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"The Northside," by Dee Sanchez, 2014, acrylic and marker, 8 x 10 in. |
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| Drawing Lines on Plein Air Pieces About every two years or so, Dee Sanchez dives into an intense project that yields 150 paintings done in a style that has proven very popular for the artist. By building right on top of her plein air pieces, Sanchez creates paintings that are catnip to her collectors. [read more] | |
"Fog and Sunset," by Macario Pascual, 2014, oil on panel. Best of Show |
Winners in Mendocino The Mendocino Art Center recently hosted the Mendocino Open Paint Out in California, and a visitor from Hawaii took the top prize -- again. [read more] |
Bob Upton working during the Quick Paint competition at Plein Air Grand Marais |
Painting at the "Great Marsh" of Minnesota Grand Marais translates from French to "great marsh," and the town with that name hosted a plein air event recently at the scenic spot in Minnesota. The winners? [read more] |
The piazza on Homer's studio in Prouts Neck, Maine, from which he could view the ocean |
Land Acquired to Preserve Homer's Maine Coast View What good is a well-situated studio if the views from it disappear? The Portland Museum of Art and local conservation groups worked together to make sure the area around Winslow Homer's studio on Prouts Neck, Maine, remains undeveloped. [read more] |
"A Farmhouse I Saw in Virginia," by Joyce Hicks, watercolor, 22 x 30 in. Best Landscape in the June-July contest of the PleinAir Salon | Gallery Owners See Value in Artists Entering Salons and Competitions While there are many reasons to enter an art competition such as the PleinAir Salon -- it forces you to analyze your work, it puts your work in front of key people in the art world, and winning reaps several kinds of rewards -- our conversations with gallery owners point to another reason. [read more] |
J.R. Baldini, the executive director of IPAP, Wendy Pride, and Kim Villanti at Niagara Falls, Ontario. Photo courtesy of Wendy Pride. |
Global Day of Plein Air For more than a decade, International Plein Air Painters has organized one day when artists all around the world work in the field with the knowledge that others everywhere are intentionally doing so as well. It's called the Worldwide Paint Out. The organizers can't be sure just how many people participate, but the ripple effects are no doubt felt from Paraguay to Poughkeepsie. [read more] |
"Golden Field," by Don Bishop, oil, 12 x 12 in. |
Simplifying With a Drywall Knife Oregon artist Don Bishop wanted to break out from his more traditional, representational plein air landscapes. So he picked up a drywall knife and scraped his painting. [read more] |
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Keith Bond manipulated a photo of his painting "Day's End" in Photoshop to show how to group values in a scene. |
Because values. Keith Bond feels so strongly about teaching people to see and depict accurate values that he builds entire workshops around it. [read more] |
"It's Cooler on This Side," by John Budicin, oil, 8 x 10 in. | EXHIBITION: "Miniatures En Plein Air" Through January 11, more than 40 artists will have their work on display as part of the show "Miniatures En Plein Air," at the California Art Club Gallery at the Old Mill in San Marino, California. [read more] |
Len Chmiel and Nancy Becker pose in front of Chmiel's painting "Social Security." | Parting Shot: Chmiel's Western Vision Acclaimed painter and PACE 2015 instructor Len Chmiel took a moment to chat at "Western Visions: Wild 100 Show & Sale," a tony fundraiser for the National Museum of Wildlife Art, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. [read more] |
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