Plein Air Painting with Oils by Haidee-Jo Summers

Discover the world of painting outside with this practical and inspirational book by award-winning oil painter, Haidee-Jo Summers. In this book, Haidee-Jo explores the appeal of working en plein air (outdoors) with oils and the enormous benefits painting outdoors can bring to the artist in terms of well-being. This book is packed with information from choosing a subject to advice on painting in all weather conditions. Haidee-Jo also gives you an insight into her working methods and shares with you her techniques and concepts to help you to add light, movement and life into your oil paintings.

• Clear step-by-step exercises and demonstrations.
• Dozens of Haidee-Jo’s artwork to provide inspiration.
• Down-to-earth advice.
• Provides an expert guide to the challenges, opportunities and fun of painting outdoors.
• Provides an insight into the working methods of Haidee-Jo Summers.

About Haidee-Jo Summers

Haidee-Jo Summers is a professional artist known for painting gardens, landscapes and seascapes ‘en plein air’. Haidee-Jo graduated from Leicester University in 1994 and has been exhibiting and teaching ever since and believes it is important to grow and develop as an artist.

Haidee-Jo is an award-winning artist and has appeared in exhibitions worldwide. Her extensive list of awards include winning the Young Artist’s Award two years running by the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and receiving the SAA Artist of the Year award in 2012. She is the Vice President of the Royal Institute of Oil painters (VPROI) and an elected member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists (RSMA) and  her work can be seen each year at the Mall Galleries in London in these prestigious society exhibitions.

‘Plein air painting with Oils‘ is her second book, ‘Vibrant Oils‘, being Haidee- Jo’s first book. She has produced two popular DVDs with APV films which demonstrate her painting process en plein air. She has also been invited to judge UK and international plein air events

Although oils are her preferred medium, in the 1990’s she produced a large body of work for the Encyclopedia of Watercolour Techniques and is also an avid sketcher. She is hooked on plein air painting and paints anywhere, no matter how busy or crowded the setting, how complex the scene or how difficult the weather.

“My work is a celebration of light filled moments revealed in rich and vibrant oil paint using my personal visual language of fresh and direct brushmarks. Painting en plein air is central to my practice but I am equally at home working from a model, still life or interior. I find beauty in the ordinary, mundane and intimate rather than the grand vista. Coastal locations, domestic interiors and gardens and allotments provide me with rich and endless subject material. My approach is one of simplicity and economy, striving to make every mark count in my earnest pursuance of capturing the poetry of a fleeting effect of light.”

• Format: ‎ Paperback with sleeves
• Published: 25th January 2022
• ISBN: 9781782218760
• Number Of Pages: 176
• Publisher: Search Press Ltd
• Dimensions: 28cm x 21.6cm x 1.3cm