What is "plein-air painting"?

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Plein air painting is that where you paint the nature or scenery in an open air location.....
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Plein-Air painting was started by the impressionists. Instead of sitting inside a studio they started painting in the open air. This resulted in better awareness of light and shade. Sunflower field painting by Vincent Van Gogh is an example of Plein-air painting as it was done by him sitting in the...
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Plein-Air painting was started by the impressionists. Instead of sitting inside a studio they started painting in the open air. This resulted in better awareness of light and shade. Sunflower field painting by Vincent Van Gogh is an example of Plein-air painting as it was done by him sitting in the sunflower field. read less
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Dear friend... Plein air painting is about leaving the four walls of your studio behind and experiencing painting and drawing in the landscape. The practice goes back for centuries but was truly made into an art form by the French Impressionists. Their desire to paint light and its changing, ephemeral...
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Dear friend... Plein air painting is about leaving the four walls of your studio behind and experiencing painting and drawing in the landscape. The practice goes back for centuries but was truly made into an art form by the French Impressionists. Their desire to paint light and its changing, ephemeral qualities, coupled with the creation of transportable paint tubes and the box easel—the precursor to the plein air easels of today—allowed artists the freedom to paint “en plein air,” which is the French expression for “in the open air.” read less
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