of her other things, so I pulled up a couple more tutorials to watch, then found a painting of hers to attempt. Once I started, I realized I really didn’t know what I was doing. But I completed it, (using her palette!) and I’m really happy with it. A friend wanted a painting of a house with the word “prosperous” on it, and I thought she might really like this, so I added it when I did the finishing touches, cropped it to 5×7 ( for convenience for her, but also happy to crop out a mistake or two)

I learned a lot from this painting. It is hard not to just focus on the errors, but there are things I like too, and I really like her layering techniques. I’m so glad I tried something I didn’t feel ready for, and hope to do more.

I’m afraid I didn’t think to take photos of the different stages.

There are glaring mistakes, I know! But still, isn’t it cute? Joyce Hicks is good! I will keep trying to learn from her.