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Using examples of world-famous landscapes by artists including Watteau, Turner, Monet, Cézanne, Hopper, Picasso, and others, this book instructs on all the elements that go into the making of successful landscape art. Included are step-by-step examples of studio work in progress. Self-teaching manuals for ambitious amateur artists,The Painter's Corner books can also serve as textbooks in the art classroom. Aimed at instructing both beginners and intermediate-level painters, these books explain the basics of drawing and painting and include sample projects to show artists how to achieve beautifully finished artworks. ... Read more

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The Norwich Society of Artists held meetings and ran exhibitions from about 1803 to 1833. Crome and Cotman were leading figures in the Society and their pupils, including Stark and Vincent, became successful