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

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.

A Plein Air Painting Trip to Venice: Travel with John as he recounts his unforgettable painting trip to Venice and the islands of Burano, Murano and Chioggia. Richly illustrated.

Painting Clouds - Perspectives No. 24

A Gallery of Cloud Paintings: Get an Instant Education in Painting Clouds
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Plein Air Pastel Painting in Tuscany - From San Quirico to Sant'Antimo in Search of Gold: From San Quirico to Sant'Antimo in Search of Gold
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Shadow Light - Perspectives No. 13

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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.