PLEINAIRPRIL 2024 WEEK TWO RECAP – FLOWERS

April 14, 2024.Reading time 6 minutes.

Painting flowers all week!

PleinAirpril 2024 Week One Recap – Gouache studies near home

April 7, 2024.Reading time 8 minutes.

Week one of #Pleinairpril 2024 was a great start. Here’s what happened.

April 2024 Study Guide (Plein Air Focus)

March 24, 2024.Reading time 28 minutes.

Join me for a month-long painting challenge and let’s stay inspired together! I have provided a study guide to keep us on track and inspired.

Gouache Plein Air Sketching – Tree with vines

January 6, 2024.Reading time 6 minutes.

My first plein air session of the year! A nice forest walk with my gouache.

Painting Outside in Rough Weather | My Gear & Advice

October 14, 2023.Reading time 14 minutes.

How I handle painting outside in intense weather…it’s common!

Painting Rocks & Cliffs with my Dried Gouache Palette (mainly outside in Scotland)

August 26, 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

Using dried gouache for painting rocks and cliffs (mainly outside in Scotland)

Creating a Limited Watercolor Palette for Painting Outside

June 2, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

This limited palette is excellent for painting landscapes.

Painting Outside Every Day in April – PleinAirpril 2023 Recap

May 13, 2023.Reading time 12 minutes.

Gouache Forest River Plein Air Sketch by Sarah Burns

Let’s talk about the 30 day plein air challenge known as PleinAirpril. I’ll also show my sketchbook scans from the entire month and share some thoughts about what I learned.

My Ultralight Travel Sketch Kit (6.24oz / 177grams)

January 4, 2023.Reading time 18 minutes.

Hiking is one of my greatest passions. Combine that with painting and I’m a happy girl. The biggest lesson I’ve learned after hiking hundreds of miles with heavy packs is that if I don’t make sketching as easy as possible on the trail, I just won’t do it. If my sketch kit is buried in […]

New Gouache Travel Palette Colors for Plein Air (July 2022)

July 3, 2022.Reading time 6 minutes.

Lately I’ve been diving deeper into exploring GREENS and GREYS. At first I was determined to make an entirely separate travel palette containing custom mixes of greens and greys. Upon further thought I realized that two travel palettes wouldn’t align with my goal of slimming down my travel supplies. Less is more when painting outside. […]

What to bring to your first Plein Air Meet-up [intense weather edition] | #pleinairproblems

June 17, 2022.Reading time 6 minutes.

This past weekend I attended my first public art meet-up in Scotland. The Art Society of Inverness organized a plein Air meet-up in Findhorn, a beautiful coastal town in Moray county. Since it was my first time, of course I over-planned and brought every art supply I owned. So in order to spare you the […]