Florida Artist Sees Stars, Paints Them
Florida artist Stephen Bach discovered that a seemingly routine part of his painting proved challenging: the depiction of small, twinkling stars in the night...
Summer in the Adirondacks Means Great Painting Opportunities
Nearly 100 artists gathered last week at Paul Smith's College, deep in the Adirondacks of New York just 30 miles from the Canadian border,...
Art Festival in Top Art Market in the World?
Canyon Road, in Santa Fe, is called by some the "top art market in the world." So what's its annual art festival like? ...
OPA Salon Comes to Petoskey
A group like the Oil Painters of America has a lot to offer the nation's artists and communities, so it takes its show on...
George Van Hook Wins Best of Show at Finger Lakes
What kind of paintings win prizes in Upstate New York? Pieces like the one done recently by George Van Hook. Ann...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Joe Gyurcsak
Joe Gyurcsak, an artist who works in research and development and demonstrates artist materials for Utrecht, loves one painting spot partly because of the...
Healing Through Plein Air Painting
A group in Montrose, Colorado, is mobilizing the art community to help medically discharged veterans find a creative outlet. The organization's big strides may...
Useful Websites: EmptyEasel
Why visit EmptyEasel's website? Because artists can always learn something more. Want to know how another working artist makes stretcher bars? Interested in another...
Painting With Peers in the Mountains
Nearly 100 artists are gathering this week at Paul Smith College, deep in the Adirondack Mountains, for a painting getaway with PleinAir magazine publisher...
Two Landscape Painting Shows at Lyme Art Association
Plein air artists will find two exhibitions of landscapes worth seeing this summer in Old Lyme, Connecticut, as the Lyme Art Association pulls together...
Why This Works: “Log Jam”
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they...
Painting Long Panoramas on Scrolls
All plein air artists have to learn to edit a lot of information out of a scene, but Dutch artist Jacob Kerssemakers has to...
Painter and Storm Watcher
Arni Anderson heard the tornadoes were coming toward his Oklahoma home … so he grabbed his watercolors and headed to his driveway to paint....
Final Call for Artists to Paint Ocean City, Maryland
Organizers for the "Artists Paint OC" plein air event on August 8-11 in Ocean City, Maryland, have issued their final call for participants. ...
This Place Is a Ghost Town: Painting in Bodie, California
John White didn't have to worry about residents objecting to his setting up his easel in the middle of town when he recently did...
Advice to New Plein Air Painters
Many studio painters are hesitant to paint outdoors because they fear their lack of control and comfort will lead to failure. British artist Tom...
Useful Websites: Artists Helping Artists
This ongoing feature will showcase websites that artists have found useful. This week we examine the "Artists Helping Artists" blog. Leslie...
Why This Works: “Hills Above Nicasio”
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Kim VanDerHoek
Some days it's crowded and difficult, but California painter Kim VanDerHoek knows where to go for her favorite painting views: Crystal Cove. ...
VIDEO: Maine Artist Mary Byrom
The Portland Press Herald in Maine posted a video of artist Mary Byrom painting en plein air, and the accompanying story may be even...