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Paintings of Skies From the #StayAtHome Period
We love paintings of skies! Here's a look at what some of your peers created during the recent #stayathome period.
Spring Blooms and Still Lifes
Have a look at the spring blooms and still lifes your plein air peers created while self-isolating, and be inspired.
Art Inspiration: As Important as Breathing
There is much to be learned by going portable and exploring the world, both outer and inner, in which we live. Anita Louise West explains.
Teaching Children Art in Mexico
Despite a language barrier, Jolyn Wells-Moran brings concepts such as perspective, composition, color, and values to young artists who crave the opportunity to paint.
Featured Artwork: Kari Ganoung Ruiz
Since 1976
14 x 18 in.
Oil on panel
“I have recently found myself intrigued by small bits of the greater scene; the corner of a building,...
Taking Artistic License with Iconic Locations
On landscape composition > Like it or not, the final decision often comes down to this.
What It Takes to Paint Snow in Northern Ontario
Christy A. Smith loves winter, and it’s a good thing, because she lives in Sudbury, Ontario in Canada, where the average low temperature in January is below zero. She especially likes painting snow, and some of her snow paintings are now on view in a special exhibition.
Report From Cuba: Inspiration and Color Around Every Corner
Southern California artist Anette Power came back from the Paint Cuba! Publisher’s Invitational trip with a few thoughts on visiting the formerly forbidden Caribbean...
Kanvesky Wants His Art Over the Sofa
A growing number of artists are finding inspiration in the art of Alex Kanevsky, a Russian-born Philadelphia painter who doesn’t just cross but smears...
Winners at Camp Hill, Penn.
The Plein Air Camp Hill Arts Festival drew 62 painters from eight states and the Dominican Republic to the fifth edition of the event...
Premier Event Opens Up to More Artists
The Maynard Dixon Country plein air event has pulled in some of the biggest names in representational painting. But how does one become a...
How to Find a Place to Paint
Some of the discussions on social media really hit a nerve. Not a political nerve -- not usually on painters' sites. More like, "How...
Trash Into Treasure
It's true that artists can find beauty in any scene. Just take a look at these paintings of trash cans, gritty alleyways, and derelict...
New Contest Aims at Helping Newbies
A group called Emerging Plein Air Artists (EPAA) is trying to promote plein air painting among those starting in the genre with a twice-yearly...
Adirondacks Hit the Sweet Spot for Artists
What happens when a hundred artists paint at least 600 paintings in a few days' time in the Adirondack Mountains of New York? ...
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...