The Art of Plein Air Painting: An Essential Guide to

The Art of Plein Air Painting: An Essential Guide to Materials, Concepts, and Techniques for Painting Outdoors

Plein air painting, the art of painting outdoors, offers possibilities artists canâ€™t find inside the studio. When painters set up easels outside, they put themselves in direct contact with nature. Responsiveness to the landscapeâ€™s changing light, forms, and colors yields work thatâ€™s lively and spontaneous. However, plein air painting also poses a set of challenges not encountered in the studio. There are matters of choosing a location, rationing the number of supplies to bring, working within a time limit, adjusting to sudden changes in weather, and possibly even testing physical endurance when transporting equipment to a painting site.
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The Art of Plein Air Painting presents the full picture of what painting en plein air requires. Devoted plein air artist M. Stephen Doherty guides readers through how to choose the best spot, which materials and tools to bring, and the basics of mixing colors and preparing canvases and panels ahead of time. Sidebars and step-by-step demonstrations cover topics that range from sketching out a composition to starting a painting with washes or lines, toning a surface, and doing a cityscape. Doherty even teaches how to do a nocturneâ€”a painting made after the sun has gone down.
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Works by famous plein air painters, such as Claude Monet and John Singer Sargent, are discussed, along with works by some of todayâ€™s best plein air artists. Doherty interviews contemporary masters Mark Boedges, Clyde Aspevig, Kathryn Stats, Michael Godfrey, Joseph McGurl, and Clive C. Tyler to gain a deeper insight into the plein air process. Finally, the book contains information on plein air eventsâ€”workshops, county festivals, and juried showsâ€”now being held across North America, as well as advice on selling finished work.
Country USA
Brand Monacelli Studio
Manufacturer Monacelli Studio
Binding Paperback
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2017-09-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781580934480

Country	USA
Brand	Monacelli Studio
Manufacturer	Monacelli Studio
Binding	Paperback
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2017-09-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781580934480

The Art of Plein Air Painting: An Essential Guide to Materials, Concepts, and Techniques for Painting Outdoors

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