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The Greens of Summer - Perspectives from The Artist's Road

The Color of Happiness - Perspectives from The Artist's Road

Temperature Rising - Perspectives from The Artist's Road

Voices of Experience - Philippe Gandiol

Using Oil Paper for Oil Paintings - Annie Helmericks-Louder

Floating in the Blue: Floating in the Blue

The Landscape Sense - Perspectives No. 449

Voices of Experience - John MacDonald

Voices of Experience - Doreen St. John

Voices of Experience - Kimball Geisler

Voices of Experence - Mark Shasha

Voices of Experience - Laurie Kersey

Voices of Experience - Mary Garrish

Think Pink

The Medium is the Message - Perspectives No. 424

Voices of Experience - Kathleen Dunphy

Night Vision - Perspectives No. 417

Working with Painting Knives - Perspectives No. 413

The Grand View - Afternoon Edition, A Step-by-Step Demonstration by Paul Kratter

Perspectives No. 412 - Color Mixing Master Class

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Paul Kratter

Creating A Vision: How do we learn to see with artistic vision?

Hulsey Trusty Studios Live 3-Day Oil Painting Workshops

Voices of Experience - An Interview with John Crump

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Christopher Leeper

The Studio Boat

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Dave Santillanes

Wood Ducks II - A Step by Step Oil Painting Demonstration: Wood Ducks II,
A Step by Step Oil Painting Demonstration

Move It! - Perspectives No. 381

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Karen Blackwood

Creating Custom Tube Colors for Plein Air Travel

Voices of Experience - An Interview with David Griffin

On Reflection: Learn to paint water reflections from the Masters
in our article On Reflection.

Consumed by Fire: Consumed by Fire: A Gallery of Art Inspired by Flames

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Donna Nyzio

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Kurt Anderson

The Best is Yet to Come - Art after 65: The Best is Yet to Come - Art after 65
Chagall, Matisse and Monet

Winter's Colors - Perspectives No. 365

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Cynthia Rosen

A Tonalism Demonstration: A Tonalism Demonstration

A Passion to Create - An Interview with Ryan Jensen

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Dena Peterson

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Mark Lagu

The Colors of the Night: Mastering the Nocturne: The Colors of the Night:
Mastering the Nocturne

The Colors of the Night - Perspectives No. 346

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.

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Anton Pavlenko

White - "the representative of light"

The Nature of All Things - Perspectives No. 337

Painting the Portrait Head

Beyond Giverny - The Gardens of Caillebotte, Bonnard and Renoir

Seeing Red: A Brief History

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Nancy Tankersley

Motif No. 1 - The Painters of Cape Ann

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Tibor Nagy

What Every Painter Should Know About Oil Brushes: SaveSave

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Greg LaRock: SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave

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.
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Glazing and Scumbling - Perspectives No. 319: SaveSaveSaveSave

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Patrick Saunders

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.

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Malcolm Ludvigsen: SaveSaveSaveSave

Turner's Gumtion - Perspectives No. 312: SaveSave

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 Ch: SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave

Painting in a Fog - Perspectives No. 304: SaveSaveSave

Ephemeral Beauty: Painting the Floral Still Life: Save

Plein Air Painting in Rain by Marc Dalessio: Plein Air Painting in Rain by Marc DalessioSaveSaveSaveSaveSave
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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 intrepid artist in this informative, illustrated article.

The Power of Middle Values - Excerpt: Improve your paintings instantly by learning to recognize and deploy middle values
for powerful impact in this informative article by David Rankin.

Under the Knife - Excerpt: Under the Knife - Excerpt
We are always trying different painting tools in an effort to discover new ways of image making. Different tools can help us get out of our comfort zones, where we are divorced from familiar, reliable techniques and perhaps even a little uneasy with the process. If you have never tried painting with knives before and you'd like to shake up your painting style a bit, we hope this article will encourage you to do so.

Black: The Queen of All Colors Excerpt: Black: The Queen of All Colors - Excerpt
Whether you are a representational artist, seeking to explore the chiaroscuro effects of a subject or an artist working in pure, abstract colors, the mission is the same—how to know which black to use to get the effect wanted.
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Black: The Queen of All Colors: Black: The Queen of All Colors
Whether you are a representational artist, seeking to explore the chiaroscuro effects of a subject or an artist working in pure, abstract colors, the mission is the same—how to know which black to use to get the effect wanted.
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Mixing Colorful Grays in Oil Excerpt: See how the Masters built their paintings from color-filled grays and how you can learn this essential skill for yourself.

Mixing Colorful Grays in Oil: See how the Masters built their paintings from color-filled grays and how you can learn this essential skill for yourself.

The Power of Middle Values in Painting: The key to creating any successful landscape painting is
the masterful placement of values in space.
By decoding the secrets of the masters, David Rankin shows you how
to use his simple techniques to put them to work for you!

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Mary Erickson: Voices of Experience:
Mary Erickson

Understanding Light in the Landscape Part III: Free yourself from the tyranny of poor weather and bad lighting!
In Part III, we show you how to use the powerful gamut mask tool to
easily re-color your world in any situation.

A Walk in the Country: A Step-by-Step Oil Painting Demonstration: A Walk in the Country
A Step-by-Step Oil Painting Demonstration

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Ken Cadwallader: Voices of Experience:
Kenneth Cadwallader

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Jeanne MacKenzie: Voices of Experience:
Jeanne Mackenzie

Getting Started - Perspectives No. 220

An Artist's Tour of Provence - Part II: Our Artist's Tour continues as we explore
the most beautiful villages in Provence.

