Gurney on Gouache, Casein
Among the 20 instructors at the recent Susan Kathleen Black Foundation workshop in Dubois, Wyoming, was James Gurney. He took a moment to talk about...
Using Frames to Sell Artwork
In the world of selling and marketing your art, there are obvious tactics and subtle tactics. Obvious are things like marketing plans, and all...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Thomas Caleb Goggans
Thomas Caleb Goggans lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a river town in the Southeastern United States with its fair share of beauty, history, and quirkiness....
“Gamestoppers: Plein Air Disasters”
James Gurney attended the Plein Air Convention & Expo, held in Monterey, California, recently, and assembled this short video about the travails of plein...
What Paintings to Enter?
How do you pick the three paintings you'll attach to the application you submit to a plein air festival? We asked that question on...
Quotes Worth Sharing
We come across quotes by artists, philosophers, historians, and critics that offer a new way of looking at plein air painting. We offer one...
Can You Be Easily Contacted?
An eager collector called us to ask how he could contact two artists recently featured in PleinAir magazine, and we had difficulty providing contact...
Eric Rhoads Reviews The Painter’s Watch
Publisher Eric Rhoads wanted to find out if the claims of a watch for painters can hold up. Can a watch tell you how...
History
The History of Plein Air Painting Before the 19th century, landscape painting was used as the ...