Go Small & 4 Other Quick Tips
Using a plein air setup on a photography tripod, Clare Bowen gave an oil demonstration at Plein Air Live 2023 while ...
My Biggest Stumbling Block as a Plein Air Painter
A quick tip to help you discover the transformative strategy that will elevate your plein air painting - learn from over 40 years of experience to create more ...
Landscape Highlights from 5th Annual Pastel Live
The 5th Annual Pastel Live came to an end Friday, September 19, wrapping up with some of today’s best pastel artists sharing all of their secrets, explaining their materials, methods, and more.
Avoiding That ‘Cartoon Look’ in Your Paintings
"Today’s article deals with a very annoying problem that crops up from time to time in some of my students’ paintings. Annoying to them, but the good news is that..."
Facebook Live Series: Michele Byrne “Palette Knife Painting” **FREE VIEWING**
In this broadcast, watch and learn from Michele Byrne as she shows you how adding a palette knife to your tool kit will allow you to paint in a new way that will make people leap up and take notice!
What Is Color Temperature?
Learn how warming up or cooling down areas of your painting can provide unity and balance in your work. Bonus: Includes a step-by-step demo!
Q&A: How to Use Water-Mixable Oils
In this excerpt from Plein Air Magazine, Lori McNee ("Luminous Landscape Painting" on PaintTube.TV) answers four reader questions about how to use water-mixable oils.
Free Mini-Lesson: Can You Use a Putty Knife for Painting?
Watch as Douglas Fryer shows you how to use an unconventional tool for painting, including how he "triple loads" it with color.
Watercolor Paper – An Overview for Beginners
Learn about the three basic surfaces of watercolor paper, and why you might choose one over the others.
Deciding When the Time is Right
From initial iPad sketches to refining the final composition, follow along as Kimball Geisler navigates creative challenges, balances colors, and brings his vision to life on canvas in this step-by-step painting demonstration.
Happening Now – Watercolor Live!
This week we're seeing up-close-and-personal presentations during Watercolor Live, an online art conference unlike any other.
Painting Architectural Subjects in the Landscape
Tempted to cover up an awkward part of your painting with a random landscape element? Find out why you shouldn't, and more great advice, in this guest blog post from outdoor painter Peggy Immel.
4-Step Plein Air Oil Painting Demonstration
For plein air beginners: See how oil painter Anthony Salvo paints "Sparkling Cliffs, Inspiration Point," in four basic steps that you can apply to your next landscape.
How to Paint with a Palette Knife – Watch Free
Join art publisher Eric Rhoads on this episode of Art School Live, featuring American artist Ken Wilson!
2 Quick Tips: No-Frills Advice for Landscape Painters
"You will learn far more from your failures than you will from your successes. You will always remember ..."
Can Altoids Help You Paint Better?
Plein air painting can get to be a mental endurance test, so here are some tips to keep concentration high.
An Aha Moment, Every Time
Preview expert presentations from Natasha Isenhour, Roos Schuring, Tim Horn, John Budicin, Shuang Li, and even Don Demers at Plein Air Live, Day 2.
The Power of Underpainting in Pastel
Discover how underpainting can transform your pastel paintings with expert tips from Bethany Fields.
6 Ways to Develop a Distinctive Style
Beth Bathe's reductive approach to plein air painting, combined with simplification, strong design, and a unique perspective, distinguishes her from other artists. Here are a few elements that contribute to her distinct artistic identity and how you can use them to set your own work apart.
Putting Design Over Subject
North Carolina painter Jean Cauthen says she seeks out “the places between or in back of places,” by which she means finding a strong design rather than painting a portrait.