{"product_id":"painting-into-the-light-isbn-9781800921276","title":"Painting into the Light","description":"\u003cb\u003eKnown for her techniques for painting light on water, Jenny Aitken delivers perfect guidance to the intermediate artist on how to paint light in plein air and much more.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLearn how to successfully paint scenes that that capture magical effects of light from behind the subject.  Good contre-jour – painting into the light – artworks cause the viewer to squint, with light seeming to glow from the canvas. They can look like a kind of magic, with their hazy light and colour singing out. This book demystifies lighting in oils, and provides a practical guide to the process, showing exactly how to create the illusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInside, you'll find a wealth of information on simplification, tonal control, capturing accurate color, working both indoors and outdoors, painting landscapes and still life, creating atmospheric depth, and even mastering the illusion of space. Through detailed step-by-step demonstrations and beautifully illustrated techniques, Jenny Aitken reveals how to infuse every painting with vibrant, lifelike light. A section on troubleshooting tricky paintings will show the reader every painting is salvageable, but with an understanding of light and colour, it’s much more likely that they’ll find success the first time round.\u003cb\u003eArt Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e - May 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContre jour is a tricky technique to pull off successfully and, let’s be honest, not something you’re going to attempt every day. I think we can therefore file this under “niche”. Sometimes, however, the subject you want only works in a certain light and that’s where Jenny comes to the rescue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is actually about a lot more than just working with the sun in your eyes and is, in fact, a rather good guide to handling light in general. It’s worth noting at this point that Jenny is an oil painter but even if this isn’t your medium, she still has a lot to say that I think you’ll find relevant. Watercolourists will have to adapt the way they handle highlights, but the basic compositional principles are the same.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe bulk of the subjects here involve water, but there are some landscapes and even figure work where Jenny will show you how to retain facial detail even when contrast is considerably subdued. She is also rather good on recession when the answer isn’t to fade to blue and on shafts of sunlight coming through a woodland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThink of this as one of the best books on painting light with the emphasis on handling one of its tricker aspects and there is a very great deal to like here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMidwest Book Review May 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInside \"Painting into the Light\" is to be found a wealth of information on simplification, tonal control, capturing accurate color, working both indoors and outdoors, painting landscapes and still life, creating atmospheric depth, and even mastering the illusion of space. Through detailed step-by-step demonstrations and beautifully illustrated techniques, professional artist and art teaching Jenny Aitken reveals how to infuse every painting with vibrant, lifelike light. Of special note is a section on troubleshooting tricky paintings will show the aspiring artist that every painting is salvageable, but with an understanding of light and color, that it is much more likely that they will find success the first time round.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis paperback edition of Jenny Aitkins' \"Painting into the Light: How to Work Atmospheric Magic with Your Oil Paints\" is an ideal pick for DIY oil painting studies and art class oil painting curriculums. Highly recommended for community, art school, and college\/university library Oil Painting Instruction Reference collections.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 in the UK, Italy and France. \u003cbr\u003eSince graduation in Art \u0026amp; Art History from Aberstwyth University, she has exhibited widely and won many awards. She was elected an associate member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists in 2021, and won the Topbond Marine Award in 2022.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJenny is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Artist\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine, course tutor, and an online tutor, with a series of 25+ modules on painting in oils and acrylics. She also produces shorter painting videos on YouTube (@jennyaitkenart) .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJenny lives in Derbyshire in the UK.","brand":"Search Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305295171813,"sku":"NP9781800921276","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781800921276.jpg?v=1767734437","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/painting-into-the-light-isbn-9781800921276","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}