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Joe Paquet, featured in PleinAir Magazine

PleinAir Magazine: Close to Home

Preview the newest issue of PleinAir Magazine with the Editor's Letter: Just a few hundred miles from where I live, the Great Smoky Mountains — the site for this year’s Plein Air Convention & Expo — feel like home...

It Gets Better and Better: Highlights from Plein Air Live

The 5th Annual Plein Air Live wrapped up after several days of camaraderie, workshops, paint-along sessions, and learning from the masters. Today's demos featured Amit Kapoor, Beth Bathe, Kimball Geisler, Charlie Hunter, and Kevin Macpherson.
Kimball Geisler, “Winter Derelicts,” Oil, 45 x 50 in.

Plein Air Painting as a Game of Chess

On plein air painting > Kimball Geisler discovered a love for nature and the plein air life in countless intriguing natural landscapes.
Plein Air Podcast - Eric Rhoads and Larry Moore

Plein Air Podcast 256: Larry Moore on Creativity and Artistic Growth

In this episode of the Plein Air Podcast, Eric Rhoads interviews Larry Moore, who describes himself as "intensely curious."
Rosemarie Armstrong, plein air painting on one of her many adventures

My Plein Air Painting Adventure: Botanical Beach

Rosemarie Armstrong takes us with her on a day trip to a rugged terrain in British Columbia.
plein air color study

Step-by-Step: Creating Harmony in a Plein Air Painting

Follow along and see how Nancy Macdonald begins with a pen-and-ink sketch and color study to create a plein air painting of two figures in the Ecuador landscape.
Plein Air Podcast - Eric Rhoads and Richard Sneary

Plein Air Podcast 255: Richard Sneary on the Worst Thing You Can Do When...

In this episode of the Plein Air Podcast, Eric Rhoads interviews Richard Sneary, who began painting as an artist primarily en plein air in 2011 after 40 years as ...
“Fading Light” by Patrick McGannon, 2022, oil, 12 x 16 in., Available from artist, Studio from plein air study

Go Figure: 5 Plein Air Paintings with People

As social creatures, we immediately focus on figures in a painting, expecting their gestures and expressions to unlock the meaning of the picture...
Step 1: Plein air painting setup

Refining a Plein Air Painting in the Studio

A step-by-step demonstration of how Jessica L. Bryant turns a plein air painting into a studio piece.
Plein Air Grand Marais

Outdoor Painters of Minnesota Announce Plein Air Grand Marais Results

Fall color and September light were on spectacular display at the 2023 Plein Air Grand Marais event, which drew over 100 painters to this year’s Competition Week. The winners were ...
Landscape plein air painting by John Hughes

The Three Most Important Skills Plein Air Painters Need

Thoughts on what you should practice while plein air painting; a new guest blog post by John Hughes.
Plein Air Podcast - Eric Rhoads and James Hart Dyke

Plein Air Podcast 253: James Hart Dyke on Climbing and Painting a Mountain Summit

In this episode, British artist and plein air mountaineer James Hart Dyke shares a story about a plein air adventure all of us wish we could have been a part of.
Plein Air Smokies

Coming Soon: Plein Air Smokies 2023

A highlight from our monthly plein air painting events guide at OutdoorPainter.com
Plein Air Podcast with Eric Rhoads and Jennifer McChristian

Plein Air Podcast 252: How Jennifer McChristian’s Military Background Influences Her Art, and more

Listen to the newest PleinAir Podcast, featuring PleinAir Salon Grand Prize Winner Jennifer McChristian, who shares ...
Amit Kapoor, "Beauty of Madrid," 2018, watercolor, 15 x 22 in., Collection the artist, Plein air

PACE Spotlight: Plein Air Watercolor Artist Amit Kapoor

The following is part of a series featuring a leader in the art community who is on the faculty of the 11th Annual Plein Air Convention & Expo in The Great Smoky Mountains.
Kimball Geisler (in the center) celebrating his PleinAir Salon win with Paul Kratter, Aimee Erickson, and Suzie Baker

Joy Is Infectious in the Plein Air Community

In this Editor’s Letter from PleinAir Magazine, see how some of the most powerful moments at PACE happened behind the scenes.
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Plein Air Podcast 251: Four Painters Share Their Best Advice

In this episode, Eric Rhoads interviews painters Jill Wagner, Albert Handell, Aaron Schuerr, and Bill Schneider. Listen (and watch) as they discuss how to develop a style, how to stimulate yourself to the next level, and how to ...
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Plein Air Podcast 250: Exclusive Dreamliners Q&A With Eric Rhoads

In this episode, Eric Rhoads opened the floor to our friends in the Dreamliners* group for a special Plein Air Podcast that focuses on art marketing and the eternal question, "How do you sell your art?"
Painting of Cows - Richard Oversmith, "Morning Graze," oil on linen, 48 x 68 in.

En Plein Mountain Air

Exhibition: Two impressionists who, after travels and studies throughout the world, have returned to the Blue Ridge, inspired by its natural beauty.
Plein Air Podcast Eric Rhoads and Haidee-Jo Summers

Plein Air Podcast 249: Haidee-Jo Summers on Perseverance and More

In this episode, Eric Rhoads interviews Vice President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Haidee-Jo Summers, live from the Plein Air Convention & Expo.