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Jenny Aitken - Beginner’s Guide to Plein Air Oil Painting, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Beginner’s Guide to Plein Air Oil Painting

Learn to Paint Outdoors Through 8 Fun, Simple Projects

Av Jenny Aitken

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The must-have beginner’s guide to painting outdoors in oils, from award-winning artist and trusted teacher, Jenny Aitken.Through 8 skill-building projects, packed with expert tips and techniques, Jenny will inspire you to explore the immediacy of working en plein air, sharpen your observation skills and boost your practical confidence.Plein air painting is increasingly popular and in this complete course Jenny covers everything you need to know. The 8 projects are carefully chosen so that you can build up your confidence through practice; each will teach you new techniques, and will gradually develop your skills as you work through the book.Take the fear out of painting outdoors: with preparation, everything is possible. Jenny covers all the essential considerations, from choosing the right clothing and checking the weather, to planning your supplies.Discover a range of 8 inspiring projects: choose from delicate flowers and dramatic seascapes to rolling landscapes and billowing clouds.Improve your painting practice: discover key techniques including simplification, brushwork, perspective and pushing colour so that you can create your own stunning results.Sharpen up your plein air skills: the immediacy of working en plein air will sharpen your eye, mind and skill. Learn how to tackle the particular challenges of working outdoors, including changing light, moving subjects and more – right down to dealing with the weather.With clear guidance on everything from selecting the right materials to capturing light and atmosphere, this book is designed to remove the intimidation factor and help artists of all skill levels develop confidence and skill in plein air painting.
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For Jenny Aitken, teaching painting is an absolute passion – her main aim is for students to be encouraged, informed and creatively enthused. She began tutoring and demonstrating ten years ago, and now runs online courses and art holidays around the UK and in Italy and France.Since graduating in Art & Art History from seaside university Aberystwyth, she has exhibited all over the UK and won many awards. She was elected an associate member of the RSMA in 2021, and won the Topbond Marine Award in 2022. She is currently represented by several UK galleries, including The Harbour Gallery in Cornwall and Peter Barker Gallery in Rutland. You can also view and purchase daily studies, paintings, prints, calendars and cards from her own online gallery on www.jennyaitken.co.ukJenny is a regular contributor to The Artist Magazine, and an online tutor, with a series of 25+ modules on painting in oils and acrylics. She also produces shorter painting videos on YouTube.Her first book, Painting into the Light, has sold more than 9,000 copies since publication in 2024.Jenny lives in Derbyshire, UK, not far from the beautiful Peak District.

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Books on oils have never completely gone away but, with watercolour being the predominant medium, they have always been something of an undercurrent.When I first became involved with art books, those on oils were desperately worthy and tended to concentrate on the medium as an end in itself. I even had a voice I used for those people who said “I only paint in oils” as if it was some kind of holy pursuit. More recently we’ve started to think of the medium as just that: a way of creating images and of doing so in the contemporary way – looser brushwork and often quite bright colours. A lot of the sombre approach of older times was down to the Old Master paintings displayed in galleries and simply in need of a clean. People led much brighter lives in The Old Days™ than we’re sometimes led to believe.This new guide is immediately attractive for all the reasons I’ve outlined above. Jenny gives us eight projects that work with flowers, landscapes, seascapes, buildings, clouds and woodlands, with movement and snow also thrown in. It’s a nicely varied selection that will allow you to work with your favourite subjects.This is nicely done all round and presented with a confidence that betokens an author comfortable in their work.

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