Last year, Plein Air Live brought together hundreds of artists from all over the world for an incredible three days of learning, painting, and inspiration 🌿🎨. The next event takes place September 16-28, 2026, so visit PleinAirLive.com to learn more and save your spot!
Here’s one of our favorite quick takeaways from Kathleen Hudson:
“If you have a bad painting day outside, don’t beat yourself up over it. The time that you spent making decisions on location is meaningful. You learned something from that.” ~Kathleen B. Hudson
Joining us from the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs, Kathleen led a plein air demo that covered mountain aspects such as changing atmosphere, jagged rock edges, light and shadows, color mixing – all of the basics of painting, but with a focus on doing it in a high alpine environment.
Bonus! Here are two more excellent pieces of advice from previous Plein Air Live instructors Carla Bosch and Alex Kelly:
Sharing her knowledge from almost 30 years of working with acrylic, Carla Bosch led a plein air demo alongside a creek. Here, she’s applying the finishing touches to her work.
Alex Kelly took us through the process of how he creates a plein air painting from start to finish, keeping in mind some key principles that he breaks down into stages, and that can be applied to any painting subject.
Transform your skills at the next Plein Air Live online art conference! This event gives you invaluable insights and live demonstrations from some of the world’s best plein air artists. Learn more at PleinAirLive.com.
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Blog post prepared for the web by Cherie Dawn Haas, Editor of Plein Air Today
