EN PLEIN AIR is the most common term when denoting a painting, study, or drawing, done out of doors, from life. A French term, when translated into English, is defined as:
OUTSIDE.
My personal definition goes a bit deeper: LOCATION
LOCATION has very little to do with the classification of a painting being "En Plein Air" and everything to do with choices.
Painting En Plein Air becomes:
Any time a person sets out to paint life at the moment of visual creation
MAKING ALL THE DECISIONS FROM THE POINT OF…
OUTSIDE.
My personal definition goes a bit deeper: LOCATION
LOCATION has very little to do with the classification of a painting being "En Plein Air" and everything to do with choices.
Painting En Plein Air becomes:
Any time a person sets out to paint life at the moment of visual creation
MAKING ALL THE DECISIONS FROM THE POINT OF…
