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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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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
A propos de l'auteur
Known for an engaging style and versatility in subject matter,
Aimee Erickson is an internationally renowned oil painter and instructor who has given lectures and demonstrations at venues nationwide. A standout at plein air painting competitions, she has won both Best of Show and Artists’ Choice at Plein Air Easton, as well as Best of Show at Carmel, Sonoma, Olmsted, Laguna, and Pacific Northwest art festivals. Erickson has been a Portrait Society of America finalist, won Best of Show at an American Women Artists national show, and is a signature member with multiple awards from Oil Painters of America. She has exhibited with international plein-air groups in China and Russia, is an inaugural member of Charlie Hunter’s En Train Air expedition, and in 1997 painted the official portrait of governor of Oregon Barbara Roberts. Erickson’s professional affiliations include Plein Air Painters of America, Oil Painters of America, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, American Impressionist Society, and the California Art Club, and her work has been featured in
Southwest Art Magazine,
American Art Collector, and
Plein Air Magazine, and on OutdoorPainter.com. Erickson has a BFA in Visual Communication Design with an Illustration emphasis from Brigham Young University. She lives in Portland, Oregon, and carries a sketchbook. To see more of Erickson’s work, visit aimeeerickson.com, @1aim on Instagram, and Aimee Erickson Artist on Facebook.
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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.
