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We explore six artists who chose glass as a medium to broaden their artistic palettes.   Revenge by Color - Perspectives No. 403   Cherchez la Demi-Teinte - Perspectives No. 402   Hulsey Trusty Studios Live 3-Day Oil Painting Workshops   Imagine - Perspectives No. 401   Rite of Spring - Perspectives No. 400   Profile: John Crump Free Profile John Crump   Voices of Experience - An Interview with John Crump   In the Footsteps of Van Gogh - Part II In the footsteps of Van Gogh - Part II   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Christopher Leeper   Profile: Christopher Leeper Free Profile Christopher Leeper   Homebodies - Perspectives No. 399   Artists and Lumberjacks - Perspectives No. 398   Precious Time - Perspectives No. 397   In the Footsteps of Van Gogh In the Footsteps of Van Gogh - Part I   Heroic Measures - Perspectives No. 396   Lust for Art - Perspectives No. 395   It Takes a Thief - Perspectives No. 394   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Susan Mayfield   Profile: Susan Mayfield Free Profile Susan Mayfield   The Studio Boat   The Knowledge of a Lifetime - Perspectives No. 393   The Marvelous Marmottan - Perspectives No. 392   A Wise Tendency Toward Reasonable Impressionism - Perspectives No. 391   Profile: Dave Santillanes Free Profile Dave Santillanes   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Dave Santillanes   The Masterpiece - Perspectives No. 390   The Women of the Hudson River School The Women of the Hudson River School   Transparent Eyeball - Perspectives No. 389   Gratitude - Perspectives No. 388   Wood Ducks II - A Step by Step Oil Painting Demonstration Wood Ducks II, A Step by Step Oil Painting Demonstration   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   The Allure of Painting Water Lilies The Allure of Painting Water Lilies A Collection of Historic and Contemporary Work   Monsieur Latour-Marliac and Monsieur Monet - Perspectives No. 380   Profile: Karen Blackwood Free Profile: Karen Blackwood   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Karen Blackwood   Driven to Abstraction - Perspectives No. 379   Profile: Pablo Rubén López Sanz Free Profile: Pablo Rubén López Sanz   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Pablo Rubén López Sanz   A Venetian Balcony - Perspectives No. 378   Art of the Bird   Land of Enchantment - Perspectives No. 377   Creating Custom Tube Colors for Plein Air Travel   Painting a Dream in Provence - Perspectives No. 376   Profile: David Griffin Free Profile: David Griffin   Voices of Experience - An Interview with David Griffin   The Studio Boat - Perspectives No. 375   On Reflection Learn to paint water reflections from the Masters in our article On Reflection.   Waterlog - Perspectives No. 374   Profile: Maria Marino Free Profile: Maria Marino   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Maria Marino   Tinder Alight - Perspectives No. 373   The Forest Fire - Perspectives No. 372   Consumed by Fire Consumed by Fire: A Gallery of Art Inspired by Flames   Of Orange Trees and Waterlilies - Perspectives No. 371   Profile: Donna Nyzio Free Profile: Donna Nyzio   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Donna Nyzio   No, Really, How Important ARE the Arts? - Perspectives No. 370   Color Vision - Perspectives No. 369   Botanical Art and the Amazing Marianne North The Botanical Artwork of Marianne North   Monet's Ultraviolet "Bee" Vision - Perspectives No. 368   Profile: Brett "Mon" Garling Free Profile: Brett "Mon" Garling   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Brett "Mon" Garling   Hit the Road! - Perspectives No. 367   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Kurt Anderson   Profile: Kurt Anderson Free Profile: Kurt Anderson   The Best is Yet to Come - Art after 65 The Best is Yet to Come - Art after 65 Chagall, Matisse and Monet   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   Profile: Jeff Good Free Profile: Jeff Good   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Jeff Good   Exception to the Rule - Perspectives No. 362   Feeding the Turkey - Perspectives No. 361   Profile: Cynthia Rosen Free Profile: Cynthia Rosen   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Cynthia Rosen   iPhoneEdits - From Ho-Hum to Wow! in 30 Seconds iPhone Edits - From "Ho-Hum" to Wow! in 30 seconds   Go with It - Perspectives No. 360   Dream On - Perspectives No. 359   Camouflage and Nature - Perspectives No. 358   A Tonalism Demonstration A Tonalism Demonstration   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Frank Eber   Profile: Frank Eber Free Profile: Frank Eber   An Imperfect Mirror - Perspectives No. 357   Let's Go! - Perspectives No. 356   Art Among the Poppies, Part II - It Just Gets Better and Better Art Among the Poppies - Part II It Just Gets Better and Better   A Passion to Create - An Interview with Ryan Jensen   Profile: Ryan Jensen Free Profile Ryan Jensen   Like a Fine Wine - Perspectives No. 355   The Italian Macchiaioli - Forerunners of the Impressionists The Italian Macchiaioli Forerunners of Impressionism   G'Day Viewers - Perspectives No. 354   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Dena Peterson   Profile: Dena Peterson Free Profile: Dena Peterson   Drop, Ripple, Wave - Perspectives No. 353   Super Models - Perspectives No. 352   Imagination - Perspectives No. 351   Art Among the Poppies - A Watercolor Painting Holiday in Tuscany Art Among the Poppies A Watercolor Painting Holiday in Tuscany   In Search of the Ideal - Perspectives No. 350   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Mark Laguë   Profile: Mark Laguë Free Profile: Mark Laguë   Is Travel Abroad Still Worth It? - Perspectives No. 349   Customs - Perspectives No. 348   Art in the Worst of Times - Perspectives No. 347   The Colors of the Night: Mastering the Nocturne The Colors of the Night: Mastering the Nocturne   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Thomas Schaller   Profile: Thomas Schaller Free Profile: Thomas Schaller   The Colors of the Night - Perspectives No. 346   The Night is Ours Again - Perspectives No. 345   What Might Happen? Thomas Paquette Read America’s River Re-Explored: Paintings of the Mississippi from Source to Gulf, to learn about Thomas Paquette's epic three year journey and this major exhibition of his work.   What Do You Call That? - Perspectives No. 344   Profile: Lana Ballot Free Profile: Lana Ballot   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Lana Ballot   The Price of Fame - Perspectives No. 343   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Anton Pavlenko   Profile: Anton Pavlenko Free Profile: Anton Pavlenko   A Painting Holiday in Tuscany In celebration of our upcoming watercolor painting workshop to Tuscany in June, we decided to share with you some of the interesting and beautiful places we are planning to visit and paint!   Before Hollywood - Perspectives No. 342   Icebound - Perspectives No. 341   Double Vision - Perspectives No. 340   White - "the representative of light"   Thinking in Color - Perspectives No. 339   Profile: Sophie Amauger Free Profile: Sophie Amauger   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Sophie Amauger   Loving Vincent - Perspectives No. 338   The Nature of All Things - Perspectives No. 337   Painting the Portrait Head   Foresight - Perspectives No.336   Memory Lane - Perspectives No. 335   Caillebotte's Gift - Perspectives No. 334   Opening Up - Perspectives No. 333   Beyond Giverny - The Gardens of Caillebotte, Bonnard and Renoir   The Color that Changed the World - Perspectives. No. 332   Thankfully - Perspectives No. 331   Do You Know Your Neighbors - Perspectives No. 330   Seeing Red: A Brief History   Profile: Bob Bahr Free Profile: Bob Bahr   From Pen to Brush - An Interview with Bob Bahr   Are You Free? - Perspectives No. 329   Profile: Nancy Tankersley Free Profile: Nancy Tankersley   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Nancy Tankersley   Violettomania - Perspectives No. 328   The Green Gap - Perspectives No. 327   Cecilia Beaux - Perspectives No. 326   Motif No. 1 - The Painters of Cape Ann   Profile: Tibor Nagy Free Profile: Tibor Nagy   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Tibor Nagy   Weathering the Weather - Perspectives No. 325   A Call to Artists - Perspectives No. 324 SaveSave   Old Warriors - Perspectives No. 323 SaveSaveSave   What Every Painter Should Know About Oil Brushes SaveSave   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Greg LaRock SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Profile: Greg LaRock Free Profile: Greg LaRock SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Green Death - Perspectives No. 322 SaveSave   Timing is Everything - Perspectives No. 321 Save   The Path of Totality - Perspectives No. 320 Save   Morning on the Pond I - A Step-by-Step Oil Demonstration Read how John reaped unexpected rewards by abandoning old methods and embracing change in his work. SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Nocturne - LaRoque Gageac Step-by-Step Watercolor Demonstration Learn the key steps to painting a successful Nocturne landscape in watercolor.SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Glazing and Scumbling - Perspectives No. 319 SaveSaveSaveSave   Regrets, I've Had a Few - Perspectives No. 318 SaveSave   Artists of the Ghost Army - Perspectives No. 317 SaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Nocturne Painting Collection No. III The Nocturne 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 The 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. SaveSaveSave   