by Terry Ouimet | Mar 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
If you understand how light reflects and absorbs in snow, you can easily plein air paint amazing looking snow scenes. But here’s the thing, it doesn’t matter what you paint, having a better understanding of how light affects objects in the...
by Terry Ouimet | Jan 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
Hey painters, I recently took my 13 year old daughter Kate out to plein air paint for the first time. I thought to myself, what’s the single most important lesson that I could teach her right when she is starting out? She is very gifted at drawing, but as you...
by Terry Ouimet | Jan 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Hey there PAINTERS! Want to know the top four mistakes to avoid for beginner plein air landscape painters going into 2022? Mistake #1 A Bad Drawing A bad drawing equals a bad painting. By a bad drawing I don’t mean that you failed to draw the...
by Terry Ouimet | Dec 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Hey there PAINTERS! One of the top three struggles that beginner plein air painters have is dialing in and mixing the color spot that they see out in the landscape. Here is some valuable information to help you better “SEE” colors when you are out...
by Terry Ouimet | Oct 6, 2021 | Blog, Uncategorized
Hey there PAINTERS! Are your plein air landscape greens looking like a bad St Patricks Day party? Painting summer greens can be so exhilarating, but turn into a muddy mess of pea green soup if we are not careful! Here are couple good tips to make your...
by Terry Ouimet | Sep 9, 2021 | Blog, Uncategorized
Hey there PAINTERS! If somebody asked you what your painting style was what would you say? If you have ever wanted to paint more “Painterly” this quick read is for you. I have 3 power packed tips on how to oil paint more painterly. I am a plein air...
