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  Profile: Fernando Micheli
Lucca Voyagers, 12 x 16", Oil, © Fernando Micheli
  Voices of Experience - Fernando Micheli
Lucca Voyagers oil © Fernando Micheli
  Matisse's Artistic Courage - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
La Blouse Roumaine in documented steps, 1940, Henri Matisse
  Matisse's Beautiful Obsession - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
La Blouse Roumaine, 1940, Henri Matisse
  Too Much Information? - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Harvest Time, 12 x 12", Oil, © J.M. Hulsey
  Emily Carr - The Soul of the Artist - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Chemainus Bay, Vancouver Island, 1924-24, Emily Carr
  The Greens of Summer - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Summer Shadows, Oil, 12 x 16", © J.M.Hulsey
  Uniquely Watercolor - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Three Color Effect in Watercolor © JM Hulsey
  Heat Wave - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Summer II, 32 x 48", Oil, © J.M.Hulsey
  A Meditation on Art - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
The Harvesters, 1565, Pieter Bruegel the Elder
  Letters from Giverny by Eric Santoli
Photograph of Artist Eric Santoli Painting in Monet's Gardens by M. Jean Gaumy
  Playing with Fire - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
The Magician, WC, 11 x 9, © JM Hulsey
  Artists' Gardens - Kaye Franklin
Hollyhocks, 10 x 10", Acrylic, © Kaye Franklin
  The Color of Happiness - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Banana, Orange and Pepper in Yellow Oil Pigment Comparison
  Temperature Rising - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Onion, Pepper, Tomato Color Temperature Exercise
  The Gardens of Jacques Majorelle
Laila dans le jardin, Jacques Majorelle
  Profile: Jane Hunt
Lavender Fields, 12 x 24", Oil, © Jane Hunt
  Voices of Experience - Jane Hunt
Lavender Fields, 12 x 24", Oil, © Jane Hunt
  Shaking It Up - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Canyon Sunrise, Watercolor on Yupo, © J.M.Hulsey
  An American in Paris: Donald Beauregard - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Utah Landscape, 1914, Donald Beauregard
  If You Build It . . . - Perspectives from the Artist's Road
Photograph of the New Mexico Museum of Art ca. 1921
  Profile: Dan Beck
Book of Poems, 18 x 14", Oil, © Dan Beck
  Voices of Experience - Dan Beck
Book of Poems, 18 x 14", Oil, © Dan Beck
  Truth in Nature - Summer
Walk to the Water, 12 x 12", Oil, © J.M. Hulsey
  Truth in Nature - Autumn
The Last Mowing, Oil, 12 x 16", © John Hulsey
  Truth in Nature - Winter
Last Light January, Watercolor, 15 x 21", © J.M. Hulsey
  Truth in Nature - Spring
Into the Mystic, 36 x 36", Oil, © J.M. Hulsey
  Rivering with Lisa Grossman
Blue Sand, 44 x 48", Oil on Canvas, © Lisa Grossman
  Waxing Watercolors
Applying Cold Wax Medium to Watercolor © J. Hulsey
  Profile: Derek Penix
Wren, 6 x 6", Oil, © Derek Penix
  Voices of Experience - Derek Penix
Wren, Oil, © Derek Penix
  Nocturne Painting Calendar 2023
Full Moon Nocturne Painting Calendar 2023
  Roses de No
Roses de Noel, 1883, Claude Monet
  Imagine a World - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
detail - Ramble Through the Bramble, Oil, © J. Hulsey
  Pictures of the Floating World
Les Alyscamps, 1888, Vincent van Gogh
  In Gratitude for Steve Doherty
Hawaiian Waterfall, 24 x 18", Oil, © M. Stephen Doherty
  Artists' Gardens - George Van Hook
The Flower Farm, 12 x 16", Oil, © George Van Hook
  Nocturne Notes - Bryan Mark Taylor
San Diego Sunset , 30 x 30", Oil, © Bryan Mark Taylor
  Nocturne Notes - John Lasater
Old Piazza, Oil, © John Lasater
