Capturing Radiant Light & Color in Oils and Soft Pastels

by Sarback, Susan

• ISBN13: 9781581809992
• ISBN10: 1581809999
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-16
• Publisher: North Light Books

Summary

This is, more than a how-to-paint book. It's a how-to-see book... specifically, how to tune in to nature's glorious subtleties of light and color. Forget complex theories. "Full-Color Seeing" is based on direct observation. It's about overcoming preconceptions and perceiving true color based on the colors that surround it, the way light hits it, time of day, season, weather conditions, and too many other factors for a mere formula to incorporate. You'll learn to see your subject-any subject-just as life truly presents it to you. This is the secret to capturing the living, breathing sense of atmosphere so celebrated in the works of the Impressionist painters.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 8
Seven Ways to Paint with Color	p. 10
Local Color
Expressive Color
Color Theory
Personal Color
Imaginary Color Symbolic Color
Full-Color Seeing
How We See
Seeing Beauty
How to See in Full-Color	p. 18
Relaxation and Alertness
Scanning
Exercises for Better Vision Painting While Relaxed
Seeing with Freshness
Preconceptions Preferences
Moving Beyond Limits
A New Way of Seeing
Painting a Simple Color Study in Oils or Soft Pastels	p. 30
Supplies for Oil Painters
Supplies for Soft Pastel Artists
Color Studies Begin with Blocks
Painting Stage One
Simple Block Study
Soft Pastels, A Simple Tree Study
Simple Color Studies
Seeing and Painting Radiant Color with Any Subject	p. 44
Beauty in Color Relationships
Painting Stage Two
Painting Stage Three
Painting Stage Four Types of Edges
The Four Stages, Seeing and Painting Color Variations
The Four Stages to Radiant Color
Applying the Principles of Full-Color Seeing and Painting
Using Color to Create Light and Build Form
Seeing and Painting the Color of Cast Shadows
Types of Cast Shadows
Painting the Landscape with Full-Color	p. 68
Start with Strong Compositions
Choosing a Landscape Subject
Improving Composition with Thumbnail Sketches Compositional Patterns and Rhythms
Full-Color Seeing in Landscape
Seeing and Painting Patterns of Light Quick Plein Air Paintings
Painting Water
Using Light to Unify a Complex Scene
How Paint Strokes Create Form and Distance
Painting the Light Key: The Many Qualities of Light	p. 96
What Is the Light Key?
How to Identify Light Keys
The Difference a Day Makes An Overall Atmosphere
Seeing the Whole
Learning to Paint the Light Key Light Keys Change
Comparing Light Keys
Light Key Studies
Natural Light vs. Artificial Light
Keys to Masterful Painting in Full-Color	p. 116
Three Keys to Masterful Painting
Shibui: The Ultimate in Beauty Questions and Answers about Full-Color Seeing Painting at The School of Light and Color
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