Links and Resources for the Plein Air Painter

Major Suppliers of Painting Suppliers - (Paint, brushes, canvas, equipment, framing supplies, etc.)
Jerry's Artarama
Pearl Paint
Utrecht
Cheap Joe's Art Stuff
Dick Blick Art Supplies
Daniel Smith Art Supplies
Judsons Art Outfitters
Rosemary and Co. Brushes

Specialty Art Suppliers
Dakota Pastels
New York Central Art Supply

Canvas Panels
Ray Mar Art
Source Tek
Art Boards

Pochades, French Easels & Carriers
The Guerilla Painter
Open Box Pochades
Easyl Pro
Soltek Easel
MBL Canvas & Panel Carriers
Sun Eden

Frames, Framing & Shippling Supplies
Hartford Fine Art & Framing, East Hartford CT
Wholesale Frame Co., Meriden, CT
Summit Frames
JFM Enterprises
New Jersey Frame & Moulding
Framers Market, Meriden - 203-235-8536
United Manufacturers Supplies
M&M Distributors
U-Line Packaging

Plein Air Painter Societies & Websites
Paint the Parks.Com
Plein Air Painters of America
National Academy of Plein Air Painters
Plein Air Florida
California Plein Air Artists
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association
Tuscon Plein Air Painters Society
Great Lakes Plein Air Painters Association
Outdoor Painters Society
Plein Air New Mexico
Plein Air Painters of the Southeast

Paint Making - Sites useful to painters who want to make their own paints from scratch:
www.paintmaking.com (procedures, equipment, supplies, etc.)
www.danielsmith.com (source for dry pigments and paint-making equipment)
www.merriartist.com (source for dry pigments)
www.robertdoakart.com (source of dry pigments, etc.)

Traveling with Art Supplies
Many artists ship hard-to-find, bulky or heavy items such as panels, special frames and oil painting medium, oil paints, etc. If you're in doubt about what's allowed when traveling by air, check with the Transportation Security Adminstration website - www.tsa.gov.

Shipping Your Art
Click HERE for advice from Hartford Fine Art, 80 Pitkin Street, East Hartford when you need to ship your art.

Airfloat Systems Inc. - provides inexpensive, re-usable packaging solutions for shipping and protecting fine art.

National & Regional Plein Air Events
Sedona Plein Air Festival, Arizona
Invitational | 928-282-3809
www.sedonaartscenter.com

Carmel Art Festival, California
Juried | 831-642-2503
www.carmelartfestival.org

Laguna Plein Air, California
Invitational | 949-376-3635
www.lpapa.org

San Luis Obispo Plein Air Festival, CA
Juried | 805-543-8562
www.sloartcenter.org

Sonoma Plein Air, California
Juried | 707-933-9756
www.sonomapleinair.com

Telluride Plein Air, Colorado
Juried | 970-728-6363
www.telluridepleinair.org

Plein Air Easton, Maryland
Juried | 410-822-7299
www.pleinair-easton.com

Wayne Plein Air Festival, Pennsylvania
Juried | 610-688-3553
www.waynepleinair.com

Prairie Plein Air, Springfield Art Association
Springfield, Illinois
Juried | 217-523-2631
www.springfieldart.org