The 2023 Fall Color Week Photo Recap

Tuesday, October 10th, 2023

The 2023 Fall Color Week Photo Recap

These memories are too good to keep to ourselves, so please enjoy this photo recap of Fall Color Week with Eric Rhoads and about 100 plein air painting friends.

The next Publisher's Invitational with Eric Rhoads is June 8-15, 2024 in the Adirondack Mountains. Click here to learn more and reserve your spot for the painting trip of a lifetime!

Eric Rhoads working on a plein air landscape

"I came home with more than two paintings I don't hate. They're not Louvre-worthy, or even sell-able. But they represent a week of dedicated focus on something I love. And I learned a lot! Thank you all for being such a supportive group!" ~ Alice Payne

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"I thank God for the amazing blessings He gave me at Fall Color Week! Connecting with friends old and new, getting to thank Eric Rhoads personally, and painting in spectacular spots with ideal weather conditions made this experience a top-ten lifetime memory maker for me!" ~ Pamela Grabber

"Best time! Met amazing friends." ~ Innis Park

An indoor session of portrait painting to mix things up

Artists gathering to see what their fellow plein air painters created during Fall Color Week

"What a joy this week was! I painted, experimented (sometimes it worked, sometimes not), and tried some new things. I sometimes set a time limit of 10 – 30 minutes for a painting, just to see what would happen. So worth it!" ~ Dottie Hoeschen

Rick Wilson, musician and artist

Simonne Roy holding up one of her plein air paintings

Pam Grabber with Eric Rhoads

Plein air painter Leslie Hamilton

Our 2023 Fall Color Week family portrait

The next Publisher's Invitational with Eric Rhoads is June 8-15, 2024 in the Adirondack Mountains. Click here to learn more about this unforgettable painting trip and reserve your spot!

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How Loonies and Toonies Saved My Plein Air Day

We love to hear from the Plein Air Today community! The following is part of a series that spotlights an artist who loves painting outdoors.

A Random Act of Kindness

Submitted by Julie E. Hunt of Alberta, Canada

One spring day at a plein air event with the Lethbridge Artists Club (LAC), I had my wet palette all set to go with my water-mixable oils all squeezed out on the palette parchment paper, which when wet usually stays put on the palette until this very day …

A huge gust of wind took that palette paper up in the air, then it landed smack dab upside down on the lovely green grass. It was a gooey mess that I needed to clean up!

Painter Julie Strong, along with a few other LAC members, came to my rescue saying they had "the perfect solution" for me and handed me quarters as well as Loonies and Toonies (Canadian coins) to place on my parchment paper once it was placed back right side up in my wet Guerilla palette box.

The weight of the coins worked perfectly by holding the paper down and allowing me to continue to paint. It saved my plein air day! Thanks, Julie and LAC company! Baby wipes worked on the stained grass. If you look closely you can see two Canadian Toonies holding the right lower corner of my palette paper down. Since then I have found binder clips work well to keep the paper down attached to the side of the palette.

*The University of Lethbridge Jim Coutts Centre Plein Air Day near Nanton, Alberta, Canada, organized by Jon Oxley

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Do you have a plein air story to share with the community? Email us at onlinearteditor@streamlinepublishing.com with three to five images and captions, and a few paragraphs about your funny, inspirational, educational, or extreme plein air adventures!

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