Capturing Radiant Light & Color in Oils and Pastels

Sarbach, Susan

ISBN 10: 1581809999 / ISBN 13: 9781581809992

Published by North Light Books, 2007

About this Item

All pages and cover are intact. Dust jacket included if applicable, though it may be missing on hardcover editions. Spine and cover may show minor signs of wear including scuff marks, curls or bends to corners as well as cosmetic blemishes including stickers. Pages may contain limited notes or highlighting. "From the library of" labels may be present. Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set packaging may be missing. Bundled media e.g., CDs, DVDs, access codes may not be included.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Capturing Radiant Light & Color in Oils and Pastels
• Publisher: North Light Books
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1581809999
• ISBN 13: 9781581809992
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

"Everything was alive, pulsing with light and color."—Susan Sarback

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.

A revision of Susan Sarbacks' illuminating Capturing Radiant Color in Oils, this book offers twelve more years of fresh insights, new paintings and expanded coverage on soft pastels. The concepts explored here have been handed down through generations of artists: Sarback was taught "Full-Color Seeing" by master painter Henry Hensche, who learned it from Charles Hawthorne, a contemporary of Claude Monet. This step-by-step approach will add greater vitality to your artwork and forever change the way you see.

About the Author

Susan Sarback is the founder of the School of Light and Color in Fair Oaks, California. She has lectured about color at over 100 art schools, museums, universities and art associations and taught workshops throughout the United States and Europe. Her work has appeared in The Artist's Magazine and American Artist, as well as other publications.