Plein Air Art Podcast

Eric Rhoads interviews nationally acclaimed landscape artist Clark Mitchell. Listen as Mitchell shares the following: Why a majestic scene is "worth the effort" and important to the plein air painter; His recommendations for younger artists beginning their career, based on his own experiences; How he has been greatly inspired by Albert Handell and painting with pastels, and where his own best lessons have come from.

Kami Mendlik on achieving art goals, improving your art, some of the issues women face as artists — and much more — in this PleinAir Podcast with Eric Rhoads. Listen as Mendlik shares the following: Why she taught her kids to respect her painting time by using an egg timer (it wasn't time to put the brushes down until the timer went off), and how she continued setting similar boundaries with others to respect her painting time as well; and more.

Eric Rhoads interviews oil painter Aimee Erickson in this week’s PleinAir Podcast. Listen as Aimee Erickson shares: How a background in visual communication in design has informed and influenced her paintings; The common challenges she sees students facing at art workshops, and the most important thing you can achieve and do for yourself; An exercise that can allow you to think more specifically about color in order to get it just right

Eric Rhoads interviews landscape painter Joseph Zbukvic in this week’s PleinAir Podcast. Listen as they discuss What can be done to increase the value of art and paintings, and how education is a part of the equation; One of the reasons his workshops fill so quickly, and his upcoming demonstration at the Plein Air Convention & Expo; His word of warning about the "traps" that your can fall into while trying to developing your own style; and more!

Eric Rhoads interviews landscape painter Joe Gyurcsak in this week’s PleinAir Podcast. Listen as Gyurcsak shares the following: The importance of being prepared when you approach a gallery, and what that entails; What it means to have a consistent body of work, and why it gives you an advantage; His insider’s perspective after years of working for art supply manufacturers, and more.

Eric Rhoads interviews American artist Jake Gaedtke in this week’s PleinAir Podcast. Listen as Gaedtke shares the following: The importance of the vetting process for plein air groups, and of keeping the quality of the art high; The life-changing effect of having visited the Detroit Museum of Art while in the second grade (and how he literally got "lost" in the art); Overcoming the rumor that it's not possible to creatively paint and draw as a profession; and more!

Eric Rhoads interviews American artist Ed Terpening in this week’s PleinAir Podcast. Listen as Terpening shares the following: * How he transitioned from a fast-paced tech industry to a relaxed retirement: "Now I get to say I'm an artist, and I'm always proud to say that." * His best advice for people who are considering leaving their "day job" and becoming a full-time painter * How to handle the double-edged sword of social media, and how it can influence your work (for better or for worse)

Eric Rhoads interviews impressionist oil painter Michele Byrne in this week’s PleinAir Podcast. Byrne tells us why she prefers using a palette knife, shares her advice for selling art, and much more! This podcast for artists also includes a Marketing Minute, with advice for how to know when your paintings are "good enough" to sell and when to start marketing your art, and more.

Listen as Timothy Horn shares the following with Eric Rhoads: How his love for painting Airstream trailers developed from early reference photos he had taken, and how to render elements such as the curved reflections; A current series he calls "Shadow Selfie Paintings," in which he poses in front of a car and then approaches challenges such as painting the edges, reflections, and curves of the shadows; Why painting an old car is just as difficult as painting a figure or portrait.

This week’s PleinAir Podcast guest is landscape painter Richard McKinley (PSA-MP & HFH, PSWC-PL). He tells us to ask ourselves, “why am I painting,” and then to relax and not necessarily worry about the answer, but instead to focus on the simple pleasures of creating art. He explains how art "is a visual vocabulary of trying to make a connection with another living soul." Bonus: This week’s PleinAir Podcast includes a Marketing Minute!

In this week’s podcast, Eric Rhoads interviews oil painter Jim McVicker, who “was hooked immediately” on art when he first used acrylics to copy paintings from a book. Listen as McVicker shares the eye-opening experience he had that resulted in tremendous growth for his own art; how to get the most out of plein air by immersing yourself in the community; what is (and what is not) a plein air painting, and much more!

Cindy Baron, a “blended traditionalist” painter from South Bend, Indiana, is this week’s guest on the PleinAir Podcast. Listen as she shares: - Her advice for artists and how she used the money from her art sales to invest back into her passion for painting. - How she figured out ways to spend less by learning skills such as how to frame her own art. Bonus: Includes a Marketing Minute on pricing your art and writing your artist bio!

In the latest PleinAir Podcast, Eric Rhoads interviews Richard Lindenberg, who explains that being a professional artist isn’t something he’d recommend for everyone. See why when you listen here. This week’s PleinAir Podcast includes a Marketing Minute with Eric Rhoads! Listen as he explains basic principles of direct marketing (and what makes it different from advertising); and why you don't want to buy "an" ad.

It took watercolor artist Barbara Tapp seven years of doing *this* to transition from drawing as an architectural illustrator to becoming a true painter. Learn what, and be inspired, in this week’s PleinAir Podcast with Eric Rhoads. Bonus: Includes a Marketing Minute on using social media and pricing your art!

Can you believe this is our 100th episode of the PleinAir Podcast?! Listen to this latest episode, featuring impressionist painter Mark Fehlman, and see why after “about 40,000 hours” of painting, he’s just getting started. In this interview with Eric Rhoads, Mark Fehlman tells about the major show that he has been preparing for and how he “rehearsed” for it; how his graphic paintings are influenced by his love of design; and why he rarely sells his plein air paintings.