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Member Content The Art of Seeing Part IV: Visual Memory - Perspectives No. 153
Sep 29, 2013
Oil Painting by Matthew Richter
Member Content Painting Through Thick and Thin - Perspectives No. 152
Sep 25, 2013
The Sulphur Match by SargentNocturne in Blue and Gold by Whistler
Member Content The Cart Before the Horse? - Perspectives No. 151
Sep 19, 2013
Watercolor by John Hulsey
Member Content Van Gogh's Yellow - Perspectives No. 150
Sep 12, 2013
View of Arles with Irises by van Gogh
Member Content Genuine Fakes - Perspectives No. 149
Sep 4, 2013
Joan Miro Sea of Love by John Myatt
Member Content Diamond Season - Perspectives No. 148
Aug 29, 2013
John Painting Sunflowers
Member Content The Whole Enchilada - Perspectives No. 147
Aug 21, 2013
Painting by Robert Delaunay
Member Content The Famous Artists School - Perspectives No. 146
Aug 15, 2013
Envelope from the Famous Artists School
Member Content The Biggest Art Theft in American History - Perspectives No. 145
Aug 7, 2013
FBI Poster for Stolen Gardner Museum Paintings
Member Content The Secret of Success - John Singer Sargent's Method - Perspectives No. 144
Jul 31, 2013
Madame X by John Singer Sargent
Member Content Power to the Artists - Perspectives No. 143
Jul 23, 2013
Painting by Armando Menocal
Member Content The Feeling of Light - Perspectives No. 142
Jul 17, 2013
By the Sea by Charles Hawthorne
Member Content Scouting - Perspectives No. 141
Jul 11, 2013
Sign to a Dazzling View
Member Content Sargent's Great Murals - Perspectives No. 140
Jul 3, 2013
Sargent Murals at the Boston Public Library
Member Content The Garden as Art - Perspectives No. 139
Jun 26, 2013
Claude Monet Painting in his Garden at Argenteuil by Pierre Auguste Renoir
Member Content Upon Reflection - Perspectives No. 138
Jun 19, 2013
Reflected Light
Member Content Visionary Genius - Perspectives No. 137
Jun 10, 2013
Sunny Autumn Day 1892 by George Inness
Member Content Exceptionally Cool Tools - Perspectives No. 136
Jun 5, 2013
Santa Fe
Member Content The Nature of Painting - Perspectives No. 135
May 29, 2013
Nocturne in Black and Gold - The Falling RocketSave
Member Content Slow Art - Perspectives No. 134
May 22, 2013
Sunset at Etretat by George Inness
Member Content Point of View - Perspectives No. 133
May 15, 2013
The Street Musician Venice by John Hulsey
Member Content The Phoenix - Perspectives No. 132
May 8, 2013
Acrylic Painting by Debby Kaspari
Member Content Art in the Gardens - Perspectives No. 131
May 1, 2013
Ann at Longwood Gardens
Member Content The Art of Weather - Perspectives No. 130
Apr 24, 2013
The National Weather Center Biennale
Member Content Be Careful Out There! - Perspectives No. 129
Apr 10, 2013
Photo of Freight Train and Artist Easel
Public Content Tomato, Tomahto - Perspectives No. 128
Apr 10, 2013
Two Tomatoes
Member Content Plein Air Painting on the Mighty Mississippi - Perspectives No. 127
Apr 3, 2013
Sylvester River Painting
Member Content Who Needs Artists Anyway? - Perspectives No. 126
Mar 27, 2013
Drawing by Bernard Maybeck
Member Content Painting in the Urban Landscape - Perspectives No. 125
Mar 20, 2013
Plein Air Painting on the Bridge
Member Content Abandoning Our Values - Perspectives No. 124
Mar 13, 2013
Still Life with Bottles by Cezanne
Member Content What's Sfumato with You? - Perspectives No. 123
Mar 6, 2013
Mona Lisa by da Vinci
Member Content The Color of Snow - Perspectives No. 122
Feb 27, 2013
