Plein Air Art Podcast

Plein air artist Richard Oversmith on techniques for painting outdoors, understanding color, traveling with paints — and much more.

Two of the organizers of Plein Air Easton discuss best practices for artists at festivals: entering, selling, and pricing your work; the worst thing that can happen at an event — and much more.

Plein air artist Bill Cone on how painting outdoors informed his work on animated films for Pixar — and much more.

Eric Rhoads interviews expressionist painter Anne Blair Brown in this week's PleinAir Podcast. Learn her advice for seeing shapes for composition, how to have more successes than failures, and much more.

Clark Mitchell on majestic painting scenes, advice for younger artists, painting with pastels — and much more — in this PleinAir Podcast with Eric Rhoads.

Kami Mendlik on achieving art goals, improving your art, some of the issues women face as artists — and much more — in this PleinAir Podcast with Eric Rhoads.

Aimee Erickson shares an exercise that can allow you to think more specifically about color — and much more — in this PleinAir Podcast with Eric Rhoads.

Internationally known watercolorist Joseph Zbukvic talks about "traps" artists can fall into, how various countries handle art and education, and much more, in this week's PleinAir Podcast with Eric Rhoads.

What does it mean to have a consistent body of work? Joe Gyurcsak shares this and much more, in this week's PleinAir Podcast with Eric Rhoads.

In this week's PleinAir Podcast, Eric Rhoads interviews Jake Gaedtke, who shares his passion for painting outdoors at night, the importance of the vetting process for plein air groups, and more.

Score advice on transitioning from retirement (or a current "day job") to being a full-time painter, how to handle the double-edged sword of social media, and more in this week's PleinAir Podcast.

Eric Rhoads interviews impressionist oil painter Michele Byrne in this week's PleinAir Podcast. Byrne tells us why she prefers using a palette knife, shares her advice for selling art, and much more!

This week's podcast guest is landscape painter Richard McKinley, who shares why it becomes more difficult to paint over time; his advice for painting as a professional artist; and much more.

In this week's podcast, Eric Rhoads interviews oil painter Jim McVicker, who "was hooked immediately" on art when he first used acrylics to copy paintings from a book.

Cindy Baron, a "blended traditionalist" painter from South Bend, Indiana, is this week's guest on the PleinAir Podcast.

In the latest PleinAir Podcast, Eric Rhoads interviews Richard Lindenberg, who explains that being a professional artist isn't something he'd recommend for everyone. See why when you listen here.

It took watercolor artist Barbara Tapp seven years of doing *this* to transition from drawing as an architectural illustrator to becoming a true painter. Learn what, and be inspired, in this week's PleinAir Podcast with Eric Rhoads. Bonus: Includes a Marketing Minute on using social media and pricing your art!

Can you believe this is our 100th episode of the PleinAir Podcast?! That's 100 interviews with today's artists and experts. Listen to this latest episode, featuring impressionist painter Mark Fehlman, and see why after "about 40,000 hours" of painting, he's just getting started.

In this week's PleinAir Podcast, Eric Rhoads interviews Oklahoma artist Gay Faulkenberry, who is a Signature Member of the Plein Air Painters of America (PAPA). In this educational conversation, Faulkenberry tells us how joining PAPA was a way of investing in her future and why it was a "turning point" in her career. She also explains why drawing skills are "paramount" to being a skilled plein air painter, the importance of planning your palette and keeping your colors in the same place for color mixing, and much more!

Be inspired today when you listen to this enlightening conversation between Publisher Eric Rhoads and his featured guest, Peggy Immel, who shares her artistic journey of being a stay-at-home mom, moving to Taos, overcoming plein air fears, and more!

Publisher Eric Rhoads interviews American Impressionist Michael Holter in this week's PleinAir Podcast. Holter shares why painting outdoors is a "vital" part of his artistic process, even when he's back in the art studio, and much more!

