Parting Shot: It Takes a Lot of Brass
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Egon Miklavcic was painting a mountain lake, Ödensee, in Austria, when this horn player began to serenade...
Parting Shot: Cold All Over
How cold is it in Serbia? Jethro Knight had a rare chance to paint a frozen Danube River, that’s how cold.
Painting What’s Underwater
Tim Kelly loves a challenge. He doesn’t just tackle them, he paints great paintings as a result. We thought we’d ask him how he...
Ice Climbing for Artists
Plein air painter Lewis Williams recently visited the International Ice Climbing Festival in Ouray, Colorado - not to climb ice, but to ...
The Demands of Kids, Weather & Painting
As a busy professional artist and mother of two small children, Californian Kim VanDerHoek knows that any attempt to paint during a family outing...
Painting Shanghai Disneyland
George Scribner takes us on his once-in-a-lifetime journey of painting the construction of Shanghai Disneyland.
What the Orwicks Found During Their Yearlong, International Art Journey
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Oregon painter Michael Orwick and his wife and daughter have been back home for about two months...
Parting Shot: Daring to Go Large on the Windy Cali Coast
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Brian Blood knows the winds along the coast at Garrapata State Park in California can be fierce....
Fill in the Blank: If I Could Paint Anywhere …
Close your eyes and imagine ... if you could choose any place in the world, with no limits or consequences, where would you paint?
Extreme Painting: Rowan Huntley
Rowan Huntley lives in Wales, but she likes to paint at the ends of the world.
The British artist has gone on expeditions to Antarctica,...
Into Africa: Painting with Gouache en Plein Air
Follow along as Paul Kratter shares his plein air adventures of painting with gouache on safari.
Painting Along Narrow Streets in England
Derek Daniells likes to paint along the narrow streets of Stony Stratford in England. Normally, the location is reasonably quiet, but at times the...
Hiking to (and Painting) Sperry Chalet
Miles of hiking through the glaciers of Montana led Linda Tippetts to paint “Sperry Chalet,” which later suffered from the park fires of 2017. Read about her thrilling trek in this guest blog post.
Painting a Presidential Centennial
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Members of the Ohio Plein Air Society and their guests recently gathered at a presidential library to...
Painting in Traffic
Most of the artists we feature in our ongoing series of extreme painting are on mountains, in rivers, or along rocky ledges. Two Oregon...
Adventures in Painting Nocturnes on Location
To study the art of painting nocturnes, Jake Gaedtke began venturing into the mountains at 2:00 a.m. There, he began a personal series of lessons in painting, in fears of the unknown, and in close calls with nature. Read about his apprehensions and challenges in this guest blog post, and see if it inspires you to paint outdoors at night!
Selling Everything, Painting Everywhere
Who hasn’t, at one time or another, fantasized about selling everything they own and hitting the road, traveling and painting? Patrick Saunders is doing...
Plein Air Painting — “MacGyver” Style
When caught in a plein air painter’s paradise without all the “necessary” tools, Lori McNee got creative, and her horse helped. Here’s how...
Painting From a Boat in the Low Country
Jason Zimmer loves to be on the water. He’s a fervent fisherman. He’s also an artist and a teacher at SCAD. Put Savannah, painting, and fishing together, and you get an interesting body of work.
Finding the Perfect View in Big Sur
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Laurel Sherrie saw a great view in a newspaper — an eminently paintable view — and she...