http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-blog.html The Muse Blog keeps you up to date with all additions and changes to pleinairmuse.com website - your headquarters for plein air painting information en-us plein air painting Fri, 18 May 2012 23:00:35 GMT Fri, 18 May 2012 23:00:35 GMT pleinairmuse.com http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites.html ***In order to keep growing our shared resource of great painting spots, Please Contact Us to share your best painting spots in your State. Your name, photo of artwork (if desired) and a link to your site will be given to thank you for contributing.*** Mon, 14 May 2012 23:04:37 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-workshops-events.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-workshops-events.html 3 New Workshops at The Knowlton - The Limited Palette; Painting the Costumed Figure; Mastering Pastels. Workshops taught by Masters in their field - Kathleen Dunphy, Peggi Kroll-Roberts, Gil Dellinger Tue, 08 May 2012 22:33:57 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/color-palette.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/color-palette.html Color Palette variations and simplicity - the key to harmony in your plein air paintings Mon, 07 May 2012 19:41:18 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-inner-critic.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-inner-critic.html "Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without." (Confucius) - Beware your Inner Critic - it can ruin your art... Sat, 05 May 2012 19:26:54 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites-Northern-California.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites-Northern-California.html Artist tested great plein air painting locations in Northern California - Big Sur, Carmel, Monterey Bay Area - We show take the work out of finding the perfect spot - print our guide and get painting while the wild flowers are blooming... Sat, 28 Apr 2012 04:53:16 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/inspiration-muse.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/inspiration-muse.html "Ability is of little account without opportunity." (Napoleon Bonaparte) - Applied to art - get out there and get lots of small starts - paint small and think big...and make time for Art Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:10:12 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-equipment-check-list.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-equipment-check-list.html Spring is here and plein air painting is back! Use our handy checklists to help get your adventure off to a great start - checklists available here for Oil painters, watercolor painters and pastel artists... Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:53:10 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/journaling.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/journaling.html Speaking out about what we like about our art starts in the privacy of a handwritten journal. A safe and uncritical place to try out our ideas about our art process... Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:26:38 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-hawaii.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-hawaii.html Plein air painting Hawaii - paintings and stories from an artist's travels Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:20:58 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites-hawaii.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites-hawaii.html This is an amazing plein air painting site "at the end of the road" on the most Northerly point of the Big Island of Hawaii. Best Time to paint at this spot is after lunch from 2pm onwards because of the light. Plan to have lunch at The Bamboo Restaurant in the old Hawaiian town of Hawi first. Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:24:10 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-wyoming.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-wyoming.html Plein Air Painting Wyoming, Stories and paintings from an Artist's Travels Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:44:45 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-events.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-events.html Submit your artwork of Alaska's parks - Deadline for entries is July 31, 2012. For full details check out this link... Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:08:07 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-hawaii.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-hawaii.html Visiting Hawaii soon? Check out our list of plein air painting locations on the Big Island of Hawaii - Recommendations from painters who live there. Mahalo! Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:00:20 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/artistic-inspiration.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/artistic-inspiration.html The best way to avoid “performance anxiety” while creating is to focus solely on the art making process itself, rather than on what the product is liable to be. Enjoy the act of composing the painting. See how the elegant lines connect and direct the eye. Feel the movement of each brush stroke, the texture of the surface, the sound of the light wind in the trees, the birdsong carried on the morning air. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:08:08 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/traveling-artist-packing.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/traveling-artist-packing.html Going on a plein air painting trip soon? Check out our information on what works and what doesn't when packing and traveling with our paints... Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:53:13 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites-New-Mexico.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites-New-Mexico.html Winter can be a fantastic time to visit New Mexico - for skiing and/or painting. Check out our painting sites suggestions in the Land of Enchantment... Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:20:44 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/art-supplies.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/art-supplies.html Is it wet or cold outside today? Why not make a stash of your own oil/acrylic painting panels for when you can go out plein air painting again - we show you how... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:49:14 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-workshops-events.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-workshops-events.html Plein Air Workshop in Seggiano, Italy with Jerry Ross - Sept. 16-29, 2012 - check this link for more details... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:46:33 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-workshops-events.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-workshops-events.html Come and Paint at the Botanical Gardens and Papago Park. Come to see the most beautiful cactus and plants of the Sonoran Desert. Nestled next to the Phoenix Zoo and Papago Park - paint while listening to the sound of tropical Macaws or the roar of jungle cats while surrounded by the desert cacti of the Southwest. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:12:41 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-workshops-events.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-workshops-events.html Check out the new workshops for 2012 - new offerings being added each week as artists announce their workshop schedules - Half the fun of travel is the planning and anticipation of future plein air adventures...First we create art in our imagination.... Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:41:35 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-12-months-at-quail-hollow.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-12-months-at-quail-hollow.html A year of plein air paintings at Quail Hollow - Monthly Painting Challenge Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:40:40 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-equipment-check-list.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-equipment-check-list.html Going out plein air painting again after the holidays? Use our handy Check List (for Oil, Pastels or Watercolors) to make your painting outing a pleasure...print it out and add your personal items to it Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:47:14 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-workshops-events.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-workshops-events.html Get your entry in for the July 13-22, 2012 Plein Air Event in Jackson Hole, Wyoming - Paint the amazing Grand Tetons and National Park... Entry Deadline in March 2012 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:05:12 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-workshops-events.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-workshops-events.html Save the Date - Adirondack Plein Air Festival in Saranac Lake, New York - August 16 to 20 - 2012 - Make your plans now to attend this event. Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:16:48 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/painting-on-the-fault-line-san-andreas-that-is-the-big-one.