Field Studies: Painting en Plein Air with Gaye Adams

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Watch Field Studies: Painting En Plein Air and join Gaye Adams as she takes you out on location, sharing her approach to embracing and preparing for painting in the great outdoors! Learn tips and techniques for making your next plein air painting session a great and successful experience.

Gaye Adams is an oil painter who loves painting out on location en plein air. Her field studies are important to her because they become accurate colour references for future paintings, as well as amazing practice for painting quick in unpredictable situations. She uses the experience of the day to further evolve herself as an artist and believes the best way to grow as a painter, is to paint outdoors. Getting out of the studio and into a beautiful location doesn't hurt either.

See even more! Explore the experience of plein air painting through artist Gaye Adams with the video The Plein Air State of Mind with Gaye Adams as she shares the excitement, inspiration and challenges faced when painting outdoors. Gaye is an enthusiastic plein air and landscape painter who is fascinated with catching the effects of light in her paintings. She teaches plein air workshops in Canada and internationally.

See more of Gaye Adams' artwork on her website, gayeadams.com and follow her on Instagram (@gayeadamsartist) to stay up to date with her latest creations and upcoming workshops.