Showing posts with label En Plein Air. Show all posts
Showing posts with label En Plein Air. Show all posts
En Plein Air Miniature 4x4 Acrylic Paintings
A few of my plein air paintings from 2019. I was experimenting with acrylic on gessoed panels. The last couple of paintings I switched to 'open acrylics' to give myself more working time than regular acrylics. But even that proved challenging on a windy, dry day outside. Inside the atrium there was usually plenty of humidity which made the process easier.
Plein Air Day: Painting Red Amaryllis in Acrylic
I really can't get enough of plein air painting. I use that term loosely to mean on-location, usually outdoors, basically anywhere that's NOT my studio. 😏
I'm loving painting with Golden's Open Acrylics on 4 inch x 4 inch Aquabord panels
Below my paintings are more explanations and definitions
of what others think "Plein Air" means.
From HUFFPOST
I'm loving painting with Golden's Open Acrylics on 4 inch x 4 inch Aquabord panels
(indoor atrium) Peoria, Illinois
Below my paintings are more explanations and definitions
of what others think "Plein Air" means.
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Plein air painting is about leaving the four walls of your studio behind and experiencing painting and drawing in the landscape. The practice goes back for centuries but was truly made into an art form by the French Impressionists. Their desire to paint light and its changing, ephemeral qualities, coupled with the creation of transportable paint tubes and the box easel—the precursor to the plein air easels of today—allowed artists the freedom to paint “en plein air,” which is the French expression for “in the open air.”....
En plein air
En plein air (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ plɛn ɛːʁ], French for outdoors, or plein air painting) is the act of painting outdoors. This method contrasts with studio painting or academic rules that might create a predetermined look....
From HUFFPOST
Debate: Must ‘Plein Air’ Be Defined?
There are very few rules in art, which may be what draws a lot of rules-are-meant-to-be-broken types to this field, but artists (like everyone else) want to know that the terms they use are understood in the same way by others. Take, for example, the term painting “plein air,”...
And there are many more opinions!
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Painting Acrylic En Plein Air at the Botanical Garden
Long winters can really leave my creative spirit cold. I thaw it out with trips to my local botanical garden to paint en plein air with acrylic or watercolor. So many gorgeous picture opportunities too. Great to have on hand for future paintings when I can't get there in person.
Hopefully spring is coming soon!
See more of my original plein air and other nature paintings in my shop.
I'm really enjoying using my new pochade box I made recently
Luthy
Botanical
Garden
(indoor atrium)
Peoria, Illinois
Hibiscus Flower Watercolor Painting at My Local Botanical Gardens
Winter is LONG... my local botanical garden atrium is the perfect spot for painting.
I love painting in plein Air but fighting the cold and wind in winter is just too much. I often head over to my local botanical garden to soak up the warmth and humidity while I paint in either watercolor or acrylic. Gives me a much needed break from both the elements and my studio.
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I'm even using this painting
for some of my printed promotional materials!
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