Students and teachers within the fine arts department in the Katy Independent School District Saturday for the first time ever were given the opportunity to paint “en plein air” — the practice of ...

The air is crisp, the October sun is still warm, and the vibrant colors of the trees are breathtaking. For local artists painting outside — or “en plein air” — this is a time to embrace and celebrate ...

The first time I saw plein air painters doing their thing near Traverse City, we were cycling the Leelanau Peninsula and were taking a break at picturesque Fishtown. A dozen painters had easels set up ...

“You must be right under the sky,” the 19th-century American painter William Merritt Chase is quoted to have said, firm in his belief that the only way to effectively interpret nature was to be in it.