PleinairPDX Paint-outs for July 2026

 Plein air painters,

Welcome to July in Portland Oregon. Prime time for painting outdoors. Here are a few paint-outs that you are all invited to. Bring your paints and enjoy the nice Portland weather. July is the time to paint fountains and water lilies. Not because they are easy to paint, but because they are hard to paint (forgive me John Kennedy), and we enjoy the fountain audio of running water. 

Here are the paint-outs:

Thursday, July 2nd, Paint Water lilies in Tanner Springs Park, NW 10th Ave and NW Marshall, from 10am to noon. Street paid parking and restrooms a block away in Fields Park, Ovation coffee is there also.

Thursday, July 9: Paint Keller Fountain, SW 3rd Ave and Clay St. from 10am to noon. Street or parking garage and restrooms in the 200 Market Building across the street.

Thursday, July 16: Paint Salmon Springs Fountain, 1000 SW Naito Pkwy, from 10am to noon. Street parking and no near bathrooms.

Thursday, July 23rd: Paint Lovejoy Fountain Park, SW Harrison St. and SW 3rd. Ave. from 10am to noon. Street parking and no near restrooms. Ovation coffee two blocks away.

Thursday, July 30th: Paint Jamison Falls in Jamison Square 810 NW 11th Ave, from 10am to noon. Street parking and Portland Loo in the park, and Lovejoy bakery one block north.

I look forward to painting with you,

Brooks

​PS Oregon Art Center (used to be OSA) is hosting our Plein Air art show in August. Submissions are accepted through July 24th. Here is the "Call to Artists"

https://canvas.oregonartcenter.org/exhibitions/104