Article · Rex Beanland Art
Value Studies, Thumbnails and Plein Air Painting
By Rex Beanland
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2012
About this lesson
Beanland shows his complete plein air workflow using cardboard format templates, thumbnail sketches for composition exploration, and larger value studies before painting, demonstrating how to rearrange natural scenes for better compositional balance.
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