Capturing Radiant Light was written to help oil and pastel painters learn new ways of seeing and painting light and color. The author is a proponent of the "Full-Color Seeing" method, which is based on direct observation. It's a way to see and paint color as affected by the surrounding light, and enables artists to expand their color perception and bring new awareness into their paintings. Examples and demonstrations of landscapes and still lifes help readers to interpret this method of seeing any subject.

What could be a difficult concept to grasp is simply explained in this volume. "Full-Color Seeing" is about overcoming preconceived ideas and perceiving true color based on the colors that surround it, the way light hits it, season, weather conditions, time of day, and many other factors. This is the secret to capturing the living, breathing sense of atmosphere so celebrated in the works of the Impressionist painters.

This is more than a "how to paint" book — it's a step-by-step approach to help you add greater vitality to your artwork and forever change the way you see. The concepts explored here have been handed down through generations of artists — Sarback was taught "Full-Color Seeing" by master painter, Henry Hensche, who learned it from Charles Hawthorne, a contemporary of Claude Monet.

Author — Susan Sarback.

Paperback. 128 pages. 8½" × 11" (22 cm × 28 cm).