Photograph of Burning Bush Shadows
Member Content The Beauty Formula - Perspectives No. 121
Feb 20, 2013
Vase with Flowers and Butterflies by Odilon Redon
Member Content Studio Dogs - Perspectives No. 120
Feb 13, 2013
photo of Cella, the Havanese
Public Content Diamonds in Our Own Backyards - Perspectives No. 119
Feb 6, 2013
Plein Air Painting in Kansas
Member Content When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Go Painting - Perspectives No. 118
Jan 30, 2013
The Magpie by Claude Monet
Public Content An Exquisite Balance - Perspectives No. 117
Jan 23, 2013
Photograph of Shadow Patterns
Member Content Interconnectedness - Perspectives No. 116
Jan 16, 2013
Photograph of Frost Patterns
Member Content Black is the New Green - Perspectives No. 115
Jan 9, 2013
Portrait of Carolus Duran by Sargent
Member Content A Little Good News - Perspectives No. 114
Jan 2, 2013
Portrait of Claude Renoir Painting by Renoir
Member Content The Eyes Have It - Perspectives No. 113
Dec 20, 2012
Nymphaea Reflets de Saule by Monet
Member Content A Cure for the Common Cold - Perspectives No. 112
Dec 19, 2012
Pears in Repose oil by John Hulsey
Public Content Fog and Mist - Perspectives No. 111
Dec 12, 2012
Meadow Walk by John Hulsey
Member Content Long Live the Explorer - Perspectives No. 110
Dec 5, 2012
Western Kansas by Albert Bierstadt
Member Content Nature's Truth - Perspectives No. 109
Nov 28, 2012
Inner Banks by Forrest Moses
Public Content Stairways to Heaven - Perspectives No. 108
Nov 21, 2012
The Afterglow by Frederic Church
Member Content Dark Shadows - Perspectives No. 107
Nov 14, 2012
oil painting of country road by John Hulsey
Member Content Inspiration - Perspectives No. 106
Nov 7, 2012
White Oak study, oil by John Hulsey
Public Content The New Paradigm - Perspectives No. 105
Oct 31, 2012
Photograph of Halloween Costume John Brown
Member Content Power to the Pencil - Perspectives No. 104
Oct 24, 2012
Dancer Tying Her Scarf by Edgar Degas
Member Content The Master of Moonlight - Perspectives No. 103
Oct 17, 2012
Two Figures at Dusk, F.T. Johnson
Member Content I Robot, Who You? - Perspectives No. 102
Oct 10, 2012
Photograph of Famous Artist with No Eyebrows
Member Content Plein Air Painting in the Wild West - Perspectives No. 101
Oct 3, 2012
Photograph of the Double Cabin Area
Member Content A 360-Degree View - Perspectives No. 100
Sep 25, 2012
My Friend Pucho
Member Content Do You Have Super-Vision - Perspectives No. 99
Sep 12, 2012
Photograph of Double Rainbow
Member Content Black is Beautiful - Perspectives No. 98
Sep 12, 2012
Red and Black
Public Content The Purkinje Effect - Perspectives No. 97
Sep 5, 2012
Watercolor by John HulseySaveSaveSave
Member Content See the Forest - Perspectives No. 96
Aug 29, 2012
Oil Painting by John Hulsey
Member Content Sharpen Your Color Sense - Perspectives No. 95
Aug 22, 2012
Photograph of House in Afternoon Light
Member Content The Race to the Finish - Perspectives No. 94
Aug 15, 2012
Oil Painting by Charles Webster Hawthorne
Member Content Black and Blue - Perspectives No. 93
Aug 8, 2012
Photograph of Indigo Bunting
Member Content Beast of Burden? - Perspectives No. 92
Aug 1, 2012
Photo of Portable Painting Kit
Public Content Dangerous Art - Perspectives No. 91
Jul 25, 2012
Michelangelo's David with Warning StampSave
Member Content Tree of Life - Perspectives No. 90
Jul 18, 2012
Oil Painting by John Hulsey“I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines.”
- Henry David Thoreau
Member Content May I? - Perspectives No. 89
Jul 11, 2012
Sunset Reflection on Miata photo Perhaps the highest obligation for the creative artist is to constantly give ourselves permission to voice our wildest imaginings.
Member Content Turquoise! - Perspectives No. 88
Jul 3, 2012
Blue Slide After having experienced some unsettling critiques in our college years, we both came to the conclusion that our best work came from a more supportive and positive learning environment.
Member Content Be Hip or Hippocampus - Perspectives No. 87
Jun 27, 2012
Plein air oil painting workshop in Abiquiu New Mexico
Member Content Hit the Right Values Every Time - Perspectives No. 86
Jun 20, 2012
Gray Scale Cut Apart
Member Content The Traveler's Dilemma - Perspectives No. 85
Jun 6, 2012
New Mexico Landscape watercolor by John Hulsey
Member Content A Path for the Eye - Perspectives No. 84
Jun 6, 2012
Dawn in the Switching Yard by John Hulsey
Member Content Nocturnes - Perspectives No. 83
May 30, 2012
Moonrise Road by John HulseySaveSave
Member Content Aha! - Perspectives No.82
May 23, 2012
A New Spring Day, oil, by John HulseySave
Member Content Use It or Lose It - Perspectives No. 81
May 16, 2012
Atelier Rouge by Matisse
Member Content Attitude is Everything - Perspectives No. 80
May 9, 2012
Bazille Studio in the Rue de Furstenberg
Member Content Distance - Perspectives No. 79
May 2, 2012
Painting of Amethyst Lake in Canada by Robert Genn
Member Content The Faraway - Perspectives No. 78
Apr 25, 2012
Ghost Ranch Pastel by John Hulsey
Member Content Iris and Peony Paintings of the Masters - Perspectives No. 77
Apr 18, 2012
Vase of Peonies by Fantin Latour
Member Content Perception - Perspectives No. 76
Apr 11, 2012
Bauerngarten by Gustav Klimt
Member Content An Intimate Glimpse - Perspectives No 75
Apr 4, 2012
Oil Painting by Berthe Morisot
Member Content On Fire - Perspectives No. 74
Mar 28, 2012
Oregon Trail by Albert Bierstadt
Member Content That Time of Year - Perspectives No. 73
Mar 21, 2012
oil painting by John F. Carlson
Member Content The Fugitive - Perspectives No. 72
Mar 13, 2012
The Fighting Temeraire by Turner
Member Content Cataclysmic Art - Perspectives No. 71
Mar 7, 2012
Chichester Canal by Turner
Member Content Edwin Henry Landseer - Perspectives No. 70
Feb 29, 2012
Oil Painting by Landseer
Member Content Creativity - Perspectives No. 69
Feb 22, 2012
Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh
Member Content Les Trois Grandes Dames - Perspectives No. 68
Feb 15, 2012
Painting by Mary Cassatt
Member Content Is White a Color? - Perspectives No. 67
Feb 8, 2012
Member Content Painting Your Life - Perspectives No. 66
Feb 1, 2012
The Inn of Mother Anthony by Renoir
Member Content Training the Wild Child - Perspectives No. 65
Jan 25, 2012
An Artist in His Studio by Sargent
Member Content A Fatal Mistake - Perspectives No. 64
Jan 18, 2012
On the Battery II oil by John Hulsey
Member Content A Secret Place - Perspectives No. 63
Jan 11, 2012
Ventabren View through Stone Wall
Member Content The Cosmic Dance - Perspectives No. 62
Jan 4, 2012
Oil Painting by John Hulsey
Member Content Still Life - Perspectives No. 61
Dec 28, 2011
Lilacs in a Window by Mary Cassatt
Member Content The Dance - Perspectives No. 60
Dec 21, 2011
Painting by Henri Matisse
Public Content Getting Blue - Perspectives No. 59
Dec 14, 2011
Cobalt Artist Paint
Member Content Why Collect Art? - Perspectives No. 58
Dec 7, 2011
