Nocturnal paintings

Devin Michael Roberts on Instagram: "Filmed this lesson tutorial in oil paint. Basically a 2 hour tutorial for advanced and medium level painters. . Will be available on my patreon beginning today. Oil on panel 8x10 inches. Turned out pretty good. One of the best nocturne tutorials I've done for sure. #oilpainting #oilonpanel #moonpainting #nocturnepainting #howtopaint #arttutorial #patreonartist"

To study the art of painting nocturnes en plein air, Jake Gaedtke began venturing into the mountains at 2:00 a.m. to study nature at night.

Aert van der Neer (Amsterdam, 1603 – Amsterdam, 1677) was a Dutch painter. A master at representing light, Aert van der Neer painted moonlit river views that embody the principles of Dutch landscape painting in the 1600s. Those principles included isolated figures on meandering paths that cut through a wooded forest, and cloud-filled skies. Van der Neer used a restricted palette of earthy colours and, like most artists during this period, painted indoors. Although he did not receive much…

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Matt Smith Catalina Evening

John Atkinson Grimshaw 1836-1893 Engeland

Nature is, as John F. Carlson said, an overloaded property room, and often as landscape painters we find it challenging to create a painting that has a sense of unity, as opposed to being a composite of parts. There are many “picture-making” strategies for simplifying and unifying nature into a work of art, such as […]