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:
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Materials and gear. Gain a basic knowledge of the possibilities so
you can keep your options open and your plein air process fresh.
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Composition and value. Explore the impact of proportion, color,
value, line, edges, shape, and texture.
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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.
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Light effects. Learn how conditions of the day--how much light
there is, and whether it's soft, diffuse, golden, harsh, pale, or
dusky--affect everything we see and how we paint.
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Design and the visual idea. Discover strategies for developing a
visual idea, from creating serial studies to working with a camera to
improvisation.
Featuring exceptional still lifes, figures, and landscapes by other
noted artists working in a range of mediums, Plein Air Techniques for
Artists gives artists at all levels of experience the guidance they
need to grow as a plein air artist.
The For Artists series expertly guides and instructs artists at all
skill levels who want to develop their classical drawing and painting
skills and create realistic and representational art.
