PLEIN AIR ARTISTS

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April 2010 Blog Posts (13)

My Website

My Pastels website has been online since August 1996.

Added by Jim Few on April 30, 2010 at 5:28pm — No Comments

Artists Needed in Northwest Atlanta

I'd like to tell you about an organization I just learned about today called Our Kids Atlanta. Their focus is on helping at-risk kids through art-based mentoring programs. The belief is that through art and the connections they make through the art programs, kids will learn how to make better life choices in every aspect of their lives.

I've committed to donate some art…

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Added by Monica Burnette on April 29, 2010 at 7:07pm — No Comments

Paint-Out, Paint-In. Not exactly "plein air" I know but I still learned much from copying a master.

Added by Donna Shortt on April 29, 2010 at 2:48pm — No Comments

Classes at Trish Hardings School of Art at Studio UFO

FIGURE PAINTING Clothed WORKSHOP, Trish Harding instructor

Use the medium of your choice

Paint from a CLOTHED model

Rare opportunity to paint one pose all day from a model giving you time to complete a painting from life

Spirited constructive critiques

1 hour lunch break; brown bag or eat out!

One-5 hour session, Saturday 5/22, 10am-3pm, $69

Minimum $2 tip for the model at the time of the workshop

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Added by Trish Harding on April 28, 2010 at 10:59pm — No Comments

Taking workshops

I don't know about the rest of you but this economy has hit my hard. The only paintings selling are small ones , and I am happy that is happening but it is so slow. I had sulked around for some time about it, verbally too. That really is a terrible way to deal with this issue and I have had to turn my brain around to stop thinking so negative. I can't change what is happening but I can make the most of it. And though this sort of thinking usually makes me crazy when I hear it from my husband-… Continue

Added by Cindy Carrillo on April 27, 2010 at 4:55pm — 4 Comments

Open Air

"Plein Air" is French for "Open Air", which means painting outdoors in the changing natural light and atmospheric conditions. You of course know this already. However, more than just the lighting conditions, it is the drawing from life rather than from a photograph. Making a 2d image from a 3d subject is really most of what we are talking about... such as working in the studio of a figure or someone sitting for a portrait, or a still life.

I have been involved here in…

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Added by Donald Maier on April 26, 2010 at 12:56pm — No Comments

When There's a Will, There's a Way

I blog at www.jensenstudio.blogspot.com. In my last entry, I talked about the generosity of strangers and how they often let you paint on their property. Unfortunately, not all strangers are created equal. Yesterday, I was kicked off “private property” while painting. After all the years I’ve been plein air painting, this was a first. I'd like to know if you've had…

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Added by Brent Jensen on April 18, 2010 at 9:22pm — 4 Comments

artskipsabeat.blogspot.com

This is my blogspot blog----please join me there! Its of course, www.artskipsabeat.blogspot.com I hope to see many of your comments-----they always help me to learn, and to work harder. I love plein-air painting, and do it both in Oils and pastels. I have a great friend from Dayton, Nevada who joins me when she can and we are starting to really git it! Which is great----and fuels the fire. Love reading other artists blogs, and seeing their… Continue

Added by Ida M. Glazier on April 18, 2010 at 6:29pm — 1 Comment

'April Afternoon'

This piece is from a recent series I did trying to capture some amazing cloud formations that were happening my area.

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Added by Jeffrey J. Boron on April 17, 2010 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

Girl on the Beach, Bodega, CA

Added by Kath Root on April 17, 2010 at 1:00am — No Comments

John Budicin Workshop at Tucson Art Academy

What an honor to have Plein Air Painters of America signature member John Budicin

teach for us at the Tucson Art Academy. He had a wonderful week and the

weather was just perfect. We had students from all over the country and they

were very impressed with our landscape. John took them to many great locations. He

painted a demo every day, which the students found very helpful.…

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Added by Gabor Svagrik on April 12, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments