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...

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!