A new arts event in Scotland is looking for the talented, the dedicated or just the interested to take part in a mass painting in the fresh air.

Inspired by similar events in Spain, a new event called Pintar Rapido is to take place in Glasgow this summer and will be staged in Edinburgh next year.

Roger Beckett, the founder of the event, which is open to artists of all skills levels, from professionals to amateurs and beginners, said he wants to encourage the revival of painting in the outdoors, or as it is referred to in painting, 'en plein air'.

In its first event in London, it attracted 280 painters, rising to 500 last year, and this August in Glasgow it will be based at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, which will be the exhibition space for the show.

The event, which painters buy tickets or 'passes' for, takes place over two days.

On the first day, painters paint in their own chosen locations in the city, and have until 6pm to complete and submit their work.

On the second day, the paintings will be hung at the exhibition for sale to the public.

Prices, set by the artists, at previous Pintar Rapido events have seen paintings sold for as much as £1800 but the average price is £300.

Mr Beckett, who has held the events thus far in Amsterdam and London, also helps judge prizes, the most worth £1000.

Judges in Glasgow will also be the landscape artist Robert Kelsey, former president of Glasgow Art Club, and Sarah Cox, director of ScotlandArt.

The event donates at least 10% of all profit to The Campaign For Drawing.

Mr Beckett, who was inspired to launch the event after witnessing dozens of open-air painters in Spain, said that he wants to encourage the love of painting outdoors as well as for people to "appreciate their urban environments" and be inspired by them.

He said: "It's about appreciating our surroundings in an artistic sense - 80% of us live in urban areas, not in the countryside.

"This is a vehicle to see a way of looking at that and to encourage the art itself."

Mr Beckett has invited more than 600 Scottish artists to take part but wants painters of all types and abilities to take part at the event on August 15 and 16 next year.

He said: "It is like a marathon in a way.

"There are the elite runners, or the professional artists, who often work in the open air as painters, then back in the marathon you have the amateurs and the enthusiasts and then there are the people who run the marathons dressed as bananas - they are there because it is good fun.

Ms Cox said: "I am thrilled that Pintar Rapido is coming to Glasgow.

"The unique format provides a wonderful opportunity for artists to take to the streets, engage with the energy of the city, experiment with technique and connect with the public.

"I am incredibly excited to see the works that will be produced."