THE BENEFITS OF PAINTING EN PLEIN AIR

There are tangible benefits to working outdoors.

● You see colour as it is and not through the medium of a computer monitor or printed page.

● By using a limited palette our colours become good, old friends and colour mixing becomes instinctive.

● We tend to work faster because conditions (light and shadow) are always changing.

● Because we work faster we learn to simplify and become more confident with the brush – this is extremely beneficial.

● Because we are simplifying shapes we concentrate more on tone.

● Because we are concentrating more on tone, our plein-air works will have life.

● Because our outdoor works have more life about them, we capture the essence of a place – we become better artists all round!