Here is a quick start to do list to get you going:

Plein Air Sketchbook

Plein Air Sketchbook

Start Sketching Now

Making sense of the landscape isn’t as easy as it sounds. Don’t wait until the day of your first plein air painting to discover this. Practice sketching before you go out painting.

 

 

 

Plein Air Journal

Plein Air Journal

Keep a Painting Journal

This is a great discipline during the first couple of years of plein air practice. Jot down your notes afterward as a way of self-critique.