Parisian Painting Wins PleinAir Salon, January 2024
Lisa Skelly, plein air artist and owner of Huse Skelly Gallery, has revealed her selections for the winners in this round of the PleinAir Salon.
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Spring Clouds Over the Pier
Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is "Spring Clouds Over the Pier" by Rick J. Delanty.
Birch, Please
Lily Pad | West is presenting an exhibition of recent landscape paintings by the Wisconsin artist Steve Gerhartz, many of them created in plein air.
Discover What’s Inside PleinAir Magazine, June/July 2018
Creating the illusion of distance; painting scenes of the East Coast fishing industry; Ralph Oberg, Keiko Tanabe, Kathleen Hudson, and more!
15 of the Most Influential Landscape Artists on Instagram
We can't get enough of these amazing artists on Instagram! Check out this hot list for new inspiration.
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Traverse City Lights
Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is "Traverse City Lights" by Brian Sindler.
1 Iceberg, 45 Paintings
Take in 45 interpretations of an iceberg in this roundup of paintings from the Plein Air Live Happy Hour Paint Along!
Two Rivers, Waiting to be Painted en Plein Air
“A little secret: We’ve been told that in the spring of 2019 the Texas wildflowers will be the most spectacular they have been in many, many years,” says Janet Chang. Learn how you can join these plein air artists.
What You Have in Common with Every Artist You Admire
If you've ever thought that you don't have enough talent to be a great artist, read this advice - and then pick up your brush.
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: “Last Light Pines (Big Sky)”
Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is “Last Light Pines (Big Sky)."
What the Rocks Tell Us: Prelude to American History
In this series of articles, Utah artist J. Brad Holt talks about what artists are seeing as they look at the landscape. Holt studied...
But It’s Cold!
Plein air painting in winter > Four tried-and-true tips to help you get out there and give it a go.
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Bowers Harbor
Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is "Bowers Harbor" by Jill Stefani Wagner.
Making an Impression
Striving to evoke an emotional response to the beauty in the everyday, this Georgia-based painter imbues her representational pastels with an impressionist flair.
Country Roads: 12 Rural Landscape Paintings
The tree-lined twists and turns of narrow country lanes hold the promise of adventure and discovery, and, for some, the feeling of coming home. The 12 bucolic landscapes featured here leave us wondering what lies just over the hill or around the next bend.
En Plein Air, In the Air
How plein air painter William Wood was tasked with a challenge of great heights, and the difference it will make for science.
Be Bold, Be Fearless: A Poem for Plein Air
Artists are known to be creative in multiple ways, and such is the case with plein air painter Pamela Mathy, who was inspired to write the following poem as a parting gift to her workshop teacher, Michele Usibelli.
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Washington Square Rain
Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is Washington Square Rain by Michele Byrne.
Are Nocturnes Easier to Paint?
For plein air painters, there’s a positive aspect of increased darkness - the opportunity to practice painting nocturnes.
Demo: Plein Air to Studio with Susan Blackwood
In this on-screen interview with Eric Rhoads, Susan Blackwood explains her concepts on how to make your plein air painting more powerful once you're back in the studio.