Eric Rhoads

Plein air painter Ismail Kadir -advertisement- By Ismail Kadir It’s true what they say: nature is the best teacher. And painting outdoors provides us an ideal way to communicate directly with nature and our surroundings. In the process, we engage all our faculties — sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch — in various degrees. I especially like painting outdoors in a group. It’s fun to mingle with like-minded people and share knowledge.

As the ripe peaces fell, I moved around the tree finding little vignettes I could use in the painting. -advertisement- The following story features a leader in the art community who will be joining us on the faculty of Realism Live, an online art event taking place November 11-13, 2026. (No tech skills?

-advertisement- October is almost here. The light is already shifting. Soon, the maples in Maine will be on fire ‚ÄĒ scarlet, amber, gold so bright it almost hurts to look at it ‚ÄĒ and a small group of painters will be standing in the middle of it with brushes in their hands and nowhere else to be. I want you to be one of them. This year, Fall Color Week is at Acadia National Park, Maine. Granite coastline. Atlantic surf against pink rock. Birches gone gold.