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    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.

    Your Artist Registration includes:

    • Access to paint at all festival paint outs
    • Eligibility for awards and prize money, over $8,000
    • Exhibition and selling opportunities in the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre
    • Registration for the two hour Quick Draw Painting Competition
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    Are you a young artist, or know a young artist? This poster competition celebrates Book Week, and runs from 1 June to 31 July.Three age group categories: 4 – 8 years old9 - 12 years old13 – 15 years oldAnd speaking of young artists, remember the Plein Air Down Under Youth Award is only $10 for aged 18 and under. Book Week Poster Competition: click herewww.mandurah.wa.gov.au/explore/whats-on/calendar/libraries/Old-Worlds-New-Worlds-Other-Worlds-Boo... ... See MoreSee Less

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    What colours do you use on your palette? How do you set it up? To impasto, or not impasto...In this short video, Leon Holmes artist talks about his colour palette, preferred oil paints and some techniques you will find useful. ... See MoreSee Less

    Award-winning Australian artist Leon Holmes - Oil Paint Palette Demo - Michael Harding Oil Paints

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    About Leon Holmes:Leon Holmes is an award-winning Australian artist, lecturer and ambassador of Plein Air painting (on location) in the medium of oil.Born an...

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    Plein Air Down Under

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    Plein Air Down Under
    This year's outdoor painting festival has over $8,000 in awards and prizes and all artists registered to paint are eligible. Come and join the fun - three days of plein air painting, demonstrations, exhibitions, feature artists, awards & prizes.Early Bird Registrations are now open at: pleinairdownunder.com/Image: Hon David Templeman MLA and Xanthe Turner, winner of the Quick Draw Youth Award, 2020.Photo by Brian Osborne Photography ... See MoreSee Less

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    Email:
    pleinairdownunder@gmail.com
    Phone:
    +61 414 441 761
    Postal Address
    P.O Box 788
    30-32 Pinjarra Road
    Western Australia
    Australia, 6210