Hello everyone! Have you been thinking about paintingin plein air or outdoors. Perhaps you been desiring to paint your flowers outdoors, your tree in yout yard, your garden, your car or truck, your bike, skateboard your lawn mower your shoes in plein air or perhaps your home your backyard, neighborhood on your street or even your local park.
Here are things you need to know before you start your first plein painting.
1. YOUR SUPPLIES
French Easel
Stay Wet Palette
YOUR BRUSHES
It is best to use a large flat brush at the beginning of your painting to block in all your dark shapes such as your shadows first because the light shifts about every 7 to 10 minutes especially in the evenings and mornings.
1. Flat Brush 2. Filbert Brush 3. Round Brush 4. Liner Brush
YOUR TIME FRAME TO PAINT IN PLEIN AIR
As a beginner it is very important to paint close to noon from 11:30am till 12:30 for about one hour. One hour is reasonable time to paint in a small size of 8"x10" scale or even smaller 5"x 7".
1. Morning
2. Noon
3. Evenings
OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE
It is very important to paint in temperatures as a beginner that is comfortable. Good temperature range to paint in plein air is from 65 to 75 degrees with less wind as possible. However, the highest tempts I've ever painted in was 90 degrees in June of 2020. I was very uncomfortable and sweeting a lot. I had put a tee shirt and I put it over my head to keep me cool. I had not checked the weather forecast on that day. I encourage you to watch the weather forecast before heading out to paint in plein air.
You now know now what to do and what to expect when you go out and paint in plein air. I advise you to write out a check list of supplies before you go out and paint in plein air. I hope this post has been a help to you as a beginner. Thank you.
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