Sharing Plein Air: The BertonBox
See how one artist is encouraging plein air with “a self-contained painting station.”
Teaching Children Art in Mexico
Despite a language barrier, Jolyn Wells-Moran brings concepts such as perspective, composition, color, and values to young artists who crave the opportunity to paint.
Pittsburgh Celebrates a Plein Air Painter with His Own Day
What happens when an artist randomly paints in a place where folks generally have never witnessed it?
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Jackson Square, New Orleans I
In this weekly series Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of PleinAir Magazine, shares a favorite painting.
Historic Barn Memorialized Before Nature Struck
How a group of artists saved the memory of a landmark, hours before a tornado left its own mark.
Discover What’s Inside PleinAir Magazine, August/September 2018
Richard Schmid shares his alla prima landscape painting secrets; 6 keys to convincing trees; and more!
Plein Air Pests, in 1889
In case you missed it: An art conservator made waves around the art world after she alerted curators that, as she examined Vincent van Gogh’s 1889 “Olive Trees” with a microscope, she had found something extraordinary.
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Oasis
In this weekly series Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting.
Two Pochade Box Stories You Just Have to Read
Can you take a guess as to what farm animal stuck its nose in her wet palette?
Do Realist Landscape Paintings Record Reality?
Maine artist Stuart Ross suggests that we all paint an inner vision of life, not the reality of what we actually see. Does that idea free us to paint what we want to see?
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Mtahleb, Malta
In this weekly series Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting.
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: Oaks at Sunrise
In this weekly series Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of PleinAir Magazine, shares a favorite painting.
Every 5 Miles: Painting the Way of Saint James
This artist has plans to stop and paint every five miles as she walks 1,000 miles of the Way of St. James, sharing its unique sense of place through 200 plein air paintings.
Kelly Kane’s Pick of the Week: An All-Important Focus
In this weekly series Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting from the current issue.
Random Act of Kindness, en Plein Air
Nancy Tankersley shares a moment of humanity from a recent plein air event.
10 Rules for Hiking Artists
Are you ready to pack your gear and paint en plein air in the mountains?
Do I Really Want to Paint en Plein Air?!
From dealing with curious spiders to accidentally setting up on a nude beach might be enough to make one question plein air painting . . . Julie McGowan explains.
Three Outstanding Works from the PleinAir Salon
Discover who won first, second, and third place in the April/May 2018 PleinAir Salon!
Editorial Submission Guidelines for Plein Air Today
If you want the chance to share your favorite plein air (or studio!) painting techniques, submit a demonstration, or share your society's announcements with the plein air community, please follow these guidelines.
When the Inner Clock Is Ticking — An Artist’s Bucket List
When the opportunity came up to do something he had always wanted to, this plein air artist jumped at the chance to check it off his list.