Outdoor Art Essentials

Go Create Outdoors!

Grab your favourite plein air painting supplies from top brands and get ready to create amazing art outdoors!

Outdoor Painting Essentials

Explore a curated selection of materials designed to withstand the elements and make transportation a breeze. Perfect for artists who love painting en plein air.

Acrylic Painting Outdoors

Acrylics are trustworthy and rapid drying. For longer sessions, use with a Sta-Wet Palette or an Acrylic Medium to prolong their drying time.

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Watercolour Painting Outdoors

Watercolors and a sketchbook are easy to pack, ideal for spur-of-the-moment plein air painting. Toss in watercolor markers for added finesse!

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Oil Painting Outdoors

Channel the masters like Sargent and Renoir with oil colors! Perfect for vibrant outdoor scenes, oil paint dries slowly so bring an oil medium for faster drying.

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Drawing Outdoors

From a solo pencil in your back pocket to a box bursting with colours, capturing the world around us is easy breezy with pens, markers, and pencils.

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Pastel Outdoors

Head outdoors with pastels, loved for their blend ability and pigmented colour. Let the open skies and magic of pastels paint the scene.

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Must-Have Accesories

It's the little things that make art outdoors easy - like watercups, aprons, easels, viewcatchers, colourwheels, and more!

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Opus Gabriola Small Sketchbox Easel

Opus Art Supplies Opus Gabriola Small Sketchbox Easel TSSHX4

Opus Garibaldi Sketchbox Easel

Opus Art Supplies Opus Garibaldi Sketchbox Easel DEM1FR02

Opus Exhibition Pre-Stretched Canvas Surfaces - Slim

Opus Art Supplies Opus Exhibition Pre-Stretched Canvas Surfaces - Slim MDPC1010

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Canson Plein Air Artboards

Canson Canson Plein Air Artboards CAN400061730

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GOLDEN OPEN Acrylics Landscape Set

GOLDEN Artist Colors GOLDEN OPEN Acrylics Landscape Set GOL01977

Opus Salt Spring Deluxe Aluminum Easel

Opus Art Supplies Opus Salt Spring Deluxe Aluminum Easel OPUSFE0072

Art Toolkit Painting Palettes

Art Toolkit Art Toolkit Painting Palettes EXADPLSTDBLK

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Opus Essential Wirebound Sketchbooks

Opus Art Supplies Opus Essential Wirebound Sketchbooks OPUM8511K

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Ampersand Pastelbord Panels

Ampersand Ampersand Pastelbord Panels AMPPB05

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Buzz Canvas Panels

Buzz (by Opus) Buzz Canvas Panels OPUCBZP1010

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Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors - Raffaele Ciccaleni's Traditional & Modern Set of 6

Daniel Smith Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors - Raffaele Ciccaleni's Traditional & Modern Set of 6 DAN285610458

GOLDEN OPEN Acrylic Mediums 8 oz

GOLDEN Artist Colors GOLDEN OPEN Acrylic Mediums 8 oz GOL0184OFMG

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Gray Scale & Value Finder

ColorWheel Co. Gray Scale & Value Finder CWC3505

Viewcatcher

ColorWheel Co. Viewcatcher CWC7002

Yasutomo Niji Waterbrush Premier - Set of 3

Yasutomo Yasutomo Niji Waterbrush Premier - Set of 3 YASKWBPSET

Tombow Dual Brush Pens - Black or Grey or Blue

Tombow Tombow Dual Brush Pens - Black or Grey or Blue TOM56515

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GOLDEN OPEN Acrylics

GOLDEN Artist Colors GOLDEN OPEN Acrylics GOL00070092

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Strathmore 400 Series Mixed Media Pads

Strathmore Strathmore 400 Series Mixed Media Pads STR462106

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Cotman Water Colours Sketchers' Pocket Box Set of 12

Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Colours Sketchers' Pocket Box Set of 12 WIN0390640

Ampersand Gessobord Panels

Ampersand Ampersand Gessobord Panels AMPGBS05

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Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour Palette Pocket Pan Box 13 Piece Set

Winsor & Newton Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour Palette Pocket Pan Box 13 Piece Set WIN40WNWSB

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Hahnemühle® Watercolour Zig Zag Books

Hahnemühle® Hahnemühle® Watercolour Zig Zag Books HML10625000

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Stillman & Birn Delta Softcover Sketchbooks

Stillman & Birn Stillman & Birn Delta Softcover Sketchbooks STI501350P

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Stillman & Birn Beta Softcover Sketchbooks

Stillman & Birn Stillman & Birn Beta Softcover Sketchbooks STI301350P

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Stillman & Birn Zeta Softcover Sketchbooks

Stillman & Birn Stillman & Birn Zeta Softcover Sketchbooks STI901350P

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Tombow Dual Brush Pen Set Primary Palette Set of 10

Tombow Tombow Dual Brush Pen Set Primary Palette Set of 10 TOM56167

Hahnemühle® D&S Books

Hahnemühle® Hahnemühle® D&S Books HML10628323

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Ampersand Aquabord Panels

Ampersand Ampersand Aquabord Panels AMPCBT08

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Strathmore 400 Series Watercolor Hardbound Art Journal 8.5" x 5.5"

Strathmore Strathmore 400 Series Watercolor Hardbound Art Journal 8.5" x 5.5" STR4675

Stillman & Birn Epsilon Softcover Sketchbooks

Stillman & Birn Stillman & Birn Epsilon Softcover Sketchbooks STI701350P

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