plein air
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French plein air.
Adjective
editplein air (not comparable)
- (painting) done outdoors
- 2021, Ed Tarkington, The Fortunate Ones, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, page 87:
- The next day, I began sketching out a new painting. I didn't need a photograph or a plein air study; the image was with me all the time, floating at the edge of my consciousness.