Our Festival
PLEIN AIR DOWN UNDER INVITES LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS TO JOIN IN THE FUN OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST OUTDOOR PAINTING FESTIVAL.
The 2021 festival dates are the long weekend of 25, 26 and 27 September, with additional pre-festival workshops and activities – all designed to celebrate the art of painting outdoors.
Plein Air Down Under will be held around Mandurah’s town centre, cultural precinct and the historic town of Pinjarra.
Focussing on outdoor and evening paint-outs, the event presents feature artists, over $8,000 in awards and prizes, workshops, youth involvement, demonstrations and an exhibition of plein air paintings.
Gallery
As a plein air artist, do you find you have LOTS of small paintings?![]()
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Watch Leon Holmes as he shows how to work up a small plein air study into a large studio work.![]()
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Impressed? You can learn more at Leon's Plein Air Down Under Pre-festival Masterclass, 23 & 24 September.![]()
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Working from a plein air study
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Working up a studio painting using a small plein air study painted on location. See how Leon uses artistic license to adjust the composition for a painting t...
Take a trip down memory lane with our 2020 festival recap video.![]()
We have all this and more planned for this year.![]()
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SAVE THE DATE: the outdoor painting festival weekend is 25 - 27 September, with pre and post festival Masterclasses.![]()
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So much to look forward to!
LYN DIEFENBACH PASTEL MASTERCLASS![]()
Registrations are now open for Lyn's two day Masterclass. This workshop will have a plein air focus, with half a day spent in the studio.![]()
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Lyn will demonstrate en plein air each day, referring constantly to compositional tactics and the technical areas of line, value, colour and edge to help you to construct your painting in such a way as to grab attention. ![]()
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Her ability to communicate her ideas has entrenched her as a respected and sought-after tutor, with teaching engagements internationally and across Australia
Contact
Postal Address
P.O Box 788
30-32 Pinjarra Road
Western Australia
Australia, 6210
30-32 Pinjarra Road
Western Australia
Australia, 6210