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/painting-on-the-fault-line-san-andreas-that-is-the-big-one.html I decided I had to post this story - about plein air painting in strange places! Three of us painted at Old Mission San Bautista in the small Central Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:12:22 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-workshops-events.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-workshops-events.html July 2012 5 Day Plein Air Painting Retreat in Chalevoix, Quebec with Canadian Artist Don Cavin Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:02:55 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites-Northern-California.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites-Northern-California.html Emerald and turquoise sea - craggy cliffs and dark cypress trees - just some of the delights of Cypress Point at Point Lobos... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:29:49 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-studio.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-studio.html Use periods of winter weather as a great opportunity to create a studio painting from your plein air work - keep reading to get started.... Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:20:20 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/goal-accomplished-12th-month-of-painting-at-quail-hollow-pond.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/goal-accomplished-12th-month-of-painting-at-quail-hollow-pond.html I did it! Here is my final painting of the series where I set myself the goal of painting at Quail Hollow Pond each month for a year. I have come full Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:30:27 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-locations-arizona.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-locations-arizona.html Plan your winter plein air painting vacation - visit Tucson - check out our recommendations for where to paint in Tucson...or connect with the local plein air group there Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:39:58 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-starting-again.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-starting-again.html Plein Air Painting - Starting Again After Not Painting for a While Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:12:54 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/locationlocationlocation.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/locationlocationlocation.html It's fall and what plein air artist worth their salt doesn't envy Mother Nature's colorful glory and want to try and capture it? However, as I recently Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:11:02 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-as-therapy-sept-30-2011.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-as-therapy-sept-30-2011.html 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 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:30:53 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-equipment-used-for-sale.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-equipment-used-for-sale.html List your Used plein air equipment for sale Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:39:53 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites-California.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites-California.html Plein Air Painting in Monterey, Ca. at Old Fishermens' Wharf - Otters, boats, ocean and pelicans - fog and sun...this spot has it all... Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:21:26 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites-utah.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites-utah.html Hot Pink, Yellow Ochre, Vermillion... Just a few of the colors in the cliffs of Zion and Bryce Nat'l Parks in Utah. Fall is one of the best times of year here - Add spectacular fall foliage to the mix - and true magic happens... Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:39:31 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-at-quail-hollow-august-2011.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-at-quail-hollow-august-2011.html 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 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:33:40 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/art-workshops-paul-keysar.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/art-workshops-paul-keysar.html Art Workshop for plein air painters in Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:02:15 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/art-workshops-knowlton-california.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/art-workshops-knowlton-california.html Art Workshops - The Landscape, The Figure, Color Mixing Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:33:49 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-health-and-safety.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-health-and-safety.html Learn to I.D. and avoid Poison Sumac and Poison Ivy in the East and Poison Oak in the West. Avoid the itch and stay away from these toxic plants while out plein air painting... Sat, 30 Jul 2011 01:32:19 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites-Maine.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites-Maine.html I'm painting at Boothbay Harbor, Maine tomorrow with the Plein Air Painters of Maine. New painting site research is underway as I write this. Meeting other landscape painters from the New England area while traveling through this beautiful and peaceful part of our country. Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:11:14 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/great-blue-heron-july-2011-at-quail-hollow-pond.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/great-blue-heron-july-2011-at-quail-hollow-pond.html 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 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 21:23:58 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-health-and-safety.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-health-and-safety.html Plein air Painting can be challenging - what with the summer heat, bugs and sometimes bears, not to mention protecting ourselves from toxic art supplies - read helpful tips on how to paint in safety and protect your health Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:25:06 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-at-quail-hollow-may-2011.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-at-quail-hollow-may-2011.html 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 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:37:35 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-muse.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-muse.html Definition: Muse - The Source of an artist's inspiration. From Greek mythology - One of the nine daughters of the god Zeus -She presided over the creative arts. Sun, 22 May 2011 01:52:25 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites-lake-tahoe.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites-lake-tahoe.html We were there last week. We got to the fire station and had to stop because the road into the Falls is still covered in snow. Wait until mid June this year to access the Falls - snow melt should have happened by then. We painted at the Fire station - The bridge over the river is a good painting spot - or paint by Fallen Leaf Lake. Serene and beautiful Sat, 14 May 2011 15:41:37 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/art-workshops-jerry-markham.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/art-workshops-jerry-markham.html Paint in the Canadian Rockies, stay at Lake Louise - Art workshop with Canadian plein air artist, Jerry Markham. "Painting in the Footsteps of the Masters" Mon, 09 May 2011 20:00:29 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/the-gift-of-ducklings-april-at-quail-hollow-pond.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/the-gift-of-ducklings-april-at-quail-hollow-pond.html 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, Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:37:19 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/cape-cod-art.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/cape-cod-art.html Summer on the Cape - A plein air artist's journey painting on location - lighthouses, windmills, beaches. Part of her Quest to Paint in all 50 States. Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:58:50 GMT http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites-California.html http://www.pleinairmuse.com/plein-air-painting-sites-California.html As plein air painters we have the delightful pleasure of painting apple orchards in full bloom - fields of wild flowers or hillsides covered with swaths of yellow daisies. Today I painted in the middle of a blooming apple orchard - standing on the bed of an old truck for a better vantage point above the trees. Noisy crows played "cartwheel" through the sky - an old windmill clanked it's particular song as the Spring time breeze rose and fell - This is surely Heaven. Get out there and grab some for yourself whether you live in Maine,California or any place in between. Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:06:45 GMT