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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
Taking That Leap of Faith

Artists who step outside their studios take a leap of faith. When you determine that you are ready to create a plein air painting , you take a chance with lighting, composition, color, and time. All of these are variables that you need to contend with...

Published 28 Nov 2012 12:33 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, watercolor painting, Oil Painting, Landscape Drawing, 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
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
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
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
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
What Could Be Better Than a Free eBook on Landscape Painting?

My answer to that is nada! Zippo! Zilch! As the weather heats up from coast to coast, now is the time when artists turn their attention to the excitement of landscape painting. But I'll be honest with you. I'm still intimidated by the whole landscape painting process. There seems to be so much to contend with-the weather, changing lighting conditions, the weather, packing correctly...did I mention the weather?
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Published 8 May 2011 10:34 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, landscape painting, watercolor painting, Art
How to Paint the Look and Feel of Spring

I’m a color junkie. In fashion, in design, and especially in painting, vibrant color is what gets me creative. But before the image of Mimi from The Drew Carey Show becomes forever attached to my name in your mind, I’ll point out that I can control myself…sometimes. It’s tough, though, especially now that spring is officially here and I’m starting to see hints of color everywhere.
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Published 14 Apr 2011 10:24 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, acrylic painting, Artist Daily, watercolor painting, Art, street art
Free Video Demo—Watercolor Painting With Mary Whyte

Learn more about Mary Whyte’s full-length DVD. I'm a reader and studier by nature, but the lessons and techniques that I learn from books and magazines always seem to click much quicker when I watch an artist paint, rather than try to puzzle...

Published 27 Feb 2011 10:13 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, Portrait Painting, watercolor painting, still life, Painting, Color, Art
Where Exceptional Artists Gather

Watercolorist Stephen Scott Young getting into the details of his watercolor technique with students. All photos by Manuel Rodriguez . Artists of the past are often remembered as working solo, toiling alone in their private studios and intimate garrets...

Published 26 Sep 2010 10:14 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, Artist Daily, watercolor painting, Art
Free Lessons From Top Watercolor Artists

The basic set of supplies John Hulsey uses when painting on location. The recent spat of wet weather in New York has made it difficult to get outside to paint, but that doesn’t mean we in the American Artist offices haven’t been thinking about...

Published 2 Nov 2009 3:00 AM by Brian Riley

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, landscape painting, Artist Daily, watercolor painting, still life, Landscape Drawing

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