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  Drawing in Color - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
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  Emily Carr - The Soul of the Artist - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
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  Letters from Giverny by Eric Santoli
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  In Gratitude for Steve Doherty
  Inspiration Close at Hand - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
  Titles Make All the Difference - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
  Nocturne Notes - Dan Mondloch
  Nocturne Notes - Jim McVicker
  Nocturne Notes - Philippe Gandiol
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  Sorolla's Garden Paintings - Perspectives No. 457
  Art and War - Perspectives No. 456
  The Overlooked Theft - Perspectives No. 455
  With Thanks to Mort Solberg - Perspectives No. 454
  Lost in the Bushfires - Perspectives No. 453
  Nocturne Painting Calendar 2022 - Perspectives No. 452
  Wishing You Warmth - Perspectives No. 451
  A Remembrance - Perspectives No. 450
  The Landscape Sense - Perspectives No. 449
  Thanksgiving 2021 - Perspectives No. 448
  To the Moon! - Perspectives No. 447
  Perspectives No. 446 - Color Shift
  Nature's Magic Act - Perspectives No. 445
  Of Rainbows - Perspectives No. 444
  The Sphinx of Delft - Perspectives No. 443
  The Coolest White Ever - Perspectives No. 442
  Black is the New Black - Perspectives No. 441
  Oliver Romeo - Perspectives No. 440
  Artists' Gardens - Frida Kahlo - Perspectives No. 439
  Can You Say Yttrium? - Perspectives No. 438
  Are You Curious (Yellow)? - Perspectives No. 437
  Variable Violet - Perspectives No. 436
  Razzle Dazzle - Perspectives No. 435
  The Artist's Hands - Perspectives No. 434
  Perspectives No. 433 - Prairie Fire
  Perspectives No 432 - The Silent Sunbeam
  Stealing Mona Lisa - Perspectives No. 431
  No Rain, No Rainbow - Perspectives No. 430
  Beauty Spot on Wing of Mallard Drake - Perspectives No. 429
  Artists Painting Artists - Perspectives No. 428
 
  Seeing Things Differently - Perspectives No. 426
  The Flowers of Joseph Henry Sharp - Perspectives No. 425
  The Medium is the Message - Perspectives No. 424
  Keep Making Art - Perspectives No. 423
  Peace - Perspectives No. 421
  Celebrating Animals in Art - Perspectives No. 420
  With Gratitude - Perspectives No. 419
  A Century of Watercolor - Perspectives No. 418
  Night Vision - Perspectives No. 417
  Case-in Point - Perspectives No. 416
  A Fine Season - Perspectives No. 415
  Spotted Horses - Perspectives No. 414
  Working with Painting Knives - Perspectives No. 413
  Perspectives No. 412 - Color Mixing Master Class
  Summer Greens - Perspectives No. 411
  Rolling with It - Perspectives No. 410
  Rhythms - Perspectives No. 409
  Creating a Vision - Perspectives No. 408
  Van Gogh's Japanese Prints - Perspectives No. 407
  Dreams of Elsewhere - Perspectives No. 406
  Having a Say - Perspectives No. 405
  Pandemic Painting - Perspectives No. 404
  Revenge by Color - Perspectives No. 403
  Cherchez la Demi-Teinte - Perspectives No. 402
  Imagine - Perspectives No. 401
  Rite of Spring - Perspectives No. 400
  Homebodies - Perspectives No. 399
  Artists and Lumberjacks - Perspectives No. 398
  Precious Time - Perspectives No. 397
  Heroic Measures - Perspectives No. 396
  Lust for Art - Perspectives No. 395
  It Takes a Thief - Perspectives No. 394
  The Knowledge of a Lifetime - Perspectives No. 393
  The Marvelous Marmottan - Perspectives No. 392
  A Wise Tendency Toward Reasonable Impressionism - Perspectives No. 391
  The Masterpiece - Perspectives No. 390
  Transparent Eyeball - Perspectives No. 389
  Gratitude - Perspectives No. 388
  Taking Root in Rocky Soil by Bob Bahr - Perspectives No. 387
  Hall of Fame - Perspectives No. 386
  Without Culture - Perspectives No. 385
  Allons-y! - Perspectives No. 384
  Grace Notes - Perspectives No. 383
  The Muse - Perspectives No. 382
  Move It! - Perspectives No. 381
  Monsieur Latour-Marliac and Monsieur Monet - Perspectives No. 380
  Driven to Abstraction - Perspectives No. 379
  A Venetian Balcony - Perspectives No. 378
  Land of Enchantment - Perspectives No. 377
  Painting a Dream in Provence - Perspectives No. 376
  The Studio Boat - Perspectives No. 375
  Waterlog - Perspectives No. 374
  Tinder Alight - Perspectives No. 373
  The Forest Fire - Perspectives No. 372
  Of Orange Trees and Waterlilies - Perspectives No. 371
  No, Really, How Important ARE the Arts? - Perspectives No. 370
  Color Vision - Perspectives No. 369
  Monet's Ultraviolet "Bee" Vision - Perspectives No. 368
  Hit the Road! - Perspectives No. 367
  A Cure for the Common Cold, revisited - Perspectives No. 366
  Winter's Colors - Perspectives No. 365
  Season of Color - Perspectives No. 364
  A Good Start - Perspectives No. 363
  Exception to the Rule - Perspectives No. 362
  Feeding the Turkey - Perspectives No. 361
  Go with It - Perspectives No. 360
  Dream On - Perspectives No. 359
  Camouflage and Nature - Perspectives No. 358
  An Imperfect Mirror - Perspectives No. 357
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  Like a Fine Wine - Perspectives No. 355
  G'Day Viewers - Perspectives No. 354
 
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