As she paints “en plein air”— a French expression for painting outdoors — she talks to herself, sometimes scolding, sometimes reassuring. “Get to work,” she says. “Quit fussing around. Get busy.” But ...

The 19th century was the great age of plein-air landscape painting, when artists left their studios and took to the outdoors to capture not a romanticized ­vision of nature but the real thing.

When I am standing outside painting plein air I feel like I somehow absorb all the energy, emotions, sights, sounds, and feelings … My best paintings are done out-of-doors rather than in the studio. I ...

After a morning of plein air painting, retired engineer Walter Pasko, 86, packs up his handmade portable easel and tool box in downtown West Stockbridge. Pasko, who lives in Lanesborough, is a member ...

Ruth Kitchen loves plein air painting so much that she recently traveled to France to walk in the footsteps of the impressionists who made painting outdoors an art form.

Find a pretty landscape. Set up an easel and canvas. Hold your paintbrush and palette just so and … practice, practice, practice. You are now a plein air painter. This article is featured in the ...

GULFPORT, Fla. — This week artists from across Tampa Bay are moving the easel and paintbrushes outside. It’s the second annual Plein Air Art Walk in downtown Gulfport.

Their finished plein air paintings will be displayed at the Collective Rink in Snowmass Base Village on Saturday from noon until 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.