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Category: plein air

fear/Performance anxiety/philosophy/plein air

140: No one dies

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Brad Teare

During a studio open house I conversed with a surgeon and mentioned that a medical illustrator–a former surgeon–told me that creating medical illustrations took...

Forbes Trinchera/plein air/residency

174 Trinchera revisited

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Brad Teare

The following article about the Trinchera Residency is from the Medicine Man Gallery site. I migrated it to this blog to insure pr...

gamblin colors/limited palette/plein air

173 Limited plein air palette

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Brad Teare

There are many reasons to use a limited palette in the field. It promotes harmonious colors. It helps maintain a smooth paint consistency—which helps ...

classes/plein air

172 Plein air jump start

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Brad Teare

One of the hardest aspects of landscape painting is painting in the field. To help that situation I’ve devised a series of videos–offered via Gbox–that wi...

plein air/simplifying/watercolor

185: Plein air revolution

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Brad Teare

I’ve been searching for a way to simplify and streamline painting in the field. My oil painting gear has expanded to the point I feel I’m on safari ...

Door County/greens/plein air

184: Door County Show

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Brad Teare

I JUST got back from the Door County Plein Air Festival. It was a great experience. The painters in attendance were amazing and the resulting show was by far th...

art videos/plein air

179 Gbox evolution

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Brad Teare

Many of my videos are now available via Gbox, a new content provider primed to compete with media juggernaut YouTube. In time they will be a great alternative t...

plein air/three values/value zones

178 Use 3 values to simplify in the field

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Brad Teare

Here is an eight minute video about simplifying values in the field. In order to paint quickly you need to simplify. In the studio one might use four or five va...

field painting/plein air/speeding up the process

177 The challenge of plein air painting

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Brad Teare

Many people wonder why painting in plein air is so difficult. I consider it the greatest painting challenge. Contrasting plein air painting to studio paint...

acrylics/markers/plein air

292: Painting with Markers

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Brad Teare

–AFTER my abstract painting reception (tonight at 8pm) I will be starting a new project. A few weeks ago I went on a plein air trip and experimented with painti...

creative block/creative blocks/creativity/field painting/plein air

337: Smashing a Creative Block

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Brad Teare

–ALTHOUGH I always loved painting outdoors, my plein air work lagged far behind the authenticity of my studio work. On a good day, I could achieve an imitation ...

outdoor painting/plein air/success

328: The Mystery of Plein Air Painting

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Brad Teare

–”YOU can’t till you can” sounds like a quip from baseball’s low-brow philosopher Yogi Bera. But it’s actually a quote from ü...

painting/philosophy/plein air

357: Look Until You See

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Brad Teare

“CAN’T you see the red in that shadow?” I was taking a painting workshop at the Grand Canyon from one of America’s preeminent landscape ...

gamblin colors/Palette knives/plein air

356: Plein Air Painting with Palette Knives

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Brad Teare

—I’VE been involved in art all my life. I have illustrated book covers, executed editorial work for publications such as the New York Times, and had a car...

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