Nocturne Painting Collection No. I The 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   Paper and Ink - Perspectives No. 316 SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Soaring - A Step-by-Step Watercolor Demonstration Discover how to recapture your plein air inspiration and build a successful watercolor.SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Dreamers - Perspectives No. 315 SaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Patrick Saunders   Profile: Patrick Saunders Free Profile: Patrick SaundersSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Fireflies - Perspectives No. 314 SaveSaveSave   Impressionism in America Collection The Impressionism in America Collection contains three in-depth illustrated articles including, "The Origins of Impressionism in America", "The Impressionists of Indiana - The Hoosier Group", and "California Impressionism". Read about the artists who first brought Impressionism to the United States, many of them studying first in France under the masters of the movement.   Franz Bischoff - Perspectives No. 313 SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   California Impressionism SaveSaveSave   Profile: Malcolm Ludvigsen Free Profile: Malcolm Ludvigsen SaveSaveSaveSave   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Malcolm Ludvigsen SaveSaveSaveSave   Turner's Gumtion - Perspectives No. 312 SaveSave   Making Your Mark - Perspectives No. 311 SaveSaveSaveSave   Conducting Metal - Perspectives No. 310 Save   One Hundred Million Colors - Perspectives No. 309 SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   How Edges Make a Painting Sing One of the most important techniques a painter can learn to recognize and employ is the artistic placement of edges. Knowing how and where to create a certain type of edge in a painting is essential to successful painting.   Shall I Compare Thee? - Perspectives No. 308 SaveSaveSaveSave   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Lorenzo Chávez SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Profile: Lorenzo Chávez Free Profile: Lorenzo ChávezSaveSaveSave   Racing the Sun - Perspectives No. 307 Save   Les Tournesols - Perspectives No. 306 SaveSaveSave   From Plein Air to the Studio - Two Case Studies SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Bruce Evans Newman SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Profile: Bruce Evans Newman Free Profile: Bruce Evans Newman SaveSaveSave   The Gremlin Color - Perspectives No. 305 SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Painting in a Fog - Perspectives No. 304 SaveSaveSave   Passive Aggressive Art - Perspectives No. 303 SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Ebb and Flow - Perspectives No. 302 SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Ephemeral Beauty: Painting the Floral Still Life Save   Endowment - Perspectives No. 301 SaveSaveSaveSave   Profile: Dominik Baričević Free Profile: Dominik Baričević SaveSaveSaveSave   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Dominik Baričević SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   The Blue Shift - Perspectives No. 300 SaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Watercolor Brushes - The Real 411 Everything You Need to Know About Choosing a Watercolor BrushSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   The Rise of the Synthetic Weasel - Perspectives No. 299 SaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Profile: Damien Gonzales Free Profile: Damien Gonzales SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Damien Gonzales SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Creativity Stew - Perspectives No. 298 SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Les Camoufleurs - Perspectives No. 297 SaveSaveSaveSaveSave   A Mountain of Canvases - Perspectives No. 296 SaveSaveSave   The Nordic Painters of Skagen SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Voices of Experience - An Interview with Michael Budden An Interview with Michael BuddenSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Profile: Michael Budden Free Profile: Michael BuddenSaveSave   Plein Air Painting in Rain by Marc Dalessio Plein Air Painting in Rain by Marc DalessioSaveSaveSaveSaveSave SaveSaveSave   To Nourish the Roots of Our Culture - Perspectives No. 295 SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Christmas Presence - Perspectives No. 294 SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Beware the Portrait - Perspectives No. 293 SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave   Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - Excerpt Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - A Primer on Night Painting Learn how the night can provide rich painting opportunities for the intr