Painting the Impressionistic Landscape: Exploring Light and Color in Watercolor and Acrylic - Softcover

Knight, Dustan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 163159138X ISBN 13: 9781631591389

Publisher: Rockport Publishers, 2016

Synopsis

Master the impressionist painting style with Painting the Impressionistic Landscape!

The Impressionist movement that began 130 years ago set artists free to experiment outdoors, capturing the fleeting effects and many moods of sunlight in their paintings by juxtaposing contrasting colors. Although those colors may not actually be apparent in nature, on canvas and paper they appear spontaneous and naturalistic. The skill is in knowing how to select and apply them. Impressionistic painting has not remained static over the decades. Artist Dustan Knight walks you through the techniques to achieving brilliant effects in a contemporary style. Using easy to work with watercolor and acrylic, she demonstrates through her own paintings, as well as others she has selected, the step-by-steps for dramatic atmospheric vistas and intimate garden landscapes.

About this title

About the Author

Dustan Knight is a professional artist, educator, and art writer. She earned her Masters in Fine Art from Pratt Institute in New York and her MA in Art History from Boston University. She is a recipient of a New Hampshire State Fellowship for the arts, a MacDowell Colony residency, and a Cummington Artist Colony residency. Dustan is represented by galleries across the United States, including Art Three in Manchester, New Hampshire, the Ogunquit Art Association in Maine, and Alpers Fine Art in Andover, Massachusetts. She's a contributing writer to Art New England and gives demonstrations and workshops in watercolor, art business, and art history.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rockport Publishers
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 163159138X
• ISBN 13: 9781631591389
• Binding: Flexibound
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 144