Map the world's paint-worthy places, one artist at a time.

PleinScout started with one painter and a familiar morning: easel in the car, good light coming, and no idea where to set up.

Every plein air painter knows that drive. You circle a park looking for shade. You find a view, then find out there's nowhere to park. You get there right as the light goes flat. Hours of the best part of the day, gone to scouting.

The knowledge to fix that already exists. It's just spread across painters' heads, old forum threads, and the notes app on somebody's phone. Which overlook is front-lit in the morning. Where the restrooms are. Which pier lets you set up an easel.

PleinScout puts that knowledge on one map, along with the light, the weather, and the paint-outs happening nearby, so the next painter spends their morning painting.