Starting now, we’re renaming the PleinAir Salon art competition to The Salon Art Prize. Same competition. Same prestige. Now it has a name that finally tells the whole story and welcomes artists of all styles, and we're increasing the purse to a massive ...
See how contemporary realism artist Christina Grace Mastrangelo created the vanitas (a genre of painting symbolizing the transience of life) in this step-by-step demonstration.
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Watercolor painting advice from Michael Holter (a preview of the video workshop "7 Steps to Watercolor Portraits")
"Eggs to Dye For" by Scott Royston originally appeared in our sister publication, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine
This week we're seeing up-close-and-personal presentations during Acrylic Live, an online art conference unlike any other.
American artist Sharon Sprung shares a glimpse of insights into her new figurative oil painting, "Backscape."
Her capacity to express connection through everyday human interaction features in Keery’s imagery, which foregrounds what she calls the “beauty, intimacy, and magic in insignificant, often unnoticed moments.”
Congratulations to Fernando Micheli, whose work has been recognized in the monthly PleinAir Salon: I painted "Lovrijenac Fortress Overlook Dubrovnik" from observation, sketches and photo references on our recent trip to Dubrovnik, Croatia at one of the bay inlets outside the city fortress walls along the Dalmatian Coast, made famous recently in the TV series, Game of Thrones.
This multi-painting exercise works in the studio and in the field. Here’s a look at a few of the simple subjects I’ve painted over and over in my quest to build familiarity and to learn more about my own my artistic voice.









