How to Use plein air in a Sentence

plein air

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• The Naperville Art League will showcase plein air artists and art displays in the barn.
  — Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com, 25 Aug. 2021
• Guests are welcome to attend and watch plein air artists at work.
  — courant.com, 30 Sep. 2021
• Watch plein air artists at work on the hillside surrounding the farm.
  — courant.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• The sky color-washed in pastels as dusk creeps over the San Gabriels, the tableau is a plein air landscape come to life.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 23 Oct. 2017
• There will be a paint and paper table for those who wish to try their hand at en plein air.
  — Hartford Courant, 23 June 2022
• The event is held rain or shine and includes live music, plein air painters and raffles.
  — Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 14 May 2024
• Many of the small works in this show are a result of several years of plein air painting.
  — Courant Community, 18 Sep. 2017
• This is a rare case of Renoir’s filming en plein air, as his father painted.
  — Jason Farago, New York Times, 30 May 2018
• Laguna’s beauty has been its lure since the plein air artists established a colony here in the late 1800s.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2021
• Artists will be drawing and painting en plein air and the public is invited to join.
  — Hartford Courant, 19 May 2022
• Working in acrylics and oils, painting on canvas and on boards, in studios and en plein air, the seven share their take on the world at large.
  — Denise Coffey, courant.com, 26 Aug. 2019
• Hansen was a prominent plein air painter, and his work is highly sought after.
  — oregonlive, 1 Dec. 2020
• Crystal Moll, a plein air artist and Baltimore gallery owner, is the guest juror for this year’s Paint It!
  — Katie V. Jones, baltimoresun.com, 8 Oct. 2020
• Watch a mini-parade of antique tractors at 2 p.m. and visit with artists at a plein air art show.
  — Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2019
• Stergulz works with oils on masonite board and also does plein air painting.
  — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• Sandys notes of his great grandfather, who enjoyed painting most en plein air.
  — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• Sunny’s Steakhouse at Lot 6 is a fully en plein air restaurant, white tablecloths and all.
  — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 8 Sep. 2022
• Some of the art has been created en plein air and some in a studio -- at least one was begun outdoors and completed indoors.
  — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2022
• Artists and craftspeople will display their works under canopies, and some will be drawing or painting en plein air.
  — Hartford Courant, 23 June 2022
• The star of Ory’s own outdoor kitchen is a griddle, where her family gathers on the weekends for pancake breakfasts en plein air.
  — Kaitlin Petersen, House Beautiful, 4 Aug. 2022
• The workshop will focus on plein air painting, from sketchbook to finished painting.
  — Courant Community, 5 June 2018
• Musée de la Sculpture en plein air is a free outdoor sculpture park, and the Musée Rodin offers several pieces by the famed artist in an outdoor setting.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2022
• Her passion for plein air painting began in 2000, when after leaving her newspaper job, a friend gifted her with an easel and a book about the genre.
  — Robin Keats, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
• The process of painting landscapes outside was embraced 18th century French artists, who called the process painting en plein air, or outdoors.
  — oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2021
• There's a long, artistic tradition of creating masterpieces en plein air, out in the open of nature.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 13 Apr. 2022
• This plein air exhibit of street art is soon coming to an end, though; the building is to be demolished to make way for condominiums.
  — Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2013
• Dressed in a Gallic striped top and flared jeans, the Parisian expat nestles into a garden chair, spreading out products on a cloth napkin like a plein air picnic.
  — Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2018
• In typical Italian style, the group congregated around the table to eat homemade pasta for an en plein air lunch by the hotel pool.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 28 May 2021
• The event’s Open Paint contest gives amateur artists a chance to paint alongside the juried artists during the plein air event and to compete for monetary prizes of up to $400 for the director’s choice award.
  — Katie V. Jones, baltimoresun.com, 3 June 2021
• The exhibit includes surfboard graphics, unique faces, and plein air landscapes.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024