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Sketching en plein air

IMPROVE YOUR LANDSCAPE PAINTING Part one of five

IN THIS SERIES of articles, we will look at the best way to get warmed up for the landscape season, starting to do exercises to prepare and inspire ourselves for long summer days of painting. I am very drawn to landscape painting and love being in the fresh air with nature. On a walk, we travel through nature and perhaps spot some animals. The beauty of landscape painting is that you become part of nature, the birds sit with you, the trees sway next to you and keep you sheltered; you see nature

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