Reflection, Venice - Turning Photo Inspiration into a Work of Art: Reflection, Venice -
Turning Photo Inspiration into a Work of Art.
A Step-by-Step Oil Painting Demonstration
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A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose? We Compare Six Popular Oil Colors Across Brands: Get the "411" on how color names are not always a dependable guide when buying oil paint.

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Jim McVicker: Voices of Experience:
Jim McVicker

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Peter Fiore: Voices of Experience:
Peter Fiore

Sorolla Up Close - A Trip to the Hispanic Society of America in NYC

The Origins of Impressionism in America

Henry Hensche, Charles Hawthorne and the Plein Air Legacy of William Merritt Chase

Diamond Season - Perspectives No. 148

Plein Air Oil Painting in the Boston Public Garden: Discovering The Boston Public Garden:
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Understanding Light in the Landscape Part II: Mastering color casts is the key to limiting a palette and controlling mood in a painting. Part II of this series shows how to identify and use them to make your paintings better.
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Voices of Experience - An Interview with Susan Blackwood: Voices of Experience:
Susan Blackwood

It's Not Easy Seeing Green - Twelve Artists Share Their Favorites: Have you ever been frustrated by greens?
Learn how twelve professional artists make their favorite greens and why.

Creating Three Dimensions with Color Temperature: Learn how great painters made short work of three dimensions with color temperature.

Diamonds in Our Own Backyards - Perspectives No. 119

Painting Winter - Exploiting the Winter Landscape

Secrets of the Old Masters - Mixing Beautiful Greens from Black: Have you ever wondered how the great Masters got those rich, deep greens and subtle shading in flesh tones? Learn how black should be an essential mixing color on every palette.

Brushes? We Don't Need No Stinking Brushes!: Abandon the brush and release your creativity!
Plein air painting using painting knives.

How To Stretch and Prepare a Large Canvas: Stretching and Preparing a Large Canvas
the Professional Way

The Master of Moonlight - Perspectives No. 103

Color Mixing Secrets for the Plein Air Painter: Cut years off of your plein air learning curve
with our simple color mixing techniques.

A Five Day Painting Adventure to Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch, New Mexico: Pack your bags - Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, are a dream come true for the plein air painter.

The Traveler's Dilemma - Perspectives No. 85

The Artist's Road Guide to Composition: The Artist's Road
Guide to Composition

500 years of Female Portraits in Western Art: Watch this fascinating and educational video as each portrait morphs into the next. Stunning!

Understanding Light in the Landscape - The Carlson Theory of Angles: Understanding Light in the Landscape:
The Carlson Theory of Angles

A gallery of New Mexico paintings: Free. We hope that this gallery of paintings in oil, watercolor and pastel will inspire you as well.

Is White a Color? - Perspectives No. 67

Understanding Oil Painting Mediums: Understanding what oil painting mediums are, what they do,
and how they can improve your painting.

A Fatal Mistake - Perspectives No. 64

The Ultimate Still Life Table.: Everything you need to know to make your still life paintings more engaging, dramatic and powerful.

A Plein Air Painting Trip to the Lowcountry: Charleston, South Carolina: Take a painting trip to beautiful Charleston, South Carolina, and explore its diverse painting opportunities, art galleries and southern charm.

The Educated Palette: What every painter should know about basic palette layout and color mixing

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Phil Starke: Voices of Experience:
Phil Starke

Painting Water - Perspectives No. 34

Oil Painting Materials List for Workshops

Voices of Experience - An Interview with George Van Hook: Voices of Experience:
George Van Hook

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Frank LaLumia: Voices of Experience:
Frank LaLumia

A Gallery of Cloud Paintings: Get an Instant Education in Painting Clouds
Effectively in this Rogue's Gallery of Cloud Paintings.

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Kim Casebeer: Voices of Experience:
Kim Casebeer

Voices of Experience - A Video Interview with Thomas Paquette, Part III: Voices of Experience:
Thomas Paquette

Voices of Experience - A Video Interview with Thomas Paquette, Part II: Voices of Experience:
Thomas Paquette

Voices of Experience - A Video Interview with Thomas Paquette: Part I: Voices of Experience:
Thomas Paquette

Painting in the Dordogne River Valley of France: The Best of Dordogne - Domme, La Roque Gageac and Les Jardins de Marqueyssac, including a visit to the Paleolithic cave art at Lascaux.SaveSaveSaveSaveSave

The Art of Beauty - Part 1 - Perspectives No. 15

Step-By-Step Oil Painting Demonstration - November Gold, by John Hulsey: November Gold
Learn the priciples of Connect the Shapes, and more in this Step-by-Step plein air oil painting demonstration painted on location along the Rio Grande near Taos, New Mexico. Includes the Video!

Voices of Experience - An Interview with Scott Burdick: Voices of Experience:
Scott Burdick
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Step-By-Step Oil Painting Demonstration - The Way Home, by John Hulsey: The Way Home
Learn the priciple of "Establish a Center of Interest First" in this Step-by-Step oil painting demonstration by John Hulsey

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - A Primer on Night Painting: 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

Finding Gold Along the Rio Grande: Free
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The artists travel to northern New Mexico in search of painting gold and find it along the Rio Grande.

The Ultimate Backpack: The Ultimate Backpack shows how to pack the lightest weight gear for hiking and traveling to paint en plein air.Save

A Checklist for Painting Overseas: Knowing what not to take is just as important as knowing what to take when you travel overseas to paint. This valuable checklist makes it simple.

Painting in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado: Free
Enjoy this mini Tale from the Artist's Road in Rocky Mountain National Park, in which John and Ann share their recent painting adventures during John's artist's residency there.

Painting in Rocky Mountain National Park: John and Ann share their painting adventures in Rocky Mountain National Park, where as artist-in-residence, he spent two weeks exploring, hiking and painting.

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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.