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May I Introduce Ken Backhaus?

Ken Backhaus: Weekend with the Masters art instructor Kenn Backhaus was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and spent much of his childhood on the family farm near Burnett, Wisconsin. His fondness for nature became the catalyst for his art. Backhaus' parents...

Published 28 Jul 2012 3:58 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, 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
Dawn, Day, Dusk, Darkness

Plein air artists are the first to tell you that you can go back to the same site over and over again during different times of day and it is like being in a whole other place. Light does that! It can turn a bright and sunny scene into a murky and mysterious...

Published 6 Jul 2012 12:52 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, watercolor painting
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
What Do Painters Really Do?

Do you know how frustrating it is to love something, but not necessarily know everything about it? That's sometimes the way I feel about color. I have such a visual lust for color--learning new colors, discovering new paint mixes, figuring out how...

Published 17 May 2012 10:43 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, acrylic painting, Oil Painting, Art
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
Are Your Colors Going to Be "In" This Spring?

I know it is only January, but I'm already thinking spring! And so is the Pantone Color Institute . The organization has just released their seasonal color report, and while this is specifically written for the fashion and design industry, we art...

Published 1 Feb 2012 10:06 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, Oil Painting, Pastel, Art
Painting with a Magical Medium

Astor Place by Emily Falco, watercolor painting, 14 1/2 x 14 1/2, 2009. It warms my heart when I hear artists expressing excitement about their chosen painting medium because artists are the ones in the business of knowing all the ins and outs of their...

Published 17 Jan 2012 10:03 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, watercolor painting, 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
It's an Excuse to Paint Umbrellas

The Coming Storm by George Inness, 1879, oil on canvas, 27 1/4 x 41 3/4. Are you as bored of pretty outdoor painting scenes as I am? My eyes just seem to glaze over when I see a plein air painting scene with picture perfect sunlight over an idyllic landscape...

Published 29 Nov 2011 10:57 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, Portrait Painting, painting water, Artist Daily, watercolor painting, Oil Painting, Art
Bringing Artists Together

I want to share an inspiring story I just heard from one of our members, Mark Beale . Enjoy! Bryce Canyon by Bruce Stam, oil painting, 8 x 10. Backwater Twilight by Mark Beale, oil painting, 9 x 12. Bruce Stam and I are two landscape painters from opposite...

Published 15 Nov 2011 2:04 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, landscape painting, Artist Daily, Oil Painting
Wild But True: I Want to Paint Light

Lee's Ranch - Sunny Day by Camille Przewodek, 9 x 12, oil on canvas. Even now it sounds like a beautiful, incredible, impossible thing to accomplish. I mean, paint light ? It seemed like magic to me at first. And I didn't understand what it all...

Published 13 Nov 2011 10:26 PM by Courtney Jordan

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

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