Spring Blooms and Still Lifes
Have a look at the spring blooms and still lifes your plein air peers created while self-isolating, and be inspired.
Plein Air Prompt: Use a Limited Palette
Create a painting inspired by our creative art prompts, and your art could be featured in Plein Air Today!
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Jebal Akhdar
Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is "Jebal Akhdar" by Matt Ryder.
A Year of Painting Outdoors in Tahoe
Nathanael Gray spent the past year painting outdoors in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Read about his experience, and be inspired.
Get Excited About Painting in New Mexico
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN EARLY SPRING 2020. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STAY TUNED AT THIS SITE FOR UPDATES!
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How Artists Are Coping with Self-Isolation
As the country slowly begins to open up in different ways, we’re curious - how have you been coping with self-isolation? Here are ways some of your peers have gotten through the past couple of months.
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Crashing Surf
Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is "Crashing Surf" by Rae O’Shea.
6 Composition Books for Artists
We asked, and you answered! In this roundup, we're sharing your favorite composition books for artists.
Plein Air Prompt: Paint or Draw a Spring Bloom
Create a painting inspired by our creative art prompts, and your art could be featured in Plein Air Today!
Painting Outdoors: Of Rigor and Reward
Artist Michael Orwick shares the poetic side of painting outdoors, which he says is simultaneously meditative and daunting.
Plein Air Prompt: Paint or Draw a Still Life
Create a painting inspired by our creative art prompts, and your art could be featured in Plein Air Today!
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Dancing Light on the Harbor
Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is "Dancing Light on the Harbor" by Alison Leigh Menke.
Plein Air Prompt: Paint or Draw Your Pet
Create a painting inspired by our creative art prompts, and your art could be featured in Plein Air Today!
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Take Me! Take Me!
Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is Take Me! Take Me! by Russell Jewell.
Plein Air Prompt: Paint or Draw Your Backyard
Create a painting inspired by our creative art prompts, and your art could be featured in Plein Air Today!
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Iowa River Bank
Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is "Iowa River Bank" by Tom Christopher.
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.
Managing Your Mindset During COVID-19
Eric Rhoads interviews Lee Milteer, who shares advice for artists on how to help our mental health and creativity as we navigate COVID-19.
Isolating (and Painting) On the Edge
When Charlie Easton packed up his family and headed West, he grabbed his paint bag and some panels. He’s making a go of ‘isolation’ on an island in the Pacific...
Painting Landscapes: Why the Process Is So Important
Words of advice > Even in those times when you find yourself having to scrape back passages because the marks you previously put down weren’t what you wanted, you can take solace in the fact that it is all part of the process.