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Go For Awesome

Almost any artist will tell you that there's a certain appeal to working outdoors that can't be found anywhere else. With spring in full swing, many of us have left our studios for our porches, backyards, and beyond. To celebrate the season and all of the landscape art being made, here are 10 ways you can make the most of your next outdoor painting session.
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Published 24 May 2013 1:38 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, landscape painting, watercolor painting, Oil Painting, shading, Drawing Basics, Art, street art
It's Not Magic, It's a Free eBook on How to Paint With Acrylics

Interest in acrylic painting is skyrocketing. There is less and less of a bias against this medium as a newcomer, and more and more of an interest in the healthful qualities and vibrant colors acrylics have to offer. In our free eBook, Acrylic Painting...

Published 15 Mar 2013 12:11 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, landscape painting, acrylic painting
You Have to Lie to Get What You Want

I may have grabbed your attention at the risk of making you think I'm a big fat fibber, but I do think that when it comes to landscape painting, you sometimes have to lie--or at least exaggerate--to get what you want. This is based on personal experience...

Published 8 Feb 2013 12:25 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, landscape painting, still life, Oil Painting
A Painting Just Waiting to Happen

I was in Florida a few weeks ago and felt so lucky to be in such a warm, sunny place that I don't think I spent a minute indoors. I was kayaking, mountain biking, walking on the beach, and swimming in the ocean. And again and again I would look around...

Published 16 Jan 2013 12:06 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, landscape painting, painting water, Oil Painting, Art
What You Really Want in a Winter Landscape Painting

Around this time of year we are inundated with wintry scenes and beautiful snowy landscapes--on greeting cards, products, advertisements, calendars and more. But these winter landscapes aren't necessarily all created equal, and the same goes for the...

Published 7 Dec 2012 12:48 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, landscape painting, Oil Painting, Painting, Color, Art
No Crisis Here, Look Elsewhere

I roll my eyes every time I hear about representational art and realism being "imperiled," because there are so many important representational artists painting right now. It's almost offensive how people think legitimacy comes with the...

Published 17 Oct 2012 12:28 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, landscape painting, Portrait Painting, Artist Daily, still life, Oil Painting, Art
It's High Time for Some Brutal Honesty

Here it is: If you aren't going to really push it when you make a landscape painting , it is going to be completely forgettable. Having looked at thousands of landscape paintings, and made a few myself, I'll be honest and tell you that only the...

Published 15 Oct 2012 12:49 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, landscape painting, Artist Daily, Oil Painting, Art
It's Not Like Eating Junk Food

When it comes to putting additives into your paints, it just isn't the same as eating a Twinkie or bag of Doritos. Additives are necessary in some cases, especially for landscape artists who work with varying conditions when painting outdoors . They...

Published 17 Sep 2012 12:48 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, landscape painting, watercolor painting, Oil Painting, Art
The Long, Hot Summer

The light of summer is a powerful and extreme thing. Getting effects of extreme darks and stark, searing lights is not something every painter can do. There's an acuteness of vision that must come into play to see the color that resides in the light...

Published 16 Jul 2012 12:22 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Drawing, plein air, How To Paint, landscape painting, Pastel, Landscape Drawing, Art
Plein Air Watercolor Survival Guide

When plein air painting , one of the most enjoyable and facile medias I've found to work with has to be watercolors. Hands down. The supplies are minimal, you can paint quickly and move from place to place making sketches of what catches your interest...

Published 5 Jun 2012 10:37 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, landscape painting, watercolor painting, Landscape Drawing
Here's One From the Heart

In their day, the Hudson River School landscape artists were so popular with the public that people would line up and pay a fair amount of money just to view a single painting. Our plein air blogger Jennifer King shares her insights on why the works of...

Published 6 May 2012 10:40 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, landscape painting, Artist Daily, Art
Behind Every Good Painting Is a Good Still Life

The Sensorium by Walton Ford, 2003, watercolor, gouache, pencil and ink on paper, 152.9 x 302.3 cm. Yes, that is a complete exaggeration. But my point is that a lot of times in the art world people tend to silo or separate genres of painting to such an...

Published 8 Apr 2012 10:26 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, landscape painting, Portrait Painting, watercolor painting, still life, Art
If This Sounds Harsh, Forgive Me...

Below you'll find artist and blogger Jennifer King's discussion of when a plein air painting can be too real. I don't think she's being harsh at all, but you'll have to decide for yourself. Enjoy! ***** I think it's time for some...

Published 15 Mar 2012 10:18 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, landscape painting, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art
Solving the Mystery of Monet

The Water Lily Pond by Claude Monet, oil painting, 1899. Mitchell Albala is an inspiring art instructor in the field of landscape painting , and it turns out he's an awesome detective as well. Recently, he did some sleuthing on a rare video clip of...

Published 4 Mar 2012 10:38 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, landscape painting, Oil Painting, Painting, Color, Art
Painting with Dreams, Memories, History and Myths

Sonata of the Sea--Finale by Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, 1908. One of my favorite movements in art is the Symbolist movement of the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries. The artists were so free in exploring what mattered to them—personal...

Published 1 Dec 2011 10:05 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, landscape painting, painting water, Art

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