Elena entre Roses by Sorolla
Member Content Picturing Charleston - Perspectives No. 57
Nov 30, 2011
Photo of John Hulsey plein air painting in Charleston, SC
Member Content Brunelleschi’s Greatest Invention - Perspectives No. 56
Nov 23, 2011
Brunelleschi''s Dome
Member Content The Lost Art - Perspectives No. 55
Nov 16, 2011
Starting the Lost Painting
Public Content Rhythms - Perspectives No. 54
Nov 9, 2011
Photo of Sky and BeachSave
Public Content More Artists in the World is a Good Thing - Perspectives No. 53
Nov 2, 2011
Warhol Costumes
Member Content Tales from the Road - Perspectives No. 52
Oct 26, 2011
Photo of John Hulsey painting in RMNP
Member Content Poet-Painter of the Mississippi - Perspectives No. 51
Oct 19, 2011
Oil Painting by Frederick Oakes Sylvester
Member Content A Wordless Center - Perspectives No. 50
Oct 12, 2011
Painting by Pierre Bonnard
Member Content The Speed of Light - Perspectives No. 49
Oct 5, 2011
Photo of painting in progress at Sprague Lake, RMNP
Member Content Fall in the Rockies - Perspectives No. 48
Sep 28, 2011
Aspen Leaves Reflected in Water
Member Content John F. Carlson - Perspectives No. 47
Sep 21, 2011
Snowy forest and Catskill mountains"...that wonderful, teasing, recurrence of emotion..." - John F. Carlson's legacy of inspiration and encouragement
Member Content Substitute the Word "Art" - Perspectives No. 46
Sep 14, 2011
Samuel Barber
Member Content On Rejection - Perspectives No. 45
Sep 7, 2011
Vetheuil in the Fog by Monet
Member Content Is There Really a Dr. No? - Perspectives No. 44
Aug 31, 2011
The Artist in his Studio by Rembrandt
Member Content Are We Wired for Beauty - Perspectives No. 43
Aug 24, 2011
Oil Painting by Ann Trusty
Member Content The Dawn of Art - Perspectives No. 42
Aug 18, 2011
Horses Chauvet Cave Painting
Member Content On Art and Fear - Perspectives No. 41
Aug 10, 2011
Irises by Vincent Van Gogh
Member Content Sorolla - Perspectives No. 40
Aug 3, 2011
Oil Painting by Joaquin Sorolla
Member Content The Pendulum - Perspectives No. 39
Jul 27, 2011
Mending the Sails by Sorolla
Member Content Thoughtless Painting - Perspectives No. 38
Jul 20, 2011
The Flume watercolor by John Hulsey
Member Content Desperately Seeking Homer - Perspectives No. 37
Jul 13, 2011
The Red Canoe watercolor by Winslow Homer
Member Content Night Painting in Rocky Mountain National Park - Perspectives No. 36
Jul 6, 2011
Watercolor by John Hulsey
Member Content The Great Adirondack Paint-Out - Perspectives No. 35
Jun 29, 2011
Plein Air Artist in the Adirondacks
Member Content Painting Water - Perspectives No. 34
Jun 21, 2011
Oil Painting by John Hulsey
Member Content The Art of the Dog - Perspectives No. 33
Jun 14, 2011
In the Summer Garden by John Hulsey
Member Content Quantum Rules - Perspectives No. 32
Jun 7, 2011
Wheat Field with Cypresses by Van Gogh
Member Content Science Proves Landscape Paintings are Healthy for You - Perspectives No. 31
Jun 1, 2011
Oil Painting of Moraine Park in RMNP by John Hulsey
Member Content Painting Clouds - Part II - Perspectives No. 30
May 25, 2011
Ghost Ranch IV by John Hulsey
Member Content The Time Machine - Perspectives No. 29
May 18, 2011
page from John Hulsey's watercolor sketchbook
Member Content Personal Bests - Perspectives No. 28
May 11, 2011
The Swineherd, Brittany by Gauguin
Public Content Staying on Track - Perspectives No. 27
May 4, 2011
oil painting of Venice by Robert HenriSaveSave
Member Content On Art Criticism - Perspectives No. 26
Apr 27, 2011
