Art History Student requests help on plein air painting project

Summer Evening on the Skagen Southern Beach with Anna Ancher and Marie Krøyer, P. S. Krøyer, 1893

Plein Air Painting Survey A local art student is completing a project on en plein air in Art History and has requested responses from other artists on their experience of painting en plein air for comparative study. “I am incredibly interested by painting outdoors, and was wondering if it were possible for you to answer … Read more

Pop Artist Colin Self joins Paint Out Norwich events

Colin Self, Waiting Women and 2 Nuclear Bombers (Handley Page Victors), 1962, Oil on board

Pop Artist Colin Self joins Paint Out Norwich events It is with great pleasure that Paint Out Norwich welcomes the involvement of the well known Norfolk and internationally acclaimed artist Colin Self. Colin was a judge at Paint Out Norwich 2014 and this year he has graciously agreed to be a guest artist at both the … Read more

Artists Mass Paint Out on Mousehold Heath, Norwich

Artists Brian Korteling and James Colman on Mousehold Heath for Paint Out Norwich ©Mark Ivan Benfield

Paint Out Norwich Mass Art Event on Mousehold Heath Following up on the successful mass Sunrise ‘paint out’ at Norfolk’s Wells-next-the-Sea as part of Paint Out Wells 2015, Paint Out are holding a similar event for artists of all ages and abilities at Paint Out Norwich, October 22, 1:30-4:30pm. Register to take part for free. Over 40 Paint … Read more

Why should anyone tell me I can’t paint a sunset? – Hermann Albert

Thomas Cole L Allegro Italian Sunset 1845

“You can’t paint that anymore these days” Why can’t you paint what has been painted before? German artist, Hermann Albert asked in 1972 of whether one can still paint an idyllic Tuscan countryside scene. “Why can’t you? You can do everything. Why should anyone tell me I can’t paint a sunset?” “In the summer of … Read more

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