Laurie Kersey's work includes the dramatic coastline and quiet countryside of California through still lifes, floral, figure, and equine paintings. In this PleinAir Podcast with Eric Rhoads, Kersey explains why she considers drawing to be the foundation of painting, the fact that her signature is not a stamp, and more.

Hear what Pototschnik has to say about becoming an artist (including how important marketing has been in his path), his limited palette and color choices, and more!

Mario Robinson tells us about painting figures en plein air, what it was like to be an artist and serve in the U.S. Army, and more.

What makes a good art workshop student? Find out this and much more in the latest PleinAir Art Podcast with Eric Rhoads.

Eric Rhoads interviews watercolor landscape artist Keiko Tanabe in this new podcast.

This week Eric Rhoads interviews Bob Rohm, who calls himself a tonal landscape painter who is impressionistic mostly in terms of his brushwork. Rohm explains what's going through his mind as he sets out to paint a landscape, why you don't want to create too many areas of contrast in a painting, and his thoughts on colors and values.

If you've ever wanted to understand the mindset of an art collector, you'll want to listen to this fascinating conversation with the Chairman of the Salmagundi Club.

In this week's PleinAir Art Podcast with Eric Rhoads, listen to a captivating conversation with Scott Christensen. The two met on a fine art cruise to Russia ten years ago, on a trip that Christensen calls "a defining moment" in his life.

In this week's podcast, discover how Michael Chesley Johnson works with multiple mediums for painting outdoors, his thoughts on the color wheel, and how to not only paint, but document, landscapes.

Aaron Schuerr gives us insights into his "plein air adventurer" lifestyle, which offers him experiences that are no less than profound.

This week's PleinAir Art Podcast with Eric Rhoads features Jill Carver, whose work "explores the dialogue between abstraction and realism."

This week's PleinAir Art Podcast with Eric Rhoads features Dan Marshall, a tattoo artist whose passion includes painting with watercolor en plein air.

From art galleries to sales, this week's podcast takes you into the business side of art.

Publisher Eric Rhoads interviews pastelist Liz Haywood-Sullivan, an artist who focuses on helping artists advance in their work and career, in this week's PleinAir Art Podcast.

This week's podcast features an interview with artist, author, and influencer Lori McNee.

Publisher Eric Rhoads interviews Marc Dalessio in this week's PleinAir Art Podcast. Dalessio is an American artist who went to Italy in 1992 on a one-year trip, and says he stayed there because he found what he was looking for.

Eric Rhoads interviews figurative and still life artist Sherrie McGraw, who is known for her classical chiaroscuro paintings.

Portrait and landscape artist David Leffel, who recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award, discusses his life story, from major surgeries during his adolescence, to his path as a professional artist. Bonus: This PleinAir Art Podcast includes a live audience Q&A.

Recorded live at the 7th Annual Plein Air Convention & Expo, this PleinAir Art Podcast includes an audience Q&A session with Stewart White and Eric Rhoads!

Curious about pastel? In this interview with Publisher Eric Rhoads, Master Artist Nancie King Mertz discusses the medium, including the techniques she uses.

From art marketing to philosophy, you'll be inspired and will pick up some helpful advice in this PleinAir Art Podcast with Eric Rhoads and artist Joe Paquet.

Listen to the latest PleinAir Art Podcast, in which Eric Rhoads interviews Frank LaLumia on painting outdoors with watercolor and oil, and "the three S's of plein air."

New Zealand artist John Crump shares his journey as a professional artist in the latest PleinAir Art Podcast with Eric Rhoads.

In this episode of the PleinAir Art Podcast, Publisher Eric Rhoads interviews Colorado artist Ralph Oberg, who reflects that "the only ones who lose are the ones who quit."

The latest PleinAir Art Podcast with Eric Rhoads features award-winning artist Jennifer McChristian, whose passion for being outdoors naturally led her outside of her studio walls.

Be inspired by a conversation between Streamline Publishing's Eric Rhoads and plein air (and studio) painter John Cosby.