  Artists' Gardens - Nancy Paris Pruden
Garden Painting © Nancy Paris Pruden
  Profile: John Lasater
Colorful Palo Duro, Oil, © John Lasater
  Voices of Experience - John Lasater
Colorful Palo Duro, Oil, © John Lasater
  Inspiration Close at Hand - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Photograph of Claude Monet in His Gardens at Giverny
  Nocturne Notes - Maria Marino
Summer Evening on Spa Creek, Annapolis, 12 x 24", Plein Air Pastel, © Maria Marino
  Titles Make All the Difference - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Impression, Sunrise at the Marmottan
  Nocturne Notes - Dan Mondloch
Campfire Time, 11 x 15", WC, © Dan Mondloch
  Profile: Bryan Mark Taylor
Ballaro Fruit Market, Oil, © Bryan Mark TaylorFree Profile:
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  Voices of Experience - Bryan Mark Taylor
Ballaro Fruit Market, Oil, © Bryan Mark Taylor
  Going Beyond Best Intentions: How to Paint Outdoors Responsibly by Bob Bahr
Photograph © Jessica L Bryant painting along Salmon River
  Nocturne Notes - Christopher Leeper
Night Wharf, 14 x 18", Acrylic, © Christopher Leeper
  Profile: Stephanie Birdsall
Rose Painting, 11 x 14", Oil, © Stephanie BirdsallFree Profile:
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  Voices of Experience - Stephanie Birdsall
Sunflower Oil Painting © Stephanie Birdsall
  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
  Profile: Philippe Gandiol
Champs Elysées at Dusk, 30 x 40", Oil, © Philippe GandiolFree Profile:
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  Voices of Experience - Philippe Gandiol
Champs Elysées at Dusk, 30 x 40", Oil, © Philippe Gandiol
  Farewell Friend - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Tiger Water © Graeme Stevenson
  Profile: Carl Bretzke
Main Beach Silhouette, Oil, © Carl BretzkeFree Profile:
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  Voices of Experience - Carl Bretzke
Main Beach Silhouette, Oil, © Carl Bretzke
  Using Oil Paper for Oil Paintings - Annie Helmericks-Louder
Gathering Ground, 36 x 32", Oil on Paper, © Annie Helmericks-Louder
  Creative Insomnia Update - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Summer Night, 1890, Winslow Homer
  On Edge - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
The Reader, 1910, Frank Weston Benson
  The Mind's Eye-Part II - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Still Life with Apples, Vincent van Gogh
  The Mind's Eye - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Lake of Meteoric Origin in the Vladimir oblast, Russia, Wikimedia Commons Ted.ns
  Profile: Angus McEwan
On Wormit Beach, Watercolor, © Angus McEwanFree Profile:
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  Voices of Experience - Angus McEwan
On Wormit Beach, Watercolor, © Angus McEwan
  Profile: Graeme Stevenson
Age of Innocence, © Graeme StevensonFree Profile:
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  Voices of Experience - Graeme Stevenson
Age of Innocence, © Graeme Stevenson
  In the Pink - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
The Arrangement, 11 x 15", Watercolor, © John Hulsey
  Saving Art and Artists - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Ukrainian Landscape, Volodymyr Orlovsky
  Sorolla's Garden Paintings - Perspectives No. 457
The Gardens of Sorolla's House, 1915-17, Joaquin Sorolla
  Profile: Nancy Boren
Cimarron Solstice, 30 x 32", Oil, © Nancy BorenFree Profile:
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  Voices of Experience - Nancy Boren
Cimarron Solstice, 30 x 32", Oil, © Nancy Boren
  Art and War - Perspectives No. 456
Ukraine Stamp Featuring Artwork by Maria Primachenko
  The Watercolor Medium
Ocean Light I, 40 x 30", Watercolor © John Hulsey
