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Why I Paint With Acrylics en Plein Air
After painting with watercolor for two decades, Marc Grandbois shares why acrylic painting fills his needs for painting on location, and how it's the "perfect bridge."
Marc Hanson: Why I Love Acrylic for Plein Air Painting
I jokingly tell my workshop students that the main reason I like using acrylic en plein air is that I can drink the solvent — water! My second favorite reason is ...
Clean Color: A POV on Painting With Acrylic
Artist Brooke Borcherding shares her insights on painting with acrylic, including a great tip for using acrylic en plein air.
Brian Sindler on the Acrylic Advantage
Discover why acrylic paint is the perfect match for an intuitive, fast-paced painting style—plus tips for keeping your palette and colors under control.
Landscape Painting Highlights from the First-Ever Acrylic Live
The Inaugural Acrylic Live came to an end recently, wrapping up with some of today’s best acrylic artists sharing all of their secrets, explaining their materials, and methods.
Happening Now: The Inaugural Acrylic Live!
This week, we’re seeing up-close-and-personal presentations during Acrylic Live, an online art conference unlike any other.
Acrylics: A Quick and Efficient Medium for Painting On Location
The medium has become an integral part of how I compose — plunging right in, using my big brush like a saber, bringing to life large, bold subjects with absolutely no need for the careful planning that can turn a painting session into a bore.
From Watercolor to Acrylic: Why This Plein Air Artist Found His Forever Medium
Permanent, non-yellowing, and fast-drying, acrylics have low toxicity and no need of solvents for dilution or glazing. Like watercolor, they ...
Why I Chose Acrylic Over Watercolor
My first love is transparent watercolor on rag paper. But I realized some years ago that using watercolor on site takes not only practice but ...
Room to Explore: Why I Paint With Acrylics
Plus: Six types of acrylic mediums that can lengthen drying time, make it thicker, or change the texture.
Can You Paint with Acrylics in Cold Weather?
Frank advice on painting with acrylic in cold weather from plein air painter Marcia Burtt
“Stop Complaining About Acrylics”
In case you missed it > An episode of Art School Live with Eric Rhoads, who interviews Charlie Easton on the benefits of painting with acrylic. Includes a painting demonstration!
Artist Allergies – and Acrylic Paint
"It has been an exhausting and convoluted journey finding art materials that I am not allergic to."
Advantages of Acrylic and Plein Air
The qualities of acrylic don't have to be a disadvantage en plein air. How?
Demo: Painting the Landscape with Acrylic
See why there are benefits of painting landscapes with acrylic, even if you normally paint with oils.
PleinAir Podcast 187: Georgia Mansur on Acrylic Plein Air Painting and More
In this week's Plein Air Podcast, Eric interviews Georgia Mansur, an American artist living and working in Australia for most of her life - you don't want to miss this one!
Studies to Studio: Painting Landscapes with Acrylics
Landscape painter John Hughes shares a step-by-step painting demo, illustrating his problem solving process for an acrylic study.
Plein Air Tonalism with Acrylics
Two of a plein air painter’s favorite elements — light and atmosphere — are arguably best celebrated by a tonalist approach, as the work of this Oregon painter suggests.
Glazing Acrylics With a Palette Knife
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
Canadian painter Sylvio Gagnon makes paintings with a distinctive look, and once you hear about his process,...
Care Needed When Toning Canvas With Acrylic
A video that a San Francisco artist posted on YouTube about the alleged dangers of toning a canvas with too thin of a mixture...