Anyone who studied at art school, attended courses on drawing or photo, certainly not heard the word "plein air".What is it, and how it differs from the conventional fine arts, we had to talk in detail teachers.This Article is intended for those with a term not familiar.
What is "plein air"
Not all artists compose their paintings, sitting in the studio.And not everyone has the opportunity to draw on the picture, the more that the camera can not convey the feeling of volume and space, no matter how hard.To solve this problem and there is a plein air - painting outdoors.And the object of art can be anything: plants and landscape panoramas of the city and the individual facilities, portrait, sky, and many other things that can only come to mind.
en plein air for artists - this is another opportunity to test their strength, experience the natural light and to transfer all this on the canvas.The main thing - to learn to draw quickly, until the light changed.Often, in the open air creates sketches and sketches rather than complete the picture.Photographers are also working on nature.For many of them open-air - is the main direction in the work.
how difficult it
draw in the open air is much harder than in the studio.The weather can change at any moment - the wind blows all the art supplies, prevent insects and the sun rather quickly changes its position in the sky, radically changing the lighting.It would seem, so why fret, because you can take pictures of the scene and draw all the houses.But not all so simple.Any artist will tell you that the picture painted flat pictures themselves will look flat.The task of the artist - to create a sense of space.Whatever may be said about the plein air (which is, for example, a waste of time, effort and nerves), no standing master will not give up the opportunity to create in nature.
history
Nature painted a long time, but as the open-air style of painting has appeared only at the beginning of the XIX century, thanks to the creativity of the British Richard Parkes Bonington and John Constable.The original genre that involves rapid drawing on nature, liked by many.It was picked up by such famous artists as Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Baptiste-Camille Corot, Jean-Francois Millet.Later, one of the most famous artists to paint nature with nature, became Claude Monet.
plein air in Russia was especially popular in the late XIX to the early XX century.Korovin, I. Grabar and V. Serov worked regularly in nature.A lot of amazing sketches created in this genre and the famous master of landscape Isaak Levitan.
Currently drawing on nature often included in the compulsory program of artistic higher and secondary educational institutions.A professional painters organize an international plein air.It is the nature of the group leaving for the exchange of experiences and knowledge between artists from different countries.
How to prepare
you discover the concept of "plein air" - that is, how and why there was a need.Now we have to learn how to dive into the world of plein air painting.
You will need a sketchbook.This is a special fold-out bag, which can be worn brushes, paints and other supplies.It is mounted on a tripod and replaces the artist easel.Do not forget to paints and crayons, paper, erasers, water in which you rinse the brush, and the capacity for it.
Surely you useful warm clothing, because the weather can change at any moment, a hat for sun protection and insect repellent.The preparation should be approached seriously, otherwise lost the desire to do half an hour after the start of work.
So, what have you learned about Plein Air?What is drawing on nature, the original kind of painting that emerged in England in the early XIX century.It remains popular to this day.Now you and we are ready to start drawing on nature on a par with the greatest artists of the XIX and XX century.
