Inaugural Galveston Event Names Winners
The Brushes by the Beach Contest, a plein air event sponsored by G.Lee Gallery in Galveston, Texas, named the winners for its successful debut...
Kitts Further Discusses White Paints
Whites are a topic artists love to discuss, as there are many brands and many applications for white paint. When people are painting, the...
Capturing the Very Moment Fall Yields to Winter
We've all had the experience of feeling like one particular day is the first true day of the new season. The sun is a...
How to Paint in Jerusalem
Sergei Kurbatov traveled from his home in Russia to Israel and found that the medium of watercolor let him focus on specific elements, while...
Parting Shot: The Beauty in a Motel 6 Parking Lot
During an Oil Painters of America Paint-Out near Boerne, Texas, Maren Smith Phillips saw a sight she'd admired during several other stops in the...
St. Louis PBS Station Turns Its Attention to Plein Air Painter
Kansas painter John Hulsey was recently filmed for a 15-minute spot in an upcoming episode of "Living St. Louis: Sunday Arts," a show produced...
Travel Painting While Staying Connected (and Employed)
Imagine taking off for a year to explore other countries, painting along the way. It may sound great, but there's the little issue of...
Why This Works: A Lesson in Perspective
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they...
Taking Plein Air by Storm
Bruce Gómez has been painting for decades, but he only started painting outdoors about three years ago ... and immediately started winning awards. ...
Colorado Plein Air Awards Winners
The Colorado Plein Air event wrapped up last week with juror Carolyn "Charlie" Bogusz (vice president and general manager of PleinAir magazine) choosing two...
Sergio Lopez Grades the Plein Air Event
Noted painter Sergio Lopez recently discussed on his blog the plein air events he attended this season, and his optimistic and observant comments are...
Tarpon Springs Draws 40 Artists
Florida town Tarpon Springs, located near St. Petersburg, recently attracted 40 painters and photographers to its event, Paint & Photo Tarpon Springs. ...
Winners in Fort Myers Paint the Beach
While plein air painters in the northern parts of the country already have their ear flaps down and their parkas on, folks in Florida...
Parting Shot: Thanks, Parks & Rec!
Karen LaValley found a gorgeous spot from which to paint. Here's how it went. "It was a while ago and it...
Painting Beauty in Silicon Valley
If Donald Neff's idea of painting all the streams in California's Silicon Valley strikes you as unusual, you may have forgotten what the area...
Plein Air Event in Alabama Town Driven by Museum
Gadsden, Alabama, population 37,000, hosts a successful plein air event each spring that culminates in an exhibition in the Gadsden Museum of Art. Their...
Painter Wins Free Registration to Plein Air Convention
Congratulations to Joe Rademan -- the winner of a complimentary registration to the 2014 Plein Air Convention & Expo in Monterey! ...
How to Quadruple the Mixing Area on a Thumb Box
Derek Davis, like many artists, doesn't hesitate to modify his equipment to suit his needs. But his changes to a Guerilla Painter 6 x...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Bruce Katz
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Bruce Katz lives in San Francisco, but in less than an hour, he...
Boy Scout Training Saves Artist’s Trip
Murray Wagnon got to his plein air destination and realized he had forgotten his easel. He was far away from any art materials store....