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We are looking for 10 volunteers to help out at the Festival for a minimum of two days. You will have to find your own accommodation but in return you will get:

- Bus travel to each venue

- Lunch each day on your volunteer days

- Sit in on workshop of your choice on your volunteer days

- Barbeque at T. Morris

- Festival dinner at Riverbank House Hotel

Leave a reply here or email info@artintheopen.org…

Hi Everyone..I just recieved this email and thought it best to pass on the info through this blog.. Ned;s Instructional Video has just been released, and a 20 % discount is available until Monday 1pm US time... Anyway, here's the email : …

Forecast for to-day warned all week that today would be very cold with heavy rain all day.  Nevertheless five B V members showed up in Virginia to paint bluebells!   We spent two hours over breakfast/coffee in the vain hope that rain might ease off.   It didn't really.  But we set out anyway.  Some lovely paintings were produced, also a few very wet in wet ones.  Here we are before setting out.…

Spring is well on the way here with a number of warmer days and vigorous growth in the countryside.

This little piece was painted plein air, direct from nature just outside a small hamlet called Pioussay in the south west of France.

It was a bit of a struggle to get it down quickly before the conditions changed. but fortunately the light lingered, and I was able to get it onto the canvas quite well.  Only a small amount of adjustment was required subsequently in the…

The artists below have already registered for Art in the Open 2015. If you haven't, there's still time but don't delay.

The following list is purely for your interest and I will update it periodically. If your name isn't below, don't panic but by all means send me a message to…

Well, not a paintout exactly, although most of us did bring materials.  But the weather was dreadful with heavy rain.  However, we were in the right place because part of the plan was to visit the 137th Annual Exhibition of The Dublin Painting and Sketching Club and to start the day with the Portrait Painting Demonstration by Jim Doolan.

It was wonderful.  Security man, John, sat as a jolly model for Jim.  Jim used water colours. Among many other tips he told us that he did not eschew…

Great turnout again and great to see Rhoda back.   Sorry I missed it.  Looking forward to seeing the paintings when you post them!

Called into Pat the Painters exhibition in Enfield on way back from Birr.  Terrific exhibition Pat.

Dee and Anna supplied the photo. If anyone has any more please add them to the…

Bernie and David happy new members of Boyne Valley.

(Another) Bernie and Eric happy too in Boyne Valley with Julia, Boyne Valley…

Bob has chosen his spot and is ready to go.

Job well done Patrick.…

Tony, this is the gear I was using at the last Paint-out

in Kilmore 15.3.2015…

Sorry I missed the day.  Looks like a happy throng in party mood.

Caitriona, Michael, Svetlana and Kieran settling down to…

Full House today. Thanks to Dee for organising. That is Roisin playing peek-a-boo at the back. Michael and Jean managed to escape the photo.

Anna and Deirdre…

over the last year i've been painting wherever I can... I've loads I haven't uploaded... need to keep in touch more!

Brrrr Jane and I braved it down at Bally trent Beach today!!! Boy was it cold!! I got myself into a lovely little spot just at the entrance to the beach. The dune had built up over the course of the winter and there was quite a bit of shelter there, and a lovely little run off of water from the land, however by the time I was finished my feet were ice!!

Still it was lovely to get out and slap on some paint!!…