Why This Works: “Austin, Texas”
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they...
Hitting the Road for Four Months, Painting All the Way
Karen Hitt is a woman on a mission, and she'll travel 12,000 miles before her journey is through. Why is she painting across the...
Why This Works: “Remembered Adventures”
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they...
Useful Website: Art and Influence
Why do artists follow Armand Cabrera's blog? The Virginia artist has a wealth of experience painting, teaching workshops, and working for...
Full Moon Brings Out the Artists for a Night Painting
A full moon -- and a "super moon" at that -- was more than the 100 artists at the Publisher's Invitational Paint Out 3.0...
Breaking News: Kevin Macpherson Set as Keynote Speaker at 2014 Plein Air Convention
Kevin Macpherson will be the keynote speaker and a field painter at the 2014 Plein Air Convention & Expo in Monterey, California. ...
Final Call: American Women Artists National Juried Competition
Artists have until July 11 to submit entries for the 16th annual National Juried Competition hosted by the American Women Artists, a group that...
$10,000 Awarded in Virginia Plein Air Event
At the 2nd annual Plein Air Richmond event last week, participants painted a mere two hours in the Fast and Fresh quick draw competition,...
Never-Before-Seen Trost Richards Pieces on View
This summer visitors to the National Academy Museum in New York City have the chance to see dozens of pieces by William Trost Richards,...
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...
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...