MOONLIGHT, NOCTURNE by TOM BROWN

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MOONLIGHT PLEIN AIR PAINTING BY TOM BROWN

“MOONLIGHT SONATA”
6x6 oil painting on fom-cor
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Paintings created outdoors directly from nature provide a direct connection between artist and the landscape. This enables the artist to capture unique subtleties that account for the great popularity of plein air paintings by collectors, galleries and museums.

Painting outdoors at night presents unique challenges, however. Moonlight tests the artist’s skills at color mixing and blending. But nothing beats the feeling of having a look at the results next morning and realizing you created a winner.

When painting under challenging conditions I prefer to simplify the variables. With only a palette knife and my fingers I created this moonlit scene outdoors at night using the small metal paintbox shown in my “PLEIN AIR” CD.

The palette knife provided rich texture and eliminated the need for brushes, solvents or mediums. Pigments were used straight from the palette. And there were no brushes to clean afterwards.

Using my fingers I softly blended the sky, which provided a wonderful contrast to the bold texture of the palette knife strokes in the trees and land.

My compact paintbox was worth its weight in gold. It securely held the painting in place as I worked. When I finished I simply closed the lid, with palette and painting safely held in place to carry home.

Today’s thought to smile about:
Memories arranged on a shelf or mantle

SAILBOAT IN MOONLIGHT, ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONIST PAINTING

“CLAIRE DE LUNE” by Tom Brown
6x6 inch original oil painting
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This small private sailboat was gently rocking in the moonlight at the edge of Balboa Island in Newport Beach. I've painted some of these boats at night in the past and had my laptop-sized paintbox with me just in case.

In this piece I was striving to capture the "abstract" composition above all else. No detail, just enough information to communicate the boat, water and moonlight. I used a big brush, loads of thick, juicy paint and subtle colors.

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Today’s thought to smile about:
Moonlight on the water