OutdoorPainter

Take advantage of these in-person and virtual plein air painting opportunities from our special guide! Bonus: Includes upcoming event deadlines!

His advice to others on entering the PleinAir Salon: "Don't be afraid to do it. You never know what can happen."

In this episode, Eric Rhoads interviews Jill Carver, whose work "explores the dialogue between abstraction and realism."

Now through Saturday, July 27th, artists are participating in the Door County Plein Air Festival, sponsored by the Peninsula School of Art in Wisconsin....

Now through Saturday, July 27th, artists are participating in the Door County Plein Air Festival, sponsored by the Peninsula School of Art in Wisconsin....

The 20th Annual Plein Air Easton (PAE) Competition and Art Festival on Sunday, July 21st. Organized by the Avalon Foundation, this 10-day festival achieved art sales exceeding $500,000 for the second consecutive year.

The plein air world lost a beloved painter this week when Camille passed away from a sudden onset of cancer.

We love to hear from the Plein Air Today community! The following is part of a series that spotlights an artist who loves painting outdoors. Today's feature is on Jason Saunders.

In this episode, Eric Rhoads interviews Scott Christensen, who has a two-man exhibition with Quang Ho at the Museum of Western Art, from July 20 through September 21, 2024. Listen as they discuss the act of creating art outdoors, their transformative experience of painting in Russia, different approaches to solving common painting problems, color palette preferences, and much more.

On painting with pastels > “I love to paint flowers simply because I love flowers,” declared the artist Karen Margulis in her disarming simplicity.

How did you develop your unique style? Kami Mendlik: I believe that our style is something we are born with and comes to the surface...

For almost 50 years, watercolor artist Buffalo Kaplinski has aspired to paint a log cabin near Franktown, Colorado that was surrounded by “other shacks and a lot of junk, including those old-time gasoline pumps, old trucks, farm implements, and redneck stuff.” Then one day he noticed demolition equipment joined the landscape.

A Plein Air Painting RoundUp > Whether moored or on the move, boats represent opportunities for adventure, enterprise, and, for the fortunate, a seafood supper. Here nine artists welcome us aboard to share in their views of life along the shore and on the water.