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Big Payoffs in Rockies Competition
With a top prize valued at more than $4,000, the Plein Air Rockies 2013 Competition attracted some strong painters. Who went home with awards?...
Which Paint-Spattered Artist Pulls in Big Win in ADK?
Anyone who knows this artist would recognize his multi-colored, much-spattered painting apron ... and the wearer won the top prize at the Adirondack Plein...
Artists Gather in Napa Valley for Sales Event
Yountville, California, was the host of the Napa Valley Art Festival, a grass-roots event that bestows Artists' Choice and People's Choice awards to talented...
Why This Works: “Frankly Speaking, Yackandandah”
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they...
Georgia O’Keeffe Paints the Adirondacks
By many accounts, Georgia O'Keeffe painted, sketched, and drew outdoors frequently and in sometimes rough country. And she spent one of the most prolific...
Picturesque Painting on a Texas Barrier Island
North of Padre Island, on Texas's Gulf Coast, is a long barrier island named Mustang, and on it is a town of 4,000 people...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Edwin C. Bertolet
San Francisco painter Edwin C. Bertolet finds that his favorite place to paint is a place that offers numerous light effects and is relatively...
Last Call: American Vistas Competition
The Missouri Valley Impressionist Society reminds artists that August 1 is the deadline to enter "American Vistas," a landscape exhibition slated for the Buttonwood...
Stretching Into Plein Air in NYC
Elissa Gore, a New York-based artist who stays busy on the plein air circuit, hosts plein air watercolor classes when her schedule permits. We...
$10,000 Awarded in Virginia Plein Air Event
At the 2nd annual Plein Air Richmond event last week, participants painted a mere two hours in the Fast and Fresh quick draw competition,...
Never-Before-Seen Trost Richards Pieces on View
This summer visitors to the National Academy Museum in New York City have the chance to see dozens of pieces by William Trost Richards,...
Useful Websites: EmptyEasel
Why visit EmptyEasel's website? Because artists can always learn something more. Want to know how another working artist makes stretcher bars? Interested in another...
Painting Long Panoramas on Scrolls
All plein air artists have to learn to edit a lot of information out of a scene, but Dutch artist Jacob Kerssemakers has to...
Painter and Storm Watcher
Arni Anderson heard the tornadoes were coming toward his Oklahoma home … so he grabbed his watercolors and headed to his driveway to paint....
Host Hotel for Plein Air Convention 75% Sold Out
Following the announcement of the 2014 Plein Air Convention in Monterey just two weeks ago, the Portola Hotel & Spa at Monterey Bay is...
Plein Air Vermont Event Draws Artists to Bennington
Artists interested in painting in Southwestern Vermont may want to mark their calendars for Plein Air Vermont, which will be held in Bennington, Vermont,...
Carmel Art Festival Announces Winners
Calvin Liang served as judge at the 20th Annual Carmel Art Festival, which was held in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, May 6 through 19. Aimee Erickson...
Sold-Out Plein Air Convention Returns With Deal for Early Birds
April's Plein Air Convention & Expo, held in Monterey, California, sold out and was the subject of almost embarrassingly effusive praise after the event....
Sandra Hildreth: “The Wild, Wild West”
Sandra Hildreth, an artist from Saranac Lake, New York, is currently the subject of a solo show at the Adirondack Artists Guild, in Saranac...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Michael Reardon
Michael Reardon's favorite spot for painting is a rare place indeed: a tourist destination that is calm and relaxing. A similar...