An Artist's Guide to Plein Air Painting Oct. 2015 | Page 3

Page |2 STEP 2: COMPOSE THE PAINTING......................................... 24 STEP 3: Darkest Darks and Shadow Family .............................. 26 STEP 4 BLOCK IN THE LIGHTEST SHAPES ........................... 27 STEP 5: BLOCK IN THE MID-VALUE SHAPES ........................ 28 STEP 6 REFINE SHAPES & COLOR ........................................ 30 STEP 7 RE-ASSES THE DARKS .............................................. 32 STEP 8 FINISH .......................................................................... 33 CONCLUSION .............................................................................. 34 MORE RESOURCES:................................................................... 35 An Artist’s Guide to Plein Air Painting Malcolm Dewey