October 2, 2013
 



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   The breathtaking views from Wooster Farm


A few of the participants at the Dunlay workshop
Painting the Same Spectacular Views as a Past Master
Thomas R. Dunlay recently offered his workshop participants the chance to paint on the farm of one of America's greatest impressionist painters. [read more]




Robert Bateman speaks on camera about the importance of plein air painting.
Robert Bateman: Why Plein Air Painting Is Important
Robert Bateman, one of the most successful representational artists working today, thinks plein air painting is very important -- but not as an art form. [read more]




An artist painting at last year's even
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OPPORTUNITY: OPA Paint-Out in North Carolina
Oil Painters of America is sponsoring a paint-out in Salisbury, North Carolina, next week. [read more]




"Autumn on the Brazos," by Chuck Rawle, oil on linen board, 30 x 24 in. Courtesy InSight Gallery, Fredericksburg, Texas
Koi, Sand, Swimming, and Plein Air
An event on October 19 in Texas sounds more like a perfect vacation than a painting session. [read more]





"Shorewood Pizza," by Tom Nachreiner, 2013, oil on linen panel, 20 x 16 in. Best of Show
Familiar Name Among Shorewood Winners
Tom Nachreiner took home the Best of Show award at the Plein Air Shorewood event, and a familiar name nabbed First Place. [read more]





Best in Show winner Macario Pascual with PleinAir magazine representative Krystal Allen and Mendocino Art Center Board President Liliana Cunha. Photo by Dale Moyer
Mendocino Loves Various Media
Most plein air events don't differentiate among media, or they show a bias toward oils. Not so in Mendocino, California. The Medocino Open Paint Out gave awards to the following artists in the media listed below. [read more]




David Gilsvik was the big winner in Grand Marais, with
three awards

7 Days, 250 Paintings
The North Shore of Lake Superior was painted by 70 artists recently, and their abundant output made it hard to choose winners. [read more]
 

 

The spectacular view at Stacey Peterson's favorite place to paint 
My Favorite Place to Paint: Stacey Peterson
Just four hours from Denver, Stacey Peterson finds a place that offers both remote painting locations and a bustling little town with all the amenities a painter may want. [read more]




"Lobstah Boats," by Rick Wilson, 2013, oil, 11 x 14 in.
Why This Works: "Lobstah Boats"
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they succeed as painted images. This week, Rick Wilson's "Lobstah Boats." [read more]
 

 

Kendall Klingbeil and Wendy Moore, silhouetted against the dunes and sky on Nantucket

Parting Shot: Nantucket, 9 a.m.
Marianne Valenti Kuhn snapped this photo of her fellow painters working up some studies on Nantucket, in Massachusetts. [read more]



 
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