Plein Air Exhibit
Exhibit Date: September 1 - October 1
The Plein Air Art Committee Chair: Sandy Binger & Sandy Taylor
Plein air painting is a French expression meaning “in the open air,” and refers to the act of painting outdoors. The term was first used to describe Claude Monet and the Impressionists in France as they attempted to achieve an “intense impression of outdoor daylight and open air” in their paintings, whether in oil paints or in watercolor.
Since then, the term “en plein air artists” has been used to describe people who paint outside. Using a pochode box (originally artists used a cigar box for a paint holder and palette! ) and an outdoor easel, paints and brushes, plein air artists strive to capture the spirit and essence of a landscape or the subject before them, in the “fresh air.”
Most often plein air painters work on small canvases or boards, creating paintings that can be accomplished in a two- or three-hour painting session, before the light change color and form. The most successful plein air painters limit their colors and the sizes of their canvases for that purpose.
The Plein Air Art Committee Chair: Sandy Binger & Sandy Taylor
Plein air painting is a French expression meaning “in the open air,” and refers to the act of painting outdoors. The term was first used to describe Claude Monet and the Impressionists in France as they attempted to achieve an “intense impression of outdoor daylight and open air” in their paintings, whether in oil paints or in watercolor.
Since then, the term “en plein air artists” has been used to describe people who paint outside. Using a pochode box (originally artists used a cigar box for a paint holder and palette! ) and an outdoor easel, paints and brushes, plein air artists strive to capture the spirit and essence of a landscape or the subject before them, in the “fresh air.”
Most often plein air painters work on small canvases or boards, creating paintings that can be accomplished in a two- or three-hour painting session, before the light change color and form. The most successful plein air painters limit their colors and the sizes of their canvases for that purpose.
