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2026 Plein Air Painting Retreat … In China!
Are you ready for an unforgettable plein air painting retreat?
Whenever people think of China, the first thing that pops into mind is the Great...
How to Deal with Criticism as an Artist
“As artists, it is our responsibility to show up and do the work, creating our best work with minimal concern on how others view our work.”
What’s Inside PleinAir Magazine (April/May 2026)
In this issue of PleinAir Magazine: Follow 22 plein air artists into the forest; Finding the Fire with Andrew Tischler; Painting What Remains with Anton Nowels; The Color of Distance with Rayleigh Scattering; and more.
LPAPA Announces 22nd Annual Show Winners
This prestigious exhibition brought together 124 artists from across the United States to compete for top honors and a coveted invitation to the 2026 Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational. The top winners are ...
Does Your Plein Air Painting Experience Need a Recharge?
Mary Longe explains why you should consider a competitive plein air event, including the various types, common elements, and what not to do.
Acrylic Live Tip: How to Prevent Over-Detailing
This week, we've been learning how to paint landscapes and more from this year's esteemed Acrylic Live line-up of teachers. Here's one of our favorite tips so far, coming from Ann Larsen, who says, "I strive to create a feeling of time and place in each painting."
Happening Now – Acrylic Live!
Right now we're seeing up-close-and-personal presentations during Acrylic Live, an online art conference unlike any other.
Where Artists Are Painting This April
Check out these April 2026 plein air painting events, highlighting groups in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah. Bonus: Catch this month's deadlines so you don't miss out on upcoming opportunities.
Artists and Conservancy: Never Underestimate Your Impact
As an artist, what role can you play in the conservation and preservation of land, cultures, and buildings?
Happening This Week: 2026 Acrylic Live
Watch and interact with world-renowned artists as they demonstrate their skills at Acrylic Live, Wednesday through Friday, with an Essential Techniques Day on Tuesday. We'll see favorites such as Anne Blair Brown, Charlie Easton, and ...
In this demonstration from PleinAir Magazine, we see how Beth Bathe uses water-mixable oils to create the tonal landscape painting, "Pipkas Cottage."
"I always wondered why artists painted a series when there were tens of thousands of themes one could explore - until ..."
Located on a 100-mile stretch of scenic coastal towns on the Gulf in North Florida, Forgotten Coast en Plein Air is a 10-day invitational event taking place March 20-29. Invited artists include ...
A painting only has to answer to itself. By almost completely abstracting the landscape, Scott Gellatly distills the experience of nature to its essence, and, perhaps more important, he ...
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