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How to Start Plein Air Painting

🌿 Everything you need to get started painting plein air—all in one place. Join Ellie Wilson as she dives deep into the essential tools, setup, and techniques for successful outdoor painting. More than just brushwork, plein air painting is about observing nature to simplify and strengthen your compositions.


You’ll learn how to:
🖌️ Choose supplies and set up efficiently for outdoor painting
📐 Apply linear design and strong value patterns to structure your composition
🎨 Use limited palettes to create color harmony and cohesion
🔍 Translate observations from nature into confident, expressive plein-air paintings


Perfect for artists who want a solid foundation in plein-air painting — learning to simplify, plan, and paint outdoors with clarity and confidence. 🕒 Runtime: 3+ hours

  • Ellie Wilson

    Instructor

  • Fundamental

    Difficulty
Meet your instructor

Ellie Wilson

Ellie's life as an artist started at a young age and the path to her art career seemed to have happened effortlessly. She was born and raised in the Wasatch Mountains, which instilled in her a passion for nature and beauty. The first time Ellie went Plein Air painting with the mountains surrounding her and a brush in hand she was hooked, and decided to specialize in landscape painting. When she graduated with a BFA, she sold out her solo show and launched into her career as a professional artist. Since then she have been painting tirelessly, working to master a variety of scenes in over 6 states and 18 countries around the world. 

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