nTake your plein air artwork to the next level through easy-to-understand workshop-style lessons and skill-building exercises. n 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: n n n- Materials and gear. Gain a basic knowledge of the possibilities so you can keep your options open and your plein air process fresh. n- Composition and value. Explore the impact of proportion, color, value, line, edges, shape, and texture. n- 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. n- Light effects. Learn how conditions of the day--how much light there is, and whether its soft, diffuse, golden, harsh, pale, or dusky--affect everything we see and how we paint. n- Design and the visual idea. Discover strategies for developing a visual idea, from creating serial studies to working with a camera to improvisation. n 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. n n 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. n