Plein air techniques for artists principles and methods for painting in natural light
From award-winning artist Aimee Erickson, Plein Air Techniques for Artistspresents the step-by-step process for plein air for landscape, still life, and the figure, along with exercises to strengthen skills.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
Quarto Publishing Group USA
2023.
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| Colección: | For artists
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009724201106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title
- 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
- 4 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
- 7 Front Light
- Front Light: A Dramatic Fully Lit Effect
- Technique: Direct Impasto Brushwork
- Painting Makeover: More Color
- 8 Nocturnes
- Twilight
- Nighttime
- Demonstration: Nocturne
- 9 Special Effects
- Glow
- Demonstration: Multiple Light Sources
- Glare
- Reflections
- Heavy Atmosphere
- Demonstration: Fog
- 10 Design and the Visual Idea
- Beyond Representation
- Technique: Paint Manipulation
- Multiple Small Studies
- Strategy: Serial Studies of a Subject
- The Camera's Role.
- Improvisation
- Glossary
- Plein Air Quick Reference
- Field Painting Strategies
- What to Do If You Don't Have an Idea
- Summary of Perspective Principles
- If Your Composition Isn't Working
- Contributing Artists
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Index
- Dedication
- Copyright.
