Helpful LinKs

Phil Starke has a new plein air book out, check out this website for the details.  http://www.starkestudio.com/tipsbook.htm

The Nature Conservancy    www.nature.org/arizona

Arizona Art Supply in Scottsdale, Tempe, Phx, and Tucson. Be sure to mention you are a member of APAP to receive your 20% discount! AAS is one of our sponsors!

RayMar Art Supplies- wonder panels for plein air and also one of our sponsors, they also have a monthly art contest.

State Parks Paint-outs information: Open to all painters: http://azstateparks.com/find/pleinair.html

The Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg.

The Oil Painters of America, this organization stands for the highest quality in representational paintings.

The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum located just 12 miles west of Tucson. Not only lovely views and lush desert but they have insects and animals native to this area. They also teach various class in photograph and painting at their Art Institute.    www.desertmuseum.org

www.paintmap.com  an amazing new concept in seeing other artists work, but also to see where they painted it. This covers worldwide, check it out and post your own pieces, learn about new places to paint, and see what other artists around the world are doing.

www.bravuraacademy.com
Wonderful workshops in an exotic location, with top artists as your teachers. Bravura Academy in Spain.  Get on their E newsletter list for good information and to help you plan a painting trip.

Pasadena, CA
3Kicks Fine Art Studio
3kicks Fine Art Studio
626. 446. 5043

55 Waverly Drive, Ste 104, Pasadena, CA 91105
contact@3kickstudio.com
www.3kickstudio.com
      There are new classes and workshops for the summer term at 3Kicks Fine Art Studio. 
 We are proudly to announce that Dan McCaw, Sean Cheetham and Joseph Todorovitch
will be teaching workshops at our studio.

Headed to Hawaii?   Check out the Plein Air Painters of Hawaii.  Find out where they are painting, and try to attend one of their shows while there.
www.pleinairpaintersofhawaii.com

www.redferngallery.com  This gallery in Laguna Beach CA has some wonderful work by the masters of California Impressionism and landscapes. Edgar Payne works are always there. Check their website and get on the regular newsletter list. If you are in Laguna beach make a point to see this one.

 Tubac, Arizona is a wonderful little art community that hosts good restaurants, great views, history and good galleries. One stand out is the Los Reyes Gallery, owned by Katherine Reyes, it also hosts workshops and an art supply store available. Check their website for a calendar of instructors teaching here and upcoming shows. Ann Templeton, Gavor Svagrik, Don Getz, Lois Griffel, and Don Getz just to name a few coming this spring  520-398-9222  www.losreyes.com

Art List: great monthly listing of show/exhibit opportunities all over the country: www.theartlist.com

Boyce Thompson Arboretum  State Park     http://arboretum.ag.arizona.edu/ Wide variety of painting views, pine, eucalyptus, ponds, gardens, cactus and cooler than in the Valley during the summer months.

Arizona State Parks   www.azstateparks.com   lovely places to paint, safe, clean. They host a series of paint-outs during the year.

Arizona Plein Air Painters home page   www.arizonapleinairpainters.com

Tucson Plein Air Painters    www.tpaps.com   Members paint all over southern Arizona

Scottsdale Artists School    Located in downtown Old Scottsdale they offer some of the finest classical art instruction in the country.  www.scottsdaleartschool.org