The Landscape Painter's Workbook : Essential Studies in Shape, Composition, and Color Volume 6

Mitchell Albala's "The Landscape Painter's Workbook" serves as an indispensable, hands-on guide to mastering the essential techniques and elements of landscape painting. This comprehensive volume, penned by the renowned landscape artist, teacher, and author, offers a step-by-step journey through his approach to the genre.

From laying the groundwork of a composition using fundamental shapes to implementing time-tested colour strategies, this richly illustrated book introduces novel lessons, practical exercises, and specialised topics. Key areas of focus include: - The Complete Colour Strategy: Exploring the three crucial aspects of colour contrast that inform a painting's overall approach. - Notan: Delving into this unique compositional study that identifies a composition's underlying shapes and patterns. - Picture Formats: Examining how horizontal, vertical, or square formats influence composition, and weighing their respective advantages and disadvantages. - Colour Grouping: A dedicated chapter on this specialised technique for maintaining harmony by organising colours into a limited number of groups. - Composition: An extensive review of variation, movement, and active negative space, complete with diagrammed illustrations for each example. - Workshop Exercises: Unlike traditional demonstrations, this book offers 10 skill-building exercises for independent practice and learning.

Featuring works by 45 contemporary landscape painters—over 80 paintings in total—across various mediums including oil, acrylic, pastel, and watercolour, the lessons are applicable to all. Each artwork is meticulously analysed in terms of shape, composition, or colour, supported by diagrams, thumbnails, and photographs.

"The Landscape Painter's Workbook" aims to inspire and educate artists of all levels, from novices to seasoned professionals, on effectively capturing the grandeur and nuances of the natural world. As part of the 'For Artists' series, this volume expertly guides those looking to hone their classical drawing and painting skills and create realistic, representational art.

Product Information:

Book ISBN:	9780760371350
Book Author:	Mitchell Albala
Book Format:	Paperback / softback
Book Imprint:	Rockport Publishers Inc.
Book Publisher:	Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Book Dimensions:	217 x 280 x 13 cm
Book Publication Date:	2022-01-02
Book Pagination:	176 pages, 250+ color photos
Book Weight:	732g