Painting Outdoors: Inspiration for Life
Moments while painting outdoors can become inspiration for a lifetime of beginning a practice of gratitude, appreciating the “little things” and seeing your palette as half full.
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Engine #7, Travel Town
Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is “Engine #7, Travel Town” by Brenda Swenson.
The Ripple Effect of Painting Together
How Georgia Mansur began teaching workshops in Australia, helping to form a new community through the creative arts.
Preview the Upcoming PleinAir Magazine (April/May 2020)
Art Magazines > Enjoy a sneak peek of the next PleinAir Magazine (April/May 2020), showcasing artists making news in the plein air community today.
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: 19 July 2019
Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is “19 July 2019” by Lynn Boggess.
Painting On Location: The Great Wall and the Painted Hall
UK artist Rob Pointon shares his experience of painting outdoors at the Great Wall of China, and on location at the Painted Hall in London.
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Garden of Life
Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is “Garden of Life” by Jed Dorsey.
Making My Best Guess When Painting Landscapes
Plein air painter Michael Chesley Johnson explains his “best guess” process for painting landscapes, and how it inspires a variety of styles that span the centuries.
What I’ve Learned About Art
Inspiration for Artists > 75-year-old artist Mike Hoyt shares how he was driven to begin oil painting 25 years ago, why he hasn’t stopped since, and what he has learned along the way.
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Point in Time
Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is “Point in Time” by Bill Cramer.
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: California Gold
Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is “California Gold” by Terri Ford.
Painting Mountains and More, in Miniature
Landscape painter Remington Robinson is originally from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, but moved to Boulder, Colorado, in 2004, driven by his desire to paint mountains.
The Restorative Power of Nature
“As cover artist Aaron Schuerr reminds us, winter doesn’t have to signal the end of the “plein air season.” Preview the newest issue of PleinAir Magazine with Kelly Kane’s Editor’s Letter.
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Key Bridge Arches
Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is “Key Bridge Arches” by Kim VanDerHoek.
Plan for a Powerful Painting
Plein air painter Mark Fehlman shares his words of advice for those new to painting outdoors.
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Looking East
Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is “Looking East” by Sara Linda Poly.
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Between Two Boats
Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is “Between Two Boats” by Ryan Jensen.
My Favorite Winter Painting Spot
Kathleen Kalinowski shares what it’s like to paint in the cold Michigan winter, and why it has its benefits.
Going to Extremes: Plein Air Painting in a Rail Yard
An artist shares how he followed his muse and made his way into a rail yard to paint a burned out and abandoned train car.
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Morning at Back Creek — Eastport
Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is “Morning at Back Creek — Eastport” by Maria Marino.