Author: Kevin Scully
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1785002414
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Working en plein-air is a French term that means literally 'in the open air' and, although artists have been doing just that for centuries, the concept is experiencing a resurgence today. Sketchers and painters alike are leaving their studios and heading out into the open air. This book encourages you to join them. Full of in-depth advice and practical instruction, it explains how to make the most of painting outside and how to capture the very essence of a scene with a far greater authenticity than can be achieved when working from a second-hand image. It covers an array of mediums including pencils, pastels, pens, watercolours, oils and acrylics and advises on the best materials and accessories, from sketchbooks to easels. Also suggests suitable locations and subject matter including landscapes, seascapes and people, explaining the importance of good composition, colour harmony, tonal values and perspective. It further encourages the exploration of new ideas by examining other artists' work, and the development of personal style. Beautifully illustrated with 213 colour images.
Painting the Towns
Author: Robin J. Dunitz
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Painting California
Author: Jean Stern
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 0847860590
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Luminous, gorgeously realized landscape paintings made en plein air by members of the California Art Club over the past 100 years. This volume showcases 200 works by California Art Club artists who have focused on the evocative seascapes, charming seaside towns, and beach communities from San Diego to San Francisco, demonstrating a breathtaking range of natural settings suffused with atmosphere, drama, and light. Since the dawn of the twentieth century, California has been home to artists from all over America and Europe who aspired to depict the state’s compelling natural landscapes on canvas. In 1909, these artists founded the California Art Club, which stands today as one of the most esteemed painting societies in the United States. This volume, which follows Skira Rizzoli’s luminous California Light: A Century of Landscapes, presents more of the club’s distinctive and lush plein air painting, an impressionistic style in which painters work outdoors in order to capture the ephemeral moment when the natural lighting of a landscape elevates an already beautiful scene into something sublime. As observed by W.H. Auden, “Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.” We as a species are drawn to the sea—artists perhaps even more so than others, as beautifully evidenced in this book.
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 0847860590
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Luminous, gorgeously realized landscape paintings made en plein air by members of the California Art Club over the past 100 years. This volume showcases 200 works by California Art Club artists who have focused on the evocative seascapes, charming seaside towns, and beach communities from San Diego to San Francisco, demonstrating a breathtaking range of natural settings suffused with atmosphere, drama, and light. Since the dawn of the twentieth century, California has been home to artists from all over America and Europe who aspired to depict the state’s compelling natural landscapes on canvas. In 1909, these artists founded the California Art Club, which stands today as one of the most esteemed painting societies in the United States. This volume, which follows Skira Rizzoli’s luminous California Light: A Century of Landscapes, presents more of the club’s distinctive and lush plein air painting, an impressionistic style in which painters work outdoors in order to capture the ephemeral moment when the natural lighting of a landscape elevates an already beautiful scene into something sublime. As observed by W.H. Auden, “Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.” We as a species are drawn to the sea—artists perhaps even more so than others, as beautifully evidenced in this book.
Drawing and Painting on Location
Author: Kevin Scully
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1785002414
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Working en plein-air is a French term that means literally 'in the open air' and, although artists have been doing just that for centuries, the concept is experiencing a resurgence today. Sketchers and painters alike are leaving their studios and heading out into the open air. This book encourages you to join them. Full of in-depth advice and practical instruction, it explains how to make the most of painting outside and how to capture the very essence of a scene with a far greater authenticity than can be achieved when working from a second-hand image. It covers an array of mediums including pencils, pastels, pens, watercolours, oils and acrylics and advises on the best materials and accessories, from sketchbooks to easels. Also suggests suitable locations and subject matter including landscapes, seascapes and people, explaining the importance of good composition, colour harmony, tonal values and perspective. It further encourages the exploration of new ideas by examining other artists' work, and the development of personal style. Beautifully illustrated with 213 colour images.
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1785002414
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Working en plein-air is a French term that means literally 'in the open air' and, although artists have been doing just that for centuries, the concept is experiencing a resurgence today. Sketchers and painters alike are leaving their studios and heading out into the open air. This book encourages you to join them. Full of in-depth advice and practical instruction, it explains how to make the most of painting outside and how to capture the very essence of a scene with a far greater authenticity than can be achieved when working from a second-hand image. It covers an array of mediums including pencils, pastels, pens, watercolours, oils and acrylics and advises on the best materials and accessories, from sketchbooks to easels. Also suggests suitable locations and subject matter including landscapes, seascapes and people, explaining the importance of good composition, colour harmony, tonal values and perspective. It further encourages the exploration of new ideas by examining other artists' work, and the development of personal style. Beautifully illustrated with 213 colour images.
American Paint Journal
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Category : Paint
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
Book Description
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Category : Paint
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
Book Description
History of Painting
Author: Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert Woltmann
Publisher:
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Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
The Builder
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 734
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 734
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The Art Journal
Author:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Vol. for 1867 includes Illustrated catalogue of the Paris Universal Exhibition.
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Vol. for 1867 includes Illustrated catalogue of the Paris Universal Exhibition.
National Painters Magazine
Author:
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Category : Interior decoration
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Interior decoration
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
The International Studio; an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art
Author:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Town & County Edition of The American City
Author:
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description