As for plein air painting, it's having a full-blown renaissance. A few years back, Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson told ...

Although not instructions for actually piloting a magic carpet, this activity might carry you to some beautiful places. With a humble nod to impressionist painters, like Monet, Van Gogh and Cassatt ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Some teachers and students at the Art Lab are forever checking the sky this time of year. There's a reason: When it's clear (or at least dry), they can pack up their brushes and ...

A SUNNY blue sky gives an artist crisp, clear cut colours and shapes – perfect when you’re learning Plein Air (French for open air) techniques. Local artists joined Nick Leavey, whose work is based on ...

Nancy Dankle and Mary Knight turned a love of gardening into a business. Leslie Barr has become a Zentangle instructor and is learning plein air painting. Curt Anderson at the controls of a friend’s T ...

In early 1860s France, four young art students discovered they shared an infatuation for painting landscapes and contemporary life. Together they would visit the local countryside, pull out their ...