Plein Air Painting Monthly Painting Project

Painting a familiar scene - preferably close to where you live - each month allows us to meditate upon the changing light, colors and aspect of the landscape. Whether you are into plein air painting or not, this can be a great learning experience for all artists.

Since we have worked out the composition problems by many repetitions, it frees us to concentrate on other aspects of a well loved scene. It is also fascinating to see how much a landscape does, in fact, change over a 30 day period.

How to Participate in This Monthly Project

2. Paint small panels - 5" x 7" or 8" x 10" are recommended. Make it doable and fun.

3. Schedule your painting time

4. Once your monthly painting is done - take a quick digital photo and then post it to this page with a short description of your painting and any story that comes up for you - things that may have happened, how it was for you etc.

Complete the following form to participate. It will be inspirational and amazing to see what we all produce over the next year.

Monthly Plein Air Painting Project - Submission Form

Submit your monthly painting and its' story. We are all looking forward to seeing what we can do each month.

What Other Visitors Have Said

Great Blue Heron - July 2011 at Quail Hollow Pond
June sped by and I found myself out of time. So July 1 was the first available date to complete my Monthly Challenge at the Pond. It felt so good to ...

Plein Air Painting at Quail Hollow - March 2011
March is my 5th consecutive month of the 12 month challenge to paint Quail Hollow Pond. I almost didn't make it this morning due to the usual plethora ...

January 2011 - Quail Hollow 4pm
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Goal Accomplished - 12th Month of Painting at Quail Hollow Pond Not rated yet
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Plein Air Painting as Therapy - Sept 30, 2011 Not rated yet
How things can change in 30 days with the artist but the Pond remains serene and peaceful. I, on the other hand, am not. My 90 year old Mother died a ...

Plein Air Painting at Quail Hollow - August 2011 Not rated yet
9.30 am
It’s time to confess – I didn’t make it to the Pond in July as I was away in Maine. So I’m now back and ready to continue with my monthly visits ...

Plein Air Painting at Quail Hollow - May 2011 Not rated yet
The swallows have arrived and are in flight in the warm, grass scented air around the pond. Gossamer seed pods float on the breeze all around. The earth ...

The Gift of Ducklings - April at Quail Hollow Pond Not rated yet
This morning it was heaven at the Pond. Sun was shining and warm - just right - not too hot yet. The Pond surroundings were lush with green - in fact,...

Plein Air Painting at Quail Hollow - February 2011 Not rated yet
It was a beautiful, but frosty morning as I ventured out to Quail Hollow pond for my monthly painting challenge. 9am and a line of white frost still visible ...

December 2010 at Quail Hollow Pond Not rated yet
A lot has changed since I painted in this spot 30 days ago. All the leaves are gone - the trees now bare - showing the sculpture of their being. The ...

Quail Hollow Pond - Nov. 2010 Not rated yet
My first entry for the Monthly Painting Challenge - this project pushed me to go out and paint the day after Thanksgiving when I might otherwise have sat ...