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Paul Kensinger painting on location at the Burning Man Project in Nevada. Photo by Elysha Kensinger |
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| Painting en Plein Air at Burning Man The Burning Man event, an annual festival in the middle of the desolate Nevada desert, is in many ways an ideal test of plein air resolve. Paul Kensinger found it to be a wonderful experience, if a bit distracting. [read more] | |
Marcelo Romani Borges de Araujo paints on location at the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture in Piracicaba, Brazil. |
My Favorite Place to Paint: Marcelo Romani Borges de Araujo An acrylic painter in Piracicaba, Brazil, paints big, colorful paintings on the grounds of a local school of agriculture, and the suggested detail of the pieces will stop you in your tracks. [read more] |
"Untermyer Park," by Amy DiGi, oil, 12 x 16 in. |
Paint Flowers Outdoors? New York painter Amy DiGi is very clear on why she paints flowers outdoors. Her reasons make perfect sense. [read more] |
"Ben Painting Beatrice," by Marc Dalessio, 2014, oil on panel, 7 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. |
Painting Painters: A Practical Solution It's not unusual to find paintings depicting painters painting. It's not just about reflected glory. It's smart. [read more] |
"Lucy's Yard," by Linda Fantuzzo, oil on birch panel, 16 x 16 in. | How to Get an Interior Designer to Sell Your Work Linda Fantuzzo recently received some publicity when an interior designer in New York's tony Hamptons started selling her work. How did this unfold? [read more] |
An untitled 9"-x-12" study painted by B. Rex Stewart with only manganese blue, alizarin crimson, and Indian yellow |
What Painting With Two Colors Can Teach You For an artist who doesn't fear failure but rather sees the lesson in it, an extremely limited palette can promote growth. Just ask B. Rex Stewart. [read more] |
Jenise Catiri, left, and Ithiel Catiri, right, present the Quick Paint award to Jeffrey Baumgartner, middle. |
Winners in Iowa Catiri's Fresh Paint, a plein air competition in Amana, Iowa, recently named the winners in its annual event. [read more] |
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"Georgia Gold," by Phil Sandusky |
EXHIBITION: "Location, Location, Location," at ART Station in Atlanta Area The show "Location, Location, Location" features plein air artists from across the Southeast, and it hangs in ART Station in Stone Mountain Village, Georgia, through September 28. While it's up, ART Station will host a paint-out, on September 13. [read more] |
A piece completed at last year's Paint Rowlett Plein Air Competition | OPPORTUNITY: Dallas Area Rowlett, Texas, is the location of a plein air competition on September 20 that allows participants to gather information from plein air sketches and finish a piece in the studio. [read more] |
The first abstract piece of art? | Parting Shot: Kandinsky, Eat Yer Heart Out An engraving found in 2012 in a cave on the Rock of Gibraltar is being labeled by some experts as the first example of abstract art. It is believed to have been done by a Neanderthal 39,000 years ago. [read more] |
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