  Profile: Marjorie Hicks
Beach Light, 24 x 30", Oil, © Marjorie HicksFree Profile:
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  Voices of Experience - Marjorie Hicks
Beach Light, 24 x 30", Oil, © Marjorie Hicks
  Paintings and Their Places - Van Gogh
Garten des Hospitals in Arles Vincent van GoghPhotograph of the Hotel Dieu Gardens - Wikipedia
  The Overlooked Theft - Perspectives No. 455
Odalisque in Red Pants, 1925, Henri Matisse
  With Thanks to Mort Solberg - Perspectives No. 454
Summer Nectar © Mort Solberg
  Lost in the Bushfires - Perspectives No. 453
Evensong, ca. 1900-1914, Clara Southern
  Nocturne Painting Calendar 2022 - Perspectives No. 452
Noctune Painting Calendar 2022
  Wishing You Warmth - Perspectives No. 451
Winter Twilight, onstantin Korovin
  Floating in the Blue
Floating in the BlueOil Painting © Howard Friedland
  A Remembrance - Perspectives No. 450
Contemplating Infinity, 24 x 36", © Dennis Perrin
  The Landscape Sense - Perspectives No. 449
oil painting of a trout stream and trees by John Carlson
  Thanksgiving 2021 - Perspectives No. 448
Baking the Bread, 1889, Anders Zorn
  To the Moon! - Perspectives No. 447
Moon Landing Sites for Lunar Codex Project
  Profile: John MacDonald
Berkshire October, 12 x 16", Oil, © John MacDonaldFree Profile:
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  Voices of Experience - John MacDonald
Berkshire October, 12 x 16", Oil, © John MacDonald
  Red Rhododendrons - Jim McVicker: A Master's Process
RedRed Rhododendrons, 60 x 54", Oil , © Jim McVicker Rhododendrons
Jim McVicker:  A Master's Process
  Perspectives No. 446 - Color Shift
Landscape oil paintng by John Hulsey
  Nature's Magic Act - Perspectives No. 445
Cyphochilus Beetle Scales magnified courtesty Cambirdge University
  Of Rainbows - Perspectives No. 444
Murnau with Rainbow, 1909, Wassiiy Kandinsky
  Profile: Doreen St. John
Bright Hope for Tomorrow, 18 x 24", Pastel, © Doreen St. JohnFree Profile
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  Voices of Experience - Doreen St. John
Bright Hope for Tomorrow, 18 x 24", Pastel, © Doreen St. John
  The Sphinx of Delft - Perspectives No. 443
Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, 1657-59, Johannes Vermeer - restored
  The Coolest White Ever - Perspectives No. 442
Infrared Composite by Purdue University
  Black is the New Black - Perspectives No. 441
The Redemption of Vanity Artwork
  Profile: Kimball Geisler
Above Freemont, 10 x 20", Oil, © Kimball GeislerFree Profile:
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  Voices of Experience - Kimball Geisler
Above Freemont, 10 x 20", Oil, © Kimball Geisler
  Oliver Romeo - Perspectives No. 440
Oliver Romeo, Watercolor, © J. Hulsey
  Professional Nature Photographer Kevin Sink Shares Valuable Tools for Landscape Painters
Photograph © Kevin Sink
  Artists' Gardens - Frida Kahlo - Perspectives No. 439
Self Portrait - The Frame, 1938, Frida Kahlo
  Can You Say Yttrium? - Perspectives No. 438
Orange and Blue II, Oil, © John Hulsey
  Are You Curious (Yellow)? - Perspectives No. 437
Chrysanthemums, 1881-82, Pierre-Auguste Renoir
  Profile: Cindy Wheeler
Green Cathedral, Watercolor, © Cindy WheelerFree Profile:
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  Voices of Experience - Cindy Wheeler
Green Cathedral, Watercolor, © Cindy Wheeler
  Variable Violet - Perspectives No. 436
Portrait of Violette Heymann, 1910, Odilon Redon
  The Bees
The Bee Friend, 1863-64, Hans Thoma
  Razzle Dazzle - Perspectives No. 435
Photograph of the USS West Mahomet 1918
  Profile: Mark Shasha
FCoastal Shimmer, 24x36", Oil, © Mark Shasharee Profile:
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  Voices of Experence - Mark Shasha
