plein air painting; outdoor painting
Art term for painting outdoors, directly from nature, rather than in a studio. Often used in the context of Impressionism and modern landscape painting.
He prefers plein air painting and often paints landscapes in the park.
A plein air painting workshop was held at the beach.
Refers to studio painting, the opposite of 戸外制作.
Compound of 戸外 (こがい, 'outdoors') and 制作 (せいさく, 'production, creation'). The term is a direct translation of the French 'en plein air'.