A book on both studio and en plein air (French for "in the open air") landscape painting focuses on simplification and massing, or simplifying nature's complexity to look beneath for basic masses and shapes; color and metaphor; and ...
Underpinning all good landscape painting is observation. Starting from this standpoint, this book introduces the artist to painting the natural and man-made landscape.
From rolling meadows to moody skies, how does the beauty, complexity, and dimensions of the world translate to artistic expression?
Based on Albala's 25 years of experience and the proven methods taught at his successful plein air workshops, this in-depth guide to all aspects of landscape painting is a must-have for anyone getting started in the genre, as well as more ...
He later compiled those twenty-one lectures into the book, Landscape Painting. Then, as now, the book was considered to be a standard work for students. This volume presents Durand's and Harrison's writings together for the first time.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Landscape Painting