This kind of outdoor painting, called plein air painting, is quite difficult, as it must be done in a couple hours or less. “Plein air painting is a sport,” says Ireland who has long brown ...

“It’s a more lasting way to capture what you experience,” says M. Stephen Doherty, author of The Art of Plein Air Painting, (Monacelli Press, $25.), which refers to a French expression and ...

Abita Springs artist Claude Ellender likens en plein-air painting to learning to play piano. “You have to practice. You have to get good at it,” said Ellender, who has taught en plein-air ...

The guild is co-sponsoring the inaugural En Plein Air Frisco, a three-day event in which artists will compete for cash prizes as they paint at several park and green-space locations around Frisco.( ...

Talented plein air artists from across the country will paint “en plein air” (in the open air) during the annual Coastal VA Plein Air Festival in Norfolk. This is the festival’s seventh year ...

If the sky is blue and the weather is warm, chances are Peter Plant can be found with a box of painting supplies and a canvas in tow. The 69-year-old from Middletown is one of 35 plein-air artists ...

OGUNQUIT, Maine — The town’s Parks and Recreation will host the third annual Ogunquit-Perkins Cove Plein Air Art Event on Saturday, Sept. 9, featuring 100 professional and amateur painters who ...