CONTENTS
Introduction
Finding "The Zone"
1 MATERIALS AND GEAR
What’s Your Medium?
Brushes and Brushstrokes
Supports: Canvas, Panels, and Paper
Plein Air Painting Kit
2 COMPOSITION AND VALUE
Making Interesting Compositions
Black and White
Sketchbook Exercise: Notan
Value
Exercise: Simplified Value Studies
3 COLOR
Speaking of Color . . .
Color Exercises
Exercise: A Color Chart, Emphasizing Value
Exercise: Color Ladders
Limited Palettes
Color Development of Value Studies
SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW
Seeing Skills: Shift Your Perception
Light, Shadow, and Color
Demonstration: Light and Shadow
on Architecture
Where to Start
Exercise: The Color of Light
Raking Light
Technique: Stain It, Draw It, Paint It
Perspective
Foreground Solutions
5 INDIRECT LIGHT
Dappled and Filtered Light
Technique: Starting with
a Mid-Tone Canvas
Demonstration: Large Scale Work
Demonstration: Dappled Afternoon Light
Overcast Light
Demonstration: A Two-Session Painting
Technique: Cutting In
Painting Makeover: Light and Shadow
Relationships
Technique: Using a Broad Brush
Shade and Reflected Light
6 BACKLIGHT
Rim Light
Contre-Jour: Against the Light
Transmitted Light
Technique: A Loose Start
Painting Makeover: Perspective