http://www.artistdaily.com/blogs/pleinair/archive/2012/01/09/don-t-let-your-plein-air-skills-grow-cold.aspxDon&#39;t give up your plein air focus over the winter months. Try to paint from life indoors and keep sketching. ( Melting Snow by Ben Fenske, 60 x 75, oil on canvas.) For some of us, winter weather is just a bit too unpredictable and chilly to spendenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Debug Build: 40407.4157)http://www.artistdaily.com/blogs/pleinair/archive/2012/01/09/don-t-let-your-plein-air-skills-grow-cold.aspx#127130Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:44:03 GMT2bfc0e10-a4d2-4b68-ab7f-f11d606ed6fe:127130ahorrasi<p>I had an experience similar to this with a painting that I began in early Fall Plein Air and then &#39;life got in the way&#39;. By the time i got back to it, it was mid December in the north Carolina mountains - not good. So I had to resort to completing it with a photograph. I wasn&#39;t terribly convinced about the outcome, but it did the job. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.artistdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=127130" width="1" height="1">