What the Rocks Tell Us: Thank You
In the last of this series of articles, Utah artist J. Brad Holt talks about what artists are seeing as they look at the...
Parting Shot: O, Those Pesky Onlookers!
Many plein air painters have horror stories about passersby hanging around, hovering over their shoulders, watching them paint, and making comments. Gregg Holmes is...
What the Rocks Tell Us: On to the Modern World
In this series of articles, Utah artist J. Brad Holt talks about what artists are seeing as they look at the landscape. Holt studied...
The Foldable Landscape
Lili Schuch realized that her sketchbook had at some point become the artwork.
Lead Image: The small format of a sketchbook provides portability and...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Jean Koeller
Jean Koeller has fallen in love with a place of turquoise waters and fascinating rock formations. In many ways, it reminds her of a...
Early Influences: Garin Baker
One piece so captivated a young Garin Baker that his mother had to drag him out of the room at the Metropolitan Museum of...
Further Afield: Painting Mongolia
“I don’t know anyone else who is painting the landscape there on location.” California artist Susan Fox isn’t talking about a park. She’s talking...
What the Rocks Tell Us: The Legacy of Pangaea
In this series of articles, Utah artist J. Brad Holt talks about what artists are seeing as they look at the landscape. Holt studied...
Using Architectural Elements for Contrast
San Diego artist Danny Griego finds that incorporating “urban line” in his paintings makes them much stronger — and mimics the way many of...
Now That’s Service
Florida painter Daniel Ambrose forgot to sign a painting, but he deftly multi-tasked and managed to get his piece to a collector via UPS...
Parting Shot: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Idaho artist Aaron Cordell Johnson snapped this photo recently and posted it to social media, simply saying, “I love September.”
Lead Image: September skies...
Urban Sketching: Capturing Disappearing Buildings in Toronto
What started out as documentation proved to be a “Rashomon”-like experience for a sketching group in Canada.
Lead Image: Members of Toronto Urban Sketchers...
What the Rocks Tell Us: The Paleozoic World
In this series of articles, Utah artist J. Brad Holt talks about what artists are seeing as they look at the landscape. Holt studied...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Robert Abele III
Ever painted on the South Coast? Robert Abele III says the light there is matched only by that in Venice, Italy.
Lead Image: “Adamsville General...
Parting Shot: Painter in Crepuscular Rays
Jill Wagner was painting in Spoleto, Italy, when, unbeknownst to her, rays of sun bathed her in a column of light.
Lead Image: The...
Urban Sketching: Urban, Near and Far, in NYC
It doesn’t get much more urban than New York City. But urban sketching in NYC can mean a lot of different things. Like leaving...
What the Rocks Tell Us: The Riddle of the Rockies
In this series of articles, Utah artist J. Brad Holt talks about what artists are seeing as they look at the landscape. Holt studied...
Parting Shot: Documenting a Forest Fire
Suzi Long captured history, and a plein air painter again took the role of journalist — this time recording a wildfire.
Lead Image: “Rough...
Strength (and Fun) in Numbers
In Port Clyde, Maine, an artist has put together a yearly summer getaway for painting friends that seems to be reaching critical mass. How...
Parting Shot: Beautiful Dreamer
Bridget Ertelt had a precious model from which to work, but he couldn’t keep a pose.
Lead Image: Bridget Ertelt’s cooperative (and beautiful) model
“I set...