Nocturne paintings

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.

For plein air painters, there’s a positive aspect of increased darkness - the opportunity to practice painting nocturnes.

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The Colors of Night: Color Strategies for Painting Landscape Nocturnes

Peters' House in Monterey // Charles Rollo Peters // There is something eerie yet beautiful to this painting

-advertisement- What’s the big deal about painting a nocturne? You just have to figure out how to get some light, right? John P. Lasater IV and his friend Jason Sacran are both building big reputations in the art world, and a chunk of that is for their nocturnes. Five minutes with either of them reveals […]

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 […]

Matt Smith Catalina Evening

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View The North Star By Laurence Sydney; oil on canvas; 20 × 16 inches; Signed; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.