'West Chester Storefront Nocturne' is my first plein air nocturne painting. I completed it in October during the Brandywine Valley Plein Air Competition, so I had the support of at least another 20 artists working on the same street at the same time. One looks less crazy if others around you are doing the same thing. How does one paint outside at night, you ask? Well I did a little research and I found that the best way to see what I'm working on is to wear a baseball hat with lights. Luckily, my dad had supplied my son with one (which I borrowed) in a nice camouflage print. I was styling! I pulled up this painting because I am currently working on another nocturne painting...which I hope to finish for next week!
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glolria popeck
12/15/2017 05:25:12 am
Very nice, Julia...I like the way you captured the light on the street.
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Julia
12/15/2017 05:01:17 pm
You need to be familiar with your palette, that's for sure! And, the hat is better than a small lamp on your piece because you can move it to your palette.
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Madeleine
12/15/2017 06:30:29 am
Oh, so lovely! A bit mysterious but yet inviting with glowing light coming from inside.
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Julia
12/15/2017 07:30:24 pm
Thanks, Madeleine! Would it help if I mention that it is actually a gelato shop?
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Julia
12/15/2017 07:30:59 pm
Thanks, Debora!
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Rob
3/1/2018 02:39:42 pm
Wow-knock-out crazy good. Stories ran into my imagination: shadows coming around the corner, a woman just about to turn on a light in the 2nd floor window, a person walking, keeping to the edges of darkness, the sound of hard heels hitting the pavement just out of the frame. Is it Sold...?
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