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Book Synopsis
Take your plein air artwork to the next level through easy-to-understand workshop-style lessons and skill-building exercises.

In Plein Air Techniques for Artists, award-winning artist and respected workshop instructor Aimee Erickson demystifies how to capture a variety of light effects and guides you in strengthening your plein air skills through practice. This accessible book covers:
 
  • Materials and gear. Gain a basic knowledge of the possibilities so you can keep your options open and your plein air process fresh.
  • Composition and value. Explore the impact of proportion, color, value, line, edges, shape, and texture.
  • Color. Consider how knowledge and intention, your color palette, and what you see—your perspective—take turns being in charge of the color game, inventing rules and finding solutions.
  • Light effects. Learn how conditions of the day—how much light there is,

    Trade Review
    "Award-winning oil painter Erickson’s devotion to sharing her love of plein air painting techniques is clear from the first pages of this book. This resource is a great addition to crafts collections. Suitable for both experienced artists and novices interested in this artistic practice." * Library Journal *
    "Aimee Erickson demystifies how to capture a variety of light effects—from sunlight and shadow to nighttime—and every glisten and glimmer in between. Her friendly tone and accessible workshop-syyle lessons and skill-building exercises offer artists down-to-earth guidance on painting more effectively in natural light. Exceptional still lifes, figures and landscapes by noted contemporary plein air artists provide endless inspiration." * Artists Magazine *

    Table of Contents
    CONTENTS
    Introduction
    Finding “The Zone”
    1 MATERIALS AND GEAR
    What’s Your Medium?
    Brushes and Brushstrokes
    Supports: Canvas, Panels, and Paper
    Plein Air Painting Kit
    2 COMPOSITION AND VALUE
    Making Interesting Compositions
    Black and White
    Sketchbook Exercise: Notan
    Value
    Exercise: Simplified Value Studies
    3 COLOR
    Speaking of Color . . .
    Color Exercises
    Exercise: A Color Chart, Emphasizing Value
    Exercise: Color Ladders
    Limited Palettes
    Color Development of Value Studies
    SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW
    Seeing Skills: Shift Your Perception
    Light, Shadow, and Color
    Demonstration: Light and Shadow
    on Architecture
    Where to Start
    Exercise: The Color of Light
    Raking Light
    Technique: Stain It, Draw It, Paint It
    Perspective
    Foreground Solutions
    5 INDIRECT LIGHT
    Dappled and Filtered Light
    Technique: Starting with
    a Mid-Tone Canvas
    Demonstration: Large Scale Work
    Demonstration: Dappled Afternoon Light
    Overcast Light
    Demonstration: A Two-Session Painting
    Technique: Cutting In
    Painting Makeover: Light and Shadow
    Relationships
    Technique: Using a Broad Brush
    Shade and Reflected Light
    6 BACKLIGHT
    Rim Light
    Contre-Jour: Against the Light
    Transmitted Light
    Technique: A Loose Start
    Painting Makeover: Perspective

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    Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
    Publication Date: 06/04/2023
    ISBN13: 9780760379356, 978-0760379356
    ISBN10: 0760379351
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Take your plein air artwork to the next level through easy-to-understand workshop-style lessons and skill-building exercises.

    In Plein Air Techniques for Artists, award-winning artist and respected workshop instructor Aimee Erickson demystifies how to capture a variety of light effects and guides you in strengthening your plein air skills through practice. This accessible book covers:
     
    • Materials and gear. Gain a basic knowledge of the possibilities so you can keep your options open and your plein air process fresh.
    • Composition and value. Explore the impact of proportion, color, value, line, edges, shape, and texture.
    • Color. Consider how knowledge and intention, your color palette, and what you see—your perspective—take turns being in charge of the color game, inventing rules and finding solutions.
    • Light effects. Learn how conditions of the day—how much light there is,

      Trade Review
      "Award-winning oil painter Erickson’s devotion to sharing her love of plein air painting techniques is clear from the first pages of this book. This resource is a great addition to crafts collections. Suitable for both experienced artists and novices interested in this artistic practice." * Library Journal *
      "Aimee Erickson demystifies how to capture a variety of light effects—from sunlight and shadow to nighttime—and every glisten and glimmer in between. Her friendly tone and accessible workshop-syyle lessons and skill-building exercises offer artists down-to-earth guidance on painting more effectively in natural light. Exceptional still lifes, figures and landscapes by noted contemporary plein air artists provide endless inspiration." * Artists Magazine *

      Table of Contents
      CONTENTS
      Introduction
      Finding “The Zone”
      1 MATERIALS AND GEAR
      What’s Your Medium?
      Brushes and Brushstrokes
      Supports: Canvas, Panels, and Paper
      Plein Air Painting Kit
      2 COMPOSITION AND VALUE
      Making Interesting Compositions
      Black and White
      Sketchbook Exercise: Notan
      Value
      Exercise: Simplified Value Studies
      3 COLOR
      Speaking of Color . . .
      Color Exercises
      Exercise: A Color Chart, Emphasizing Value
      Exercise: Color Ladders
      Limited Palettes
      Color Development of Value Studies
      SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW
      Seeing Skills: Shift Your Perception
      Light, Shadow, and Color
      Demonstration: Light and Shadow
      on Architecture
      Where to Start
      Exercise: The Color of Light
      Raking Light
      Technique: Stain It, Draw It, Paint It
      Perspective
      Foreground Solutions
      5 INDIRECT LIGHT
      Dappled and Filtered Light
      Technique: Starting with
      a Mid-Tone Canvas
      Demonstration: Large Scale Work
      Demonstration: Dappled Afternoon Light
      Overcast Light
      Demonstration: A Two-Session Painting
      Technique: Cutting In
      Painting Makeover: Light and Shadow
      Relationships
      Technique: Using a Broad Brush
      Shade and Reflected Light
      6 BACKLIGHT
      Rim Light
      Contre-Jour: Against the Light
      Transmitted Light
      Technique: A Loose Start
      Painting Makeover: Perspective

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