OutdoorPainter

Recently, American Women Artists hosted a Plein Air Paint Out in Nashville. Works created that day were eligible for a $2,250 in-kind grand prize donated by PleinAir Magazine, and the winner was ...

From crashing waves and colorful beach umbrellas to vast calm waters, the scenes depicted here capture the many moods of the place where land meets sea.

We know not everyone who wants to come to the Plein Air Convention & Expo can make it in person this month, so we’re doing something new.

We love to hear from the Plein Air Today community! The following is part of a series that spotlights an artist who loves painting...

We've been running this retreat for 15 years now. And every summer — without fail — something happens out there that reminds us why we keep doing it. Painters leave transformed. People who came as strangers leave with friendships they'll carry for life.

A word of advice from plein air painter Carla Bosch, who will be joining us at the 2026 Plein Air Convention & Expo!

"I want my paintings to be so vibrant they pop out of the frame," says Steve Browning. "I enjoy seeing brush marks on the surface, and the way a painting can come to life with just a few strokes."

Discover how Clyde Aspevig’s new painting, “The Blackfoot,” brings Norman Maclean’s “A River Runs Through It” to Opera Montana’s stage—through light and color.

Award-winning paintings from Atlanta’s 12th Annual Olmsted Plein Air Invitational are here. The artists who placed in this year's event are ...

"More than anything, I enjoy the sense of connectedness that painting on location brings,” says Kathleen Hudson. “My own sense of wonder in the landscape comes from my immersion in reading history. A place isn’t just scenery when you come to know its story, when you think of people from generations past who stood upon the same ground, taking in their surroundings just as you are.”