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Featured Artwork: Durre Waseem
Durre Waseem: Generally, my work is a spontaneous response to my visual environment. I never plan a location or pose ahead of time. With...
13 Things to Try in 2023
As we head into a new year, I’d like to invite you to join me in the fear zone and try something new in your art world.
Artist Spotlight: Barb Walker
Barb Walker: Confession. I don’t always draw in preparation for a painting. Actually, almost never unless the light is so fleeting that a quick...
I’m Stunned
A husband’s secret, an artist’s dream...
Painting Santuario de Chimayó
Welcome back to your Plein Air Convention & Expo highlights! Yesterday was so filled with activities that it’s difficult to narrow it all down...
Hello From the Plein Air Convention!
I don’t know what I was expecting at PACE, but it wasn’t this…
How to Paint Landscapes: A Q&A with Kathleen Hudson
Kathleen Hudson (who is on the faculty of the Plein Air Convention) has been drawn to the landscape since childhood. Here, she explains her process of how to paint landscapes.
How to Paint Landscapes: Design Makes All the Difference
How artist Jim Wodark redesigns the landscape to create stunning compositions.
Get Intimate with Shallow Depth Paintings en Plein Air
The relatively shallow space between our eyes and the ground is a haven of interesting textures, colors, and aromas, especially for plein air painters. Bethann Moran-Handzlik explains.
Featured Artwork: Terri Ford
Dune Blooms
16 x 20 in.
Pastel
$2,800
Available through New Masters Gallery
“My attraction to the dunes of Carmel Beach was immediate. It was my first visit to...
The 7 “C”s Criteria for a Plein Air Judge
Minnesota plein air painter Bob Upton takes the responsibility of being a plein air competition judge seriously. Here, he outlines his seven “C”s criteria for judging artwork.
FREE: The Ultimate Plein Air 101 Guide for Artists
If you’re an artist, chances are you’ve already practiced plein air painting and maybe don’t even realize it! Some artists paint en plein air for years before realizing they’re part of the world’s largest art movement.
Featured Artwork: Eileen Eder
Dana Strands Beach
Oil
16 x 20 in.
Available through the artist
“Water and rocks have attracted me as a subject to draw and paint for many years,”...
Plein Air Artists to Follow on Instagram
Our team came up with the following list of Instagram accounts for artists — especially plein air artists! — that you’ll love seeing in your feed.
Cool Whisper: A Winter Landscape Painting
“The environment stimulates your senses as you breathe the fresh air, taking in all the sights and sounds; a truly awe inspiring and humbling experience,” says the artist. “My paintings are my personal response to these surroundings…”
13 Dramatic Paintings of Storms
These artists were driven to brave the elements to commit the scenes directly to their painting surfaces, make quick sketches or studies, or, as circumstances dictated for one, simply to burn the imagery into her memory to serve as inspiration as soon as she got to her easel.
9 Artists Over 65: Still Winning
Today we honor these artists who are still painting, and still winning art competitions. Be inspired.
The Power of Art to Unite
"We, as artists, have the opportunity to bring this feeling into people's lives though the art we create," says Livingstone. "Art can bring people to a moment of discovery, a moment of awe, a moment of feeling so uplifted and connected to what we are expressing that ...
Why People Are Still Talking About #PACE19
See the works of artists who are still in the afterglow of the 8th Annual Plein Air Convention, and get excited about our next stop: Denver!
2019 Plein Air Convention and Expo: Favorite Moments
Enjoy a recap of some the most popular highlights from this year's PACE - are you or your friends in any of these photos?