Riot of irises - Oil on canvas (14" x 18") by Benoit Philippe After the yellow ones, some pale blue irises are now in bloom...

Making the most of the good weather we had last week-end, I painted these yellow irises that are in bloom in our back garden. Yellow ir...

A quick painting done in the garden, before the flowers fade. Roses - Oil painting (6" x 8") by Benoit Philippe

Coate Water Lake - Oil painting (18" x 14") by Benoit Philippe I did this plein-air painting on Saturday in Coate Water C...

I am not usually painting in graveyards and I only did it for a commission. That said, there is nothing sinister about the graveyard of St ...

  I am in Le Regal, which is hamlet near the village of Antraigues-sur-Volane  (Ardeche, France). The weather is magnifiscent and I coul...

The Hackpen White Horse - Oil on canvas panel (6" x 8") by Benoit Philippe This white horse has several name, probably beca...

Grass waves in the Lawns - Oil painting on canvas panel (8" x 6") by Benoit Philippe Saturday morning was glorious and I went out...

Walk in Coate Water park - Oil on canvas panel (6" x 8") by Benoit Philippe I painted this scene in Coate Water park in Swindon...

The buttercup meadow - Watercolour (31 cm x 39 cm) by Benoit Philippe I painted this watercolour on site during the Eater break we spent i...

Queen's Park stairs - oil painting (10" x 14") by  Benoit Philippe With spring, it's time to go outside to do some plein ...

This article was first published in my newsletter "Notes From My French Easel" – January 2011. Follow the link to subscribe to th...

On Saturday morning, I drove to the near-by village of Wroughton (Wiltshire - England) to paint in Clouts Wood. The trail starts at the top ...

This will seem very basic if you've owned a French easel for a long time, but can you save you some guess work if you just acquired one....

This is a view from the kitchen's window. The snow makes everything look pretty and somehow magical. Snow in the garden - oil on canvas ...

This article was first published in " Frequency Magazine " – November 2009. If you are a landscape painter, you already know t...

Last week-end, I went to Coate Water Country Park to paint. The first painting I did was blown away by the wind and flipped-over on the gra...

This a watercolour was done in plein air, by the river Lez. Under the cover of the trees, the summer temperature was bearable. Near the Lez ...

During May, we went to the North of France and I had time to paint outside. The “Walled garden”study is the first painting I did during the ...

You can wander for hours and hope to find a good spot for your plein-air painting session; however, you can end-up walking more than you pai...