Abita Springs artist Claude Ellender likens en plein-air painting to learning to play piano. “You have to practice. You have to get good at it,” said Ellender, who has taught en plein-air painting ...
On a piece of rocky ground at the base of a steep bank along the mist-shrouded Little River, oil painter Olena Babak sets up her easel. It’s late in the day to be starting a new piece - less than ...