Mar 18, 2022 • 10M

Beautiful Landscape Painting Outdoors, an interview with Michael Chesley Johnson

Mastering Plein Air

 
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I recently talked with New Brunswick’s Campobello plein air painter Michael Chesley Johnson about his new book Beautiful Landscape Painting Outdoors: Mastering Plein Air.

The book took him two years to complete and is a treasure trove of tips and insight from 15 artists from all over the world.

From the publisher:

Outdoor painting tips and more from the best landscape painters working today.

Many painters enjoy working outdoors when the weather is good, but they also need to know how to deal with it when the weather changes! This book includes the best instruction on the special challenges of painting landscapes outdoors from a variety of the best plein-air artists working today in all major media—oil, pastel, watercolor, acrylic, and gouache. It includes:

- Materials, site selection, and practical tips
- Values, shapes, composition, color, and elements of landscape painting
- Bringing outdoor studies back into the studio
- Complete start-to-finish demonstrations
- Hundreds of gorgeous images
- A wealth of knowledge from a variety of instructors

Artists include: Rob Adams, Tony Allain, Lyn Asselta, Marcia Burtt, Lorenzo Chavez, Nathan Fowkes, Marc Hanson, Michael Chesley Johnson, Margaret Larlham, Calvin Liang, Kim Lordier, Mark E. Mehaffey,Sandra Nunes, Stephen Quiller, and Colley Whisson.

Beautiful Landscape Painting Outdoors: Mastering Plein Air is being released March 2022, it is published by Get Creative 6.

Gentle reminder to subscribers: At the end of March there’s a draw for a small original painting for subscribers of ArchibaldStudio.substack.com. I’ll draw a name on Thursday, March 31st and reach out to the winner from there. If I don’t hear back from the selected winner within 30 days, I’ll select another name. So keep your eyes on your inbox from me.

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