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From Pixar to Plein Air

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Casey Cheuvront plein air painting

A Few of My Favorite Things

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Painting Art - Carl Bretzke, “Yacht Club View,” oil on linen, 12 x 16 in., private collection

How Much Do You Want It?

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how to sell your art - Steve Browning, painting a large canvas en plein air

How I Sold My Most Expensive Painting: Lessons from Sandycove

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PleinAir Salon Second Place Overall: Lisa Egeli, “A Moment of Clarity,” Oil, 30x40 in.

3 Things You Might Need to Hear Right Now

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Happening This Week: 2026 Gouache Live

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Alina Lindquist, "One of My Favorite Places — Avi Kwa Ame National Monument," 2025, gouache, 11 x 14 in., plein air and studio, available from artist

The Moment Everything Clicked

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Plein air painter Allison Krajcik

A Revelation: Her First Time Painting With Pastels

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Knife plein air painting on North Beach in South Haven, Michigan, 2012. Photo credit Matt Poplawski

The Forgotten Essentials: A Memoir of Persistence

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Artist Alex Dzigurski

I Will Paint In Any Way Possible

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Heiner Radau, drawing the NYC Highline

Did You Draw This?!

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Landscape painter Clyde Aspevig

Six Questions With Clyde Aspevig

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Kevin Macpherson approaches painting through a simple, structured system

3 Painting Habits That Will Instantly Simplify Your Process

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Oil painting of cherries on a tree - Beth Bathe, "Sweet Tarts," 2024, oil, 16 x 20 in., Available at Fine Line Designs Gallery, Sister Bay, WI, Plein air

6 Ways to Develop a Distinctive Style

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Freya Grand, "Plateau," 2023, oil, 36 x 60 in.; Photo: Greg Staley

She Has the Courage to Paint Remote Landscapes

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Ellie Wilson, featured in the PleinAir Magazine article “The Purpose in Presence” (June/July 2026 issue).

Build a “Visual Library”

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"Spring on the Farm," 2020, pastel, 8 x 10 in., Available from the artist, Plein air

5 Compelling Pastels by Jill Stefani Wagner

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Val Sandell, "Sunrise With Moonset," 2009, oil, 20 x 30 in., Private collection, Studio from plein air study

“Sunrise With Moonset,” and 7 More Paintings From the Seashore

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Steve Browning, "Vico Baths, Dublin," 2019, acrylic, 10 x 14 in., Private collection, Plein air

Looking for Vibrancy, and How I Found It

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Creative Expression - Richard McKinley, "Tennessee Trees," 2015, pastel over watercolor, 12 x 9 in., private collection, plein air

7 Tips for Greater Creative Expression

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