McKinney Plein Air Society

06/06/2026

Highlights from our paintout today! ✨️🎨🖼

06/04/2026

Greetings McKinney Plein Air Society Members and Friends!

Our PAINT OUT this month covers two locations.

To start off, we will gather at East Fork Park at Lake Lavon around 10:00 a.m. The park is open from 10:00 in the morning until 6:00 that evening. Of course, you can paint on your own time during these hours. There is a $5.00 entry fee per car so you may want to consider carpooling with a friend. Pick a location that catches your eye and set up to paint. We can paint where the blue squares are shown on the map above. The blue squares are the picnic tables overlooking the lake. We do not have a pavilion reserved at Lavon Lake this year.

After you paint and picnic, head down the road about a mile and a half to the In-Sync Exotic Wildlife Refuge. This excursion is optional and also on your own schedule. It's a grand experience to be amongst these majestic animals and a great opportunity for photographs and sketching. They have asked that we do not bring in our easels and painting equipment because it is upsetting to the animals. But sketchbooks, cameras and phones are fine. Take some time to sit with these exotic big cats and capture their beauty and great presence.

Registration for McKinney En Plein Air 2026 opens soon. Our Awards Judge will be Rosaine Bodiford. It's sure to be another fun event -- our 5th!

We won't meet in July since the first Saturday falls on the 4th. Enjoy your Independence Day celebration.

See you out there!

Pernie Fallon

05/20/2026

Highlights from our paint out at Thuong Hanh Buddhist Monastery. ✨️

05/13/2026

Greeting McKinney Plein Air Society!

Thuong Hanh Buddhist Monastery warmly invites MPAS to join their upcoming One Day Meditation Practice Retreat on Saturday, May 16, 2026. During this retreat, they would like us to paint on their beautiful grounds where you will find a wide range of subject matter: landscaped Zen gardens, a large Buddhist bell, a koi pond, the largest Buddhist statue in Texas, and a traditional Vietnamese tea house.

If you are interested, you are also welcome to participate in any aspect of the Meditation Retreat. We can begin setting up to paint around 9:00 a.m. and you may paint as you wish until 3:00 p.m.

A delicious vegetarian lunch and beverage will be provided by the Monastery promptly at 11:30 a.m until 12:00 noon.

05/04/2026

Highlights from EnPlein Air competition in Bonham Texas. We had a blast painting in Bonham! Thank you

04/29/2026

PLEASE NOTE: Many MPAS members are painting in the Plein Air Contest put on by the Creative Arts Center in Bonham on May 1 and 2. Our paint out for May 2 is in Bonham whether you are painting in the Plein Air Contest or not. You are invited to attend the Reception and Awards Ceremony beginning at 5:00 p.m. at the Creative Arts Center, 200 West Fifth, Bonham. MAP

Saturday, May 2 - various Paint Out locations in Bonham, Texas

paint out all day -- you are on your own time and location of your choice

04/27/2026

Highlights from the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center paintout 🎨 in Lucas Tx

04/25/2026

04/12/2026

.kidd.art Teaching EnPlein in Frisco with McKinney npleinair society is a community of artists 🎨 sharing their joy of plein air painting.
Join us look each first Saturday of the month for paint-outs.

04/09/2026

THIS SATURDAY!
April 11, 2026

Members of the
McKinney Plein Air Society
will be painting live
from 11 a.m until 3:oo p.m
on the corner in front of Square Burger.
Come by and see us in action
at Arts in Bloom!

ARTS IN BLOOM FESTIVAL 2026
Friday, April 10th – Sunday, April 12th, 2026

Festival Hours:
Friday: 5 – 10 PM
Saturday: 11 AM – 10 PM
Sunday: 12 PM – 5 PM

111 N Tennessee Street
McKinney, TX 75069