Plein Air Techniques for Artists

Principles and Methods for Painting in Natural Light

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Pub Date 4 Apr 2023 | Archive Date 28 Mar 2023

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Description

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, and whether it’s soft, diffuse, golden, harsh, pale, or dusky—affect everything we see and how we paint. 
  • 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.

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...

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ISBN 9780760379356
PRICE US$26.99 (USD)
PAGES 176

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This book contains a lot of information about painting. The illustrations are very beautiful and inspiring. The instructions are easy to follow. A very useful book for aspiring and also more experienced artists.

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I can see myself spending hours with this book, devouring all of the information presented and losing myself studying each of the examples. The format, flow and topics are perfect for the subject matter. The author does a great job of starting with the basics and moving the reader along the process - providing useful reference information for each topic and exercises for the reader to try. It reminds me a lot of how Mitchell Albala approaches his art books - which I love.
Even if you are not a plein air artist, there is so much here to learn and incorporate into your artistic approach.
I have only started to scratch the surface of all of the information presented in this book, but from what I have seen already, this is definitely going to be bought and added to my collection. Highly recommend!

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Plein Air Techniques for Artists is great book. It is full of inspiring photos of artwork and has an informal and relaxed text that gives ideas on how to approach a variety of subjects under different lighting conditions.
Although the title refers to plein air techniques and most of the paintings are in oil, I would find it equally useful for my way of working , which is usually from photos and using acrylics.
This book would make a great addition to any artist's collection.

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