Visitors to Crystal Cove State Park can take the beauty, or rather a memory of it, home with them … one that they create. The Crystal Cove Conservancy offers plein air painting classes two days a week ...

When early California scene painting began to gain popularity in the 19th and early 20th centuries, artists were inspired by the French practice of plein air, bringing their easels outdoors to capture ...

Paul Seymour, artistic director for the Cresson Lake Playhouse, works on a canvas in his Ebensburg home. Seymour plans to pursue his passion for plein air, or outdoor, painting. Mirror photo by ...

Abita Springs artist Claude Ellender likens en plein-air painting to learning to play piano. “You have to practice. You have to get good at it,” said Ellender, who has taught en plein-air painting ...

CLARYVILLE, N.Y. — The Frost Valley YMCA and Wallkill River Center for the Arts are set to host a “Paint in Plein Air” retreat from Friday, Oct. 4, to Sunday, Oct. 6, inviting artists and art ...

Art has always been shaped by the evolving relationship between creative vision and technology. Today, artists eagerly line up for the latest iPad Pro or try out spatial computing headsets like the ...

Four Humboldt County women artists — who share a love of painting outdoors, aka en plein air — are showing their work now at Big Blue Cafe, 846 G St. in Arcata. Artwork by Erica Brooks, who ...