The Mind's Eye-Part II - Perspectives from The Artist's RoadThe Mind's Eye - Part II One of the tricks John and I used to try when we weren’t able to fall asleep was to picture in our minds a simple subject—an apple, for example—and then to visualize drawing it—running a pencil over the shapes of the apple, sketching in the light and dark values, envisioning the color shifts from warm to cool. It was a wonderful way to focus our thoughts and shepherd them away from all the distracting ones that tend to flood the brain at the end of a busy day. |
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Ro Free ContentThe Artist's Road StoreNocturnes - A Primer on Night Painting Filled with inspirational examples by the masters of nightime painting, this little book is sure to fire up your creative energies. Never tried painting at night? We show you how it's done with a step-by-step-oil demo and a tale of night painting in the wilds of Rocky Mountain National Park. The Primer on Night Painting - Nocturnes is a 7 x 7" PDF download with 40 pages of text and images. It includes a gallery of paintings by masters of the nocturne, information to inspire and encourage you in your plein air nocturne painting, an illustrated step-by-step demo and tips for working in pastel and oil. Also available in a softcover edition. Check out the tools and other products that we use in our own art and travels in The Artist's Road Store. We only offer things for sale that we enthusiastically believe in.
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