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  Sleep! - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Sleeping Woman, 1928, Pierre Bonnard
  Nocturne Notes (historical) - Albert Moulton Foweraker
Moonlight, South Devon, Albert Moulton Foweraker
  The Science of Nocturne Painting - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Nocturne Color Chart © John Hulsey
  John Atkinson Grimshaw's Nocturnes - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
A Moonlit Lane with Two Lovers by a Gate, John Atkinson Grimshaw
  Water and the Night - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Night Painting on the Pond, 9 x 12", Oil, © JM Hulsey
  Nocturne Painting Calendar 2024
2024 Full Moon Calendar
  Nocturne Notes - Bryan Mark Taylor
San Diego Sunset , 30 x 30", Oil, © Bryan Mark Taylor
  Nocturne Notes - John Lasater
Old Piazza, Oil, © John Lasater
  Nocturne Notes - Maria Marino
Summer Evening on Spa Creek, Annapolis, 12 x 24", Plein Air Pastel, © Maria Marino
  Nocturne Notes - Dan Mondloch
Campfire Time, 11 x 15", WC, © Dan Mondloch
  Nocturne Notes - Christopher Leeper
Night Wharf, 14 x 18", Acrylic, © Christopher Leeper
  Nocturne Notes - Jim McVicker
Trinidad Nocturne, 20 x 24", Oil, © Jim McVicker
  Nocturne Notes - Philippe Gandiol
Dusk in Montparnasse, 24 x 30", Oil, © Philippe Gandiol
  Nocturne Notes - Phil Starke
Evening Journey, 20 x 24", Oil, © Phil Starke
  Creative Insomnia Update - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Summer Night, 1890, Winslow Homer
  Night Vision - Perspectives No. 417
The Conversation, nocturne oil paintingof cottage on a pond, by John Hulsey
  The Knowledge of a Lifetime - Perspectives No. 393
Editorial Cartoon by Edward Linley Sambourne
  The Colors of the Night: Mastering the Nocturne
Colors of the Night PaletteThe Colors of the Night:
Mastering the Nocturne
  The Night is Ours Again - Perspectives No. 345
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose by John Singer Sargent
  Nocturne - LaRoque Gageac Step-by-Step Watercolor Demonstration
watercolor Nocturne of a village in France by John HulseyLearn the key steps to painting a successful
Nocturne landscape in watercolor.SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave
  Nocturne Painting Collection No. III
The NOil painting, Twilight Moon © Isaac Levitanocturne Painting Collection Number III contains three articles relating to painting at night, including "The Light of the Moon", Don't be Afraid of the Dark, A Primer on Night Painting" and "Fireflies". Learn about the Russian painter Isaac Levitan's nocturne paintings, take a short course on nighttime painting, and learn something fascinating about our brilliant nocturnal companions, the fireflies.Save
  Nocturne Painting Collection No. II
watercolor painting, Full Moon, Moraine Park, © John HulseyThe Nocturne Painting Collection Number II contains three articles related to nighttime painting including,
"The Master of Moonlight", "Exceptionally Cool Tools" and "The Purkinje Effect". Read about Frank Tenney Johnson and his famous western nocturnes, plot the Golden Hours for painting to your address and learn why we can't see all colors at night.
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  Nocturne Painting Collection No. I
oil painting, Moonrise Road ©John HulseyThe Nocturne Painting Collection Number I contains three articles related to painting at night, including "Nocturnes", "The Nature of Painting" and "The Blue Shift". Read about what you need to know to paint at night, Whistler's struggles in creating his famous nocturne paintings and why we perceive colors differently under moonlight.SaveSaveSaveSave
  Fireflies - Perspectives No. 314
Nocturne: Night Ramble-Fireflies © J. HulseySaveSaveSave
  The Master of Moonlight - Perspectives No. 103
Two Figures at Dusk, F.T. Johnson
  The Purkinje Effect - Perspectives No. 97
Watercolor by John HulseySaveSaveSave
  Phases of the Moon
For your nocturne painting, here is a link from Stardate to their calendar showing the phases of the moon.
  Night Painting in Rocky Mountain National Park - Perspectives No. 36
Watercolor by John Hulsey
  Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - A Primer on Night Painting
pastel painting of snowy winter road at night, by John Hulsey
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.Save
 
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A Primer on Night Painting - Nocturnes

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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