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Painting Outside, Come Rain or Shine!

Painting Outside, Come Rain or Shine!

What happens when an outside painting event must go on, even when it is raining?!

Painting processElla YangMay 31, 2023Industry Cityplein air painting, plein air, brooklyn cityscape, industry city, industrycity, outsidepainting, brooklyn artists, brooklyn artist, sunsetpark, Brooklyn cityscapeComment

The Value of Studies and Sketches

The Value of Studies and Sketches

How small studies and sketches made on-site can inform a finished studio painting

Painting processElla YangJanuary 3, 2022Ella Yang Studioplein air painting, oil studies, watercolor sketch, waterfront, gowanus canal, brooklyn scene, gowanus artistComment

Joy - Gioia - Alegria - 즐거움

Joy - Gioia - Alegria - 즐거움

Joy can be elusive….

Painting processElla YangNovember 25, 2021cityscape painting, brooklyn view, still life painting, Brooklyn cityscape, plein air painting, paintings of interiorsComment

Why skiing is a lot like plein air painting (for me!)

Why skiing is a lot like plein air painting (for me!)

There are so many reasons that downhill skiing appeals to the same pleasures that I get from painting on-site: great scenery, physical challenges, and being zen.

Ella YangJanuary 31, 2020Ella Yang Studioplein air painting, landscape, cityscape, brownstone brooklyn, realism, outside, outdoors, brooklyn artist, gowanus artist, cobble hillComment

Preparing for Painting Abroad

Preparing for Painting Abroad

For a painting trip to Italy, I need to pare down my equipment and materials. Where can I cut down on weight and volume?

Ella YangMay 20, 2017Ella Yang Studioplein air painting, oil painting materials, painting panel, canvas, travel, painting abroad, art supplies

Fairfield Porter at Tibor de Nagy

Ella YangNovember 14, 2016Fairfield Porter, Tibor de Nagy, inspiration, art history, plein air painting, landscape painting, fine art

Painting with Friends

Painting with Friends

Painting "en plein air" as a collegial experience is energizing and inspiring. A few days on the CT shoreline this past summer with two painting friends was a welcome relief during a very hot summer in Brooklyn.

Ella YangAugust 31, 2016Ella Yang Studioplein air painting, CT shore, Indian River, fine art, representational painting, oil painting, NYC artistComment

A glorious 2 weeks at annual informal artists residency

UncategorizedElla YangAugust 8, 2011artist residency, oil sketches, oil studies, painting of rocks, painting of trees, plein air painting, Purume Gallery, stream painting, windham fine art gallery, woodstock nyComment

Painting a Painter "en plein air"

UncategorizedElla YangNovember 9, 2009brooklyn painting, cityscape with church, cityscape with garden, painting of church, plein air paintingComment

Painting Central Park: Weekend Workshop, Oct 3 & 4

UncategorizedElla YangAugust 27, 2009art class, art workshop, central Park, new york city art class, oil painting class, oil painting workshop, painting workshop, plein air paintingComment

Summer's Oil Sketches

UncategorizedElla YangAugust 5, 2009art panels, artboards, brooklyn botanical garden, brooklyn painting, catskill mountains, catskills, lake view, oil sketches, plein air painting, Prospect ParkComment

Central Park Paint-Out

UncategorizedElla YangJuly 18, 2009bethesda fountain, bethesda terrace, central Park, city park, new york city painting, new york cityscape, passport & palette, pbs, plein air painting Comments

Back to Clinton Street

UncategorizedElla YangJuly 14, 2009brooklyn landscape, brooklyn painting, brooklyn streetscape, church painting, clinton street, cobble hill, plein air paintingComment

Delivered paintings to gallery - whew!

UncategorizedElla YangJune 23, 2009art exhibit, hudson river views, paintings of waterfront, plein air painting, windham fine artComment

Next: Hudson River views

UncategorizedElla YangJune 3, 2009hudson river views, new york paintings, peekskill park, plein air painting, Riverside Park, tarrytown marina, urban views, windham fine artComment

En Plein Air - it's finally time!

UncategorizedElla YangMay 19, 2009Hudson River view, marina, new york city painting, new york cityscape, plein air painting, Riverside Park Comments

Sneak peek at new paintings for upcoming show

Three new paintings: small works depicting intimate street scenes of Gowanus, Park Slope and the West Village

UncategorizedElla YangMay 9, 20095th avenue, belleville, Brooklyn cityscape, gowanus, greenwich village, little owl cafe, manhattan art, new york city painting, painting, park slope, plein air painting, street view, west villageComment

Paintings from Colorado's Rocky Mountains

UncategorizedElla YangFebruary 28, 2009bachelor gulch, beaver creek, breckenridge, colorado, painting snow, plein air painting, rocky mountain, ski resort, ski trip, snow sceneComment