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Alan Bickley

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I’ve just received Haidee-Jo Summers latest book on painting plein air. It was only released a couple of weeks ago. I’ve just had a quick browse through it - it’s superbly set out, as was her first book, and full of her fabulous work, as well as describing her working practice… well worth getting, even if you’re not a plein air painter!

Denise Cat

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I enjoyed her first book Alan, In fact, I've had it out this week and have been reading through it again. Thanks for the heads up.

Tessa Gwynne

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Thanks for the tip Alan. On a rather sleepless night I’ve just ordered a copy at 3.30 am!

Alan Bickley

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You’ll enjoy it! Crammed full of illustrations and ideas for painting plein air, plus plenty of WIP demo’s. Haidee-Jo has a knack of spotting a potential subject that I would probably walk past without even a cursory glance…

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Tessa Gwynne

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Well I really enjoyed her first book so I’m sure I will get a lot out of this one. She has an easy and informative style of writing.
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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I'm not a plein-air painter, wot wiv being not physically up to it, but ..... I shall certainly get this book.  I think the illustrations in the first one could be described as lavish, both in quality and quantity, and what I got from it was a determination to be less constrictingly conservative in colour - I noticed that almost all of my skies are blue, if only partially, for example; my late pen-pal Ken Bushe had written of the tyranny of "boring blue" and of painting the sky as a mere backdrop - I realized then that I'd fallen into that trap, and Haidee-Jo's book underlined it. (I'm conservative in more ways than that - I find Haidee-Jo's name a bit avant-garde to my tastes: I prefer names like Winifred; Agatha; Lavinia; Fred..... the basis on which the Empire was built! And I haven't even started on the G&T yet.....)

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Thanks for the infomation, Alan. You recommended her book and dvd, to me, Vibrant Oils. I think her latest book will be well worth a purchase if her last one is anything to go by.