The Artist's Road Painting the World's Beautiful Places

Places In This Category Adirondack Park New York Charleston and the Lowcountry of South Carolina Colorado The Dordogne - France The Flint Hills, Kansas Garden Places The Highlands of the Hudson River Valley, New York Glacier National Park, Montana New Mexico Southeastern Pennsylvania Provence, France Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), Colorado Tuscany, Italy Venice, Italy Yosemite National Park, California Recent articles   The Faraway - Perspectives No. 78   That Time of Year - Perspectives No. 73   Painting in the Flint Hills Take this illustrated tour through the magnificent rolling grasslands of the Flint Hills of Kansas and you'll discover what has caused all the excitement among landscape painters.   Watching Gondolas in Venice Slide Show Free. A very short slide show of gondolas navigating a narrow canal in Venice, Italy.   A gallery of New Mexico paintings Free. We hope that this gallery of paintings in oil, watercolor and pastel will inspire you as well.   A Fatal Mistake - Perspectives No. 64   A Secret Place - Perspectives No. 63   A Gallery of Lowcountry Watercolor Paintings by John Hulsey Free. Check out the South Carolina Lowcountry with this gallery of watercolors by John Hulsey   Picturing Charleston - Perspectives No. 57   A Painting Trip to the Lowcountry: Charleston, South Carolina Take a painting trip to beautiful Charleston, South Carolina, and explore its diverse painting opportunities, art galleries and southern charm.   Profile: West Fraser Free Profile: West Fraser   Voices of Experience - An Interview with West Fraser Voices of Experience: West Fraser   Fall in the Rockies - Perspectives No. 48   Our Favorite 10 Easy-to-Access Painting Spots in Rocky Mountain National Park Exclusive only on The Artist's Road - our personal favorite easy-to-access painting sites in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. An illustrated tour.   Profile: Rob Evans Free Profile: Rob Evans   Pennsylvania Arts Experience Artist Trail A Sampling of Prominent Arts Landmarks Along the Pennsylvania Arts Experience Artist Trail   The Insider's Guide to the top 10 Painting Sites in the Hudson River Highlands Exclusive only on The Artist's Road - our personal favorite painting sites in the Hudson River Highlands of New York State. An illustrated tour.   Books on Artists' Gardens Here is a sampling of some of our favorite books on artists' gardens.   Thoughtless Painting - Perspectives No. 38   Night Painting in Rocky Mountain National Park - Perspectives No. 36   The Great Adirondack Paint-Out - Perspectives No. 35   Life on the Hudson Life on the Hudson Following in the Footsteps of the Hudson River School   Painting Water - Perspectives No. 34   A Plein Air Painting Trip to Venice Travel with John as he recounts his unforgettable painting trip to Venice and the islands of Burano, Murano and Chioggia. Richly illustrated.   Water Music - Perspectives No. 22   Profile: Kim Casebeer Free Profile: Kim Casebeer   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Kim Casebeer Voices of Experience: Kim Casebeer   The First Artists - Perspectives No. 18   You Can Observe a Lot by Just Watching (Yogi Berra) - Perspectives No. 16   Painting in the Dordogne River Valley of France The Best of Dordogne - Domme, La Roque Gageac and Les Jardins de Marqueyssac, including a visit to the Paleolithic cave art at Lascaux.   A Moment Away from Winter - Perspectives No. 14   Step-By-Step Oil Painting Demonstration - November Gold, by John Hulsey November Gold Learn the priciples of Connect the Shapes, and more in this Step-by-Step plein air oil painting demonstration painted on location along the Rio Grande near Taos, New Mexico.  Includes the Video!   Plein Air Pastel Painting in Tuscany - Part IV Castles, Popes, and The English Patient John explores Montalcino, Pienza and the Siennese Crete in search of inspiration and interesting characters.   Plein Air Pastel Painting in Tuscany - Part III Painting Demonstration at the Biondi Santi Vineyard Learn the plein air painting secrets of the pros from John Hulsey in this pastel painting demonstration. Includes an instructional video filmed on location in Tuscany.   Plein Air Pastel Painting in Tuscany - Part II From San Quirico to Sant'Antimo in Search of Gold In Part II of John's plein air pastel painting adventures in Tuscany, travel with John as he wanders the beautiful Tuscan back roads from Montalcino to the abbey of Sant'Antimo in search of artistic inspiration.   Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - A Primer on Night Painting Learn how the night can provide rich painting opportunities for the intrepid artist in this informative, illustrated article.   