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En Plein Air: Light & Color

Expert techniques and step-by-step projects for capturing mood and atmosphere in watercolor
By Iain Stewart
Series: En Plein Air
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En Plein Air: Light & Color by Iain Stewart is a practical guide for beginning artists eager to explore watercolour painting outside the studio. The book covers essential techniques for painting on location, focusing on using colour and light to evoke mood, atmosphere, and emotion. Readers learn how to select compelling subjects, manage perspective, and master natural elements like weather and time of day to create vivid urban and pastoral landscapes.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book is ideal for novice watercolour painters and enthusiasts of outdoor art seeking step-by-step instructions to enhance their skills in plein air painting.

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En Plein Air: Light & Color introduces beginning artists to a variety of techniques for painting on location to capture mood, create atmosphere, and convey emotion.

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Take your watercolour painting beyond the studio—learn how to effectively use colour and light to capture mood, create atmosphere, and convey emotion on location. Geared for beginning artists, En Plein Air: Light & Color introduces a variety of techniques for on-location watercolour painting.

Following a brief introduction to the basics of painting en plein air and an overview of the necessary tools and materials, you will learn how to choose a subject and paint a compelling outdoor composition. Use the subtleties of watercolour to create beautifully expressive subjects and themes.

Other important topics include perspective, rendering the background and foreground, capturing both urban and pastoral landscapes, mastering colour to convey weather and time of day, and much more. From choosing just the right subject to awaiting the perfect time of day, let En Plein Air: Light & Color guide you in your artistic travels as you explore this daring and expressive medium.

Painting outdoors is a rewarding, peaceful experience full of joy, adventure, and persistence. Let the En Plein Air Series guide you in your artistic travels as you explore this daring and expressive method of painting, wherever you may be.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781633228344

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 April 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Walter Foster Publishing

Illustration: 238 color images

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 128

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About the Author

Iain Stewart is a watercolor artist and illustrator and a signature member of both the American and National Watercolor Societies. His work has received numerous awards in international competition and he is a sought after juror and workshop instructor. He is also an architectural illustrator with an international clientele, a business he has run for the last 20 years. Iain maintains a studio in Opelika, Alabama.

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