Paint the Atmosphere!
Travel to Estes Park, Colorado, with contemporary landscape artist Frank Serrano, and learn the ins and outs of plein air painting, or painting outdoors. An avid naturalist, Frank is the perfect guide for painting on location.
With Mastering Plein Air in Oil with Frank Serrano, you'll learn:
--What oil paints and materials work best for traveling on location and painting in plein air style
--What defines plein air painting and how to capture the outdoors on canvas
--Tips and techniques for establishing a creative and captivating composition by using the world around you
--And more!
Frank is well known for his abilities to observe the atmosphere and spontaneously interpret his connection as an artist to the landscape. With Mastering Plein Air Painting in Oil with Frank Serrano, you'll be well on your way to being one with nature and interpreting it in your own plein air masterpiece.
Painting on location enriches my life . . . and the paintings do not exist as mere pictures, but as a journal through which I can express all my senses. --Frank Serrano
Frank M. Serrano developed an early interest in art and nature, studying throughout his school days, but is largely self-taught. His natural talent eventually gained him a lucrative career as a freelance commercial artist and author and illustrator of Plein Air Painting in Oil (Walter Foster Company). Frank has also served as a plein air painting consultant for Walt Disney Studios and has taught at the Disney Academy. He is an Artist Member of the California Art Club.