Editorial

Learn how to make the most of plein air in the southwest, including what colors to bring and how to prepare for the weather.

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.

Opinion Piece: The first step in art education must begin not with drawing circles and squares, but with art appreciation.

Follow along as Thomas Jefferson Kitts shares a record of the five days he spent on Monhegan Island, walking aimlessly and stopping only when inspiration struck to draw or paint.

Is there something that’s been holding you back from taking that next step on your artistic journey?

The paint was still drying on Brenda Boylan’s five-foot-wide landscape when she took a few minutes to chat with me about her most recent work. Learn how the painting came to be, including the design concept she discovered and applied when she was halfway through the piece.

In Part II of Ken Knight's articles on plein air painting, he shares works from his favorite location. "As an artist, it is ultimately about how you see and express the subject that is critical ... thereby creating your own alternate reality."

For the past six years, a group of plein air painters has been gathering every February, and according to Richie Vios, "We can't get enough of it."

Award-winning impressionist oil painter Debra Huse has a love for painting boats, beaches, and water en plein air. Here, she takes us into her process by sharing some recent paintings, including her inspiration and techniques.

On an artist's ideas, instincts, and insatiable desire

And, on the reality of Beauty and the awe of what is wonderful: that the experience and appreciation of Beauty is good for the human race.

Learn simple ways to increase your competency and skillfulness for painting outdoors.

If you just need inspiration to spark a new path in your work or pull yourself out of a rut, Kelly Kane has collected a few ideas from this issue’s phenomenal featured artists to get you started.

While this may not be like the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery, we hope what we find will make a difference, or at least bring some awareness to the need for increased conservation.

In a recent newsletter, we shared advice on how to start a plein air group; but with anything that’s worth doing, challenges are to be ...

We often hear of successful plein air painting societies and associations, but what if you don’t live ...

When we’re learning a craft, there are bound to be times that we make mistakes - we know that this is where growth happens. But there’s something to be said for knowing ahead of time how to avoid certain mistakes from the get-go to make painting less painful and more pleasurable. Today, three masters of landscape painting - John MacDonald, Carl Bretzke, and Joseph McGurl - share their secrets for fixing the most annoying and common mistakes that artists make.

Forcing herself outside the familiar is what keeps Michele Usibelli’s artwork fresh and fulfilling to make.

Immediate spoiler: There isn’t a formula for learning how to paint like Monet. But as Camille Przewodek explains, it’s a way of thinking ...

Learn how you can play a pivotal role in the recognition and anthologizing of these plein air painters.