Photo of John Hulsey Teaching in Aix France
Member Content On Making Art - Perspectives No. 25
Apr 20, 2011
Oil Painting by John Hulsey, Peace
Member Content Painting Clouds - Perspectives No. 24
Apr 13, 2011
After the Deluge pastel painting by John Hulsey
Member Content Water Music - Part II - Perspectives No. 23
Apr 6, 2011
Impression Soleil Levant by Monet
Member Content Water Music - Perspectives No. 22
Mar 30, 2011
Pastel Painting by John Hulsey of the Burano Rower
Member Content Beware of Falling in Love - Perspectives No. 21
Mar 23, 2011
oil painting by Thomas Paquette
Member Content The Art of Beauty - Part III: Building a Better World - Perspectives No. 20
Mar 16, 2011
Photograph of John Hulsey painting in a Colorado stream
Member Content Seeing Red - Perspectives No. 19
Mar 9, 2011
Birthday Bouquet by Ann Trusty
Member Content The First Artists - Perspectives No. 18
Mar 2, 2011
Cave Paintings in Lascaux II, France
Member Content The Art of Beauty - Part II - Perspectives No. 17
Feb 23, 2011
Oil Painting of Peonies by Ann Trusty
Member Content You Can Observe a Lot by Just Watching (Yogi Berra) - Perspectives No. 16
Feb 16, 2011
Sunrise River II
Member Content The Art of Beauty - Part 1 - Perspectives No. 15
Feb 9, 2011
Winter Jewelry oil painting by Ann Trusty
Member Content A Moment Away from Winter - Perspectives No. 14
Feb 2, 2011
Photograph of Gardeners in Les Jardins de Marqueyssac by John HulseySaveSaveSaveSave
Member Content Shadow Light - Perspectives No. 13
Jan 26, 2011
pastel painting plein air of snowy country road, by John Hulsey
Member Content Painting the Winter Night - Perspectives No. 12
Jan 19, 2011
Pastel painting in progress
Member Content The Art of Seeing - Part III: Where Technology Fails - Perspectives No. 11
Jan 12, 2011
  pastel painting of woman and Great Pyrenees dog, by John Hulsey
Member Content Does Familiarity Breed Contempt? - Perspectives No. 10
Jan 5, 2011
Misty Morning Oil Painting by John Hulsey
Member Content Ochre - The Color of Provence - Perspectives No. 9
Dec 29, 2010
Photo of Archway in Roussillon, Provence, France
Member Content The Art of Seeing - Part II: The Red Plaid Dilemma - Perspectives No. 8
Dec 21, 2010
pastel painting of Burano rower, by John Hulsey 
  
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Member Content The Art of Seeing - Part 1: Illusion or Reality - Perspectives No. 7
Dec 15, 2010
John Hulsey's painting workshop in Aix, France 
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Member Content The Road Less Traveled - Perspectives No. 6
Dec 8, 2010
Photo Rio Grande river near Taos, N.M., by John Hulsey
 
 
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Member Content Extreme Painting - Conquering Old Man Winter - Perspectives No. 5
Dec 1, 2010
Watercolor Fire and Ice by John Hulsey
Member Content We Raise a Glass - Perspectives No. 4
Nov 24, 2010
Pastel Painting of Olive Grove in Tuscany, by John Hulsey
Member Content Painting in the Land of Enchantment - Perspectives No. 3
Nov 17, 2010
John Hulsey painting Cimarron Creek, New Mexico
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.
Member Content New Eyes from New Landscapes - Perspectives No. 2
Nov 15, 2010
Santa Fe Sunset
Member Content More Artists in the World is a Good Thing - Perspectives No. 1
Nov 10, 2010
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Nocturnes - 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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