On a piece of rocky ground at the base of a steep bank along the mist-shrouded Little River, oil painter Olena Babak sets up her easel. It’s late in the day to be starting a new piece - less than ...

Students and professionals alike are showing their talent as they paint the Laguna Beach coastline this week. The Laguna Plein Air Painting Invitational brings in 30 of the country’s best plein air ...

Artists will brush Laguna Beach’s natural beauty onto canvas at the 16th annual Plein Air Painting Invitational, presented by the Laguna Plein Air Painters Assn. The eight-day event, which kicked off ...

There’s a certain poetry to capturing a landscape exactly where you find it: a hedgerow slick with morning rain, a square bright with market stalls, the hush of a coastline under changing skies. For ...

The Laguna Plein Air Painters Assn. has proven its staying power over the years, its annual invitational event reminding the community of its roots as a colony of artists that gravitated to its ...

Painting en plein air is the practice of painting landscapes or cityscapes out-of-doors in a looser, faster style than can be accomplished in the studio. Pronounced like the “plen” in “splendid,” ...

WAYNE — Wayne Art Center is excited to announce the return of its annual Plein Air Festival, one of the longest running and most popular outdoor painting events in the country. This year, more than ...

“Plein air is when the artists paint outside, they set up an easel and then they have to paint what they see and they have to finish the piece in one standing,” explains Robin Riddel Lima, executive ...

It's Thursday morning at the Meeker Ranch east of Custer, and Belle Fourche artist Mick Harrison is halfway through his first work of the day - an oil painting of the ranch's outhouse. Artist James ...

Celebrated artists from throughout the United States will converge on Sonoma from Sept. 9 to 14 for the 22nd annual Sonoma Plein Air Festival. During the week, 30 artists will be busy creating ...

LITCHFIELD — Landscape artists will gather in Litchfield on Oct. 5 for Plein Air Litchfield, a one-day outdoor painting festival. According to the organizers, which include Litchfield’s Economic ...

On a piece of rocky ground at the base of a steep bank along the mist-shrouded Little River, oil painter Olena Babak sets up her easel. It’s late in the day to be starting a new piece—less than three ...