Does Familiarity Breed Contempt? - Perspectives No. 10     C. M. Russell - The Cowboy Artist   Ochre - The Color of Provence - Perspectives No. 9     The Art of Seeing - Part 1: Illusion or Reality - Perspectives No. 7       Adventure, Inspiration and Tragedy at Sperry Lodge, Glacier National Park Free. An artist residency in Glacier National Park takes a tragic turn as the artists make their way up to a back-country chalet.    Extreme Painting - Conquering Old Man Winter - Perspectives No. 5   Profile: Albert Handell   Free Profile:   Albert Handell   Italian Language Tips for Artists   French Language Tips for Artists   Painting in the Land of Enchantment - Perspectives No. 3 A Step-by-Step watercolor video demonstration by John Hulsey on location in the Cimarron Canyon of northern New Mexico.  Includes a weblog which details this section of a cross-country painting trip to Santa Fe.   Finding Gold Along the Rio Grande Free Finding Gold Along the Rio Grande The artists travel to northern New Mexico in search of painting gold and find it along the Rio Grande.    New Eyes from New Landscapes - Perspectives No. 2   Gore Creek I - Developing a large studio oil painting from watercolor sketches done on location Free. Gore Creek I -Developing a large studio oil painting from watercolor sketches done on-location at Gore Creek in Vail, Colorado.   Includes a ten-minute step-by-step video!   Inspiration in Monet's Gardens Free Monet's gardens at Giverny are the ultimate destination for artists with a passion for flowers.    Step-by-Step Watercolor Painting Demonstration, Through the Trees, Lourmarin by John Hulsey Free Through the Trees, Lourmarin, "Learn to Develop a Point of View" in this Step-by-Step watercolor painting demonstration on location in Lourmarin, France, by John Hulsey   Step-by-Step watercolor plein air painting demonstration, Le Pont d'Avignon, by John Hulsey Le Pont d'Avignon Learn the principle of how to "Break it Down into Shapes" in this Step-by-Step plein air watercolor painting demonstration at Avignon, France, by John Hulsey   Step-by-Step Watercolor Painting Demonstration - A Votre Sante - by John Hulsey Free. A Votre Sante, a step-by-step watercolor painting demonstration at Rousillon, France, by John Hulsey.   Step-by-Step Watercolor Painting Demonstration - The Fountain Cleaner - by John Hulsey The Fountain Cleaner, a step-by-step watercolor painting demonstration from Aix-en-Provence, France, by John Hulsey   A Checklist for Painting Overseas Knowing what not to take is just as important as knowing what to take when you travel overseas to paint.  This valuable checklist makes it simple.   Painting in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Free Enjoy this mini Tale from the Artist's Road in Rocky Mountain National Park, in which John and Ann share their recent painting adventures during John's artist's residency there.      Pastel Painting in Tuscany - Seeing the Light Free Enjoy this short Tale from the Artist's Road of travel adventure in Tuscany.      Plein Air Pastel Painting in Tuscany - Part I In a Tuscan Dream: Plein Air Painting in Italy Explore the heart of Tuscany with John as he wanders from town to town in search of painting subjects. Includes: On-location pastel painting video filmed in Tuscany, and detailed map of painting locations.   In the Footsteps of Cezanne (pdf), Painting in Provence Free Wonderful French Provencal villages, artistic camaraderie, and great food and local wines all combined to make John's week-long teaching workshop there a roaring success. (Previously  published in Watercolor Magazine and presented here with permission.)   The Forces of Nature (pdf), Painting in the Low Country of South Carolina Free Included in this article are some of John's hand-written field notes which reveal his methods for overcoming the many challenges Nature throws in front of the plein air painter while working outdoors in the Low Country of South Carolina. (Previously published in Watercolor Magazine and reprinted here with permission).   Painting in the Range of Light (pdf), Yosemite National Park, California Free John and Ann take off on another painting adventure in their rolling studio "Van-Go" - this time for a month's stay as artist-in-residence in California's Yosemite National Park. (Previously published in Watercolor Magazine and presented here with permission.)   Painting in Rocky Mountain National Park John and Ann share their recent painting adventures in Rocky Mountain National Park, where they spent two weeks exploring, hiking and painting during John's artist residency there.

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