Welcome, Artists & Art Enthusiasts!
- Location
- Silver Spring, MD 39.0-77.04 20910US
- Meetups
- 20 so far
- Members
- 169 Artists & Art Enthusiasts
- Meetup topics
- Founded
- March 14, 2008
Paint or draw outside, in the open air, with friends! Bring an easel or your sketch book. Share the enjoyment! Be out in the spring/summer/fall (winter?) season. And go home with a work of art to hang on your wall or enter in a show.
Meet people who love art and love to paint/draw outdoors in Virginia, D.C., and Maryland. Let's get together to paint! We can talk about our favorite places and share info about Plein Air events in surrounding areas.
Day time, Night time, anytime is the right time! Oil, acrylic or water color, it's all good. Pencil, charcoal, pen and ink. We can do it all!
En Plein Air means "in the open air" (French), and is particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors (compliments wikipedia). Also from Wikipedia: "French Impressionist painters such as Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir advocated en plein air painting, and much of their work was done outdoors."
Our next MeetupBull Run, Manassas VA
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Not chosen yet
- Who’s coming?
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1 Yes / 1 Maybe
Who cares if it's winter, we're still painting!
Meet at the Bull Run battlefield visitor's center (Rt 29 and Sudley Rd, Manassas VA):
http://www.nps.gov/ma... - follow 'Maps' link.
(Note that google maps will not take you to the visitor's center)
As always, contact me with questions,
--Matt
Past Meetups
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17 attended
Join The DC Metro Plein Air Painters Art Meetup
What's new?
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Nov 23
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New member
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Nov 17
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New member
“I like painting outdoors and hope to meet with other painters to get inspiration”
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Nov 16
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New member
“I love painting outdoors and hope to meet up with other painters to do just that in great locations in the area.”
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Nov 11
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New member“Because I love to paint from life, and to have a group to encourage that.”
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Nov 10
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New member“to make art and interact with other artists from around the area. i want to learn as much as i can and develop new and better techniques through practice and experimentation.”
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Nov 6
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New member
“Wow. I've never heard of this before, but it sounds awesome! I took drawing and painting courses in high school and college and really enjoy it. I haven't done a lot of outdoor painting, but I'm definitely interested!”
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Nov 4
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New member
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Oct 31
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New member
“I love to try new things and meet people!”
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Oct 27
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New member
“I need to do more drawing. I really love it...work gets in my way. I want to be around people who are making drawing happen in their lives!”
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Oct 24
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New member
“I have taken a couple of courses at Montgomery college to get started again after 40 years.”
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Oct 22
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New member
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What members are saying
“ Because the only way to improve your skills is to practice! ”
“ It was really nice to meet other artists and paint with them. It is a great group of people. ”
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