Coastal Shimmer, 24x36", Oil, © Mark Shasha
  The Artist's Hands - Perspectives No. 434
Photograph of Renoir's Hands Late in His Life
  The Artist's Window
The Goldfish Window 1916 Childe Hassam
  Perspectives No. 433 - Prairie Fire
Artist John Hulsey Painting a Prairie Fire Crab Tree
  Perspectives No 432 - The Silent Sunbeam
The Rainbows Source, 1890 - 1900, John Henry Twachtman
  Profile: Laurie Kersey
Point Lobos Cypress, 24x30", Oil, © Laurie KerseyFree Profile
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  Voices of Experience - Laurie Kersey
Point Lobos Cypress, 24x30", Oil, © Laurie Kersey
  Stealing Mona Lisa - Perspectives No. 431
The Mona Lisa Being Returned to the Louvre in 1914 Wikimedia Commons
  No Rain, No Rainbow - Perspectives No. 430
The Rainbow, 1907, Joaquin Sorolla
  Beauty Spot on Wing of Mallard Drake - Perspectives No. 429
Werner's Nomenclature of Colours
  Profile: Eric Michaels
El Mercado, Etla, Mexico, 15 x 22" WC, © Eric MichaelsFree Profile
Eric Michaels
  Voices of Experience - Eric Michaels
El Mercado, Etla, Mexico, 15 x 22" WC, © Eric Michaels
  Autumn Bouquet - A Step-by-Step Oil Painting Demonstration
Autumn Bouquet, 9 x 12", Oil, © A. Trusty
  Profile: Mary Garrish
Summer Sunset, 24 x 36", Oil, © Mary GarrishFree Profile
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  Voices of Experience - Mary Garrish
Summer Sunset, 24 x 36", Oil, © Mary Garrish
  Rose Delight - A Watercolor Demonstration by John Hulsey
Rose Delight Watercolor Demonstration Watch this gorgeous rose magically appear as John Hulsey paints it in watercolor.
  Artists Painting Artists - Perspectives No. 428
Portrait of Willard Metcalf, ca. 1921, Frank Weston Benson
 
Venice, J.M.W. Turner
  Think Pink
Pink Oil Paint Pigment Color Chart
  Profile: Mark Adrian Stopforth
Solace, Oil, Chalk and Pencil on Paper, 16 x 11", © Mark Adrian StopforthFree Profile:
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  Voices of Experience - Mark Adrian Stopforth
Solace, Oil, Chalk and Pencil on Paper, 16 x 11", © Mark Adrian Stopforth
  Seeing Things Differently - Perspectives No. 426
Photograph © Craig P. Burrows
  The Flowers of Joseph Henry Sharp - Perspectives No. 425
Still Life with Chrysanthemums, Joseph Henry Sharp
  The Medium is the Message - Perspectives No. 424
The Alchemist by Joseph Wright
  Profile: Kathleen Dunphy
Wing and a Prayer, 40 x 40", Oil, © Kathleen DunphyFree Profile:
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  Voices of Experience - Kathleen Dunphy
Wing and a Prayer, 40 x 40", Oil, © Kathleen Dunphy
  Keep Making Art - Perspectives No. 423
Claude Monet in His Studio ca. 1920 with Nymphaea Panels
  Nocturne Painting Calendar 2021 - Perspectives No. 422
TAR 2020 New Year Full Moon Calendar
  Peace - Perspectives No. 421
snowy landscape watercolor by John Hulsey
  Celebrating Animals in Art - Perspectives No. 420
Aunt Betsy's View, House Sparrows, Acrylic, 31.5 43", © Elwin van der Kolk
  Casein - An Overlooked Medium
The Model Resting, Casein/Tempera, 1889, Henri de Toulouse Lautrec
  With Gratitude - Perspectives No. 419
Western Kansas, 1875, Albert Bierstadt
  A Century of Watercolor - Perspectives No. 418
Watchdog, Watercolor, 22 x 30", © John Hulsey
  Profile: Mary Nagel Klein
Harmony, 12 x 12", Casein on Panel, © Mary Nagel KleinFree Profile:
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  Voices of Experience - Mary Nagel Klein
Harmony, 12 x 12", Casein on Panel, © Mary Nagel Klein
  Night Vision - Perspectives No. 417
The Conversation, nocturne oil paintingof cottage on a pond, by John Hulsey
  Case-in Point - Perspectives No. 416
Fall Cadenza, watercolor casein and pastel on paper, 12 x 12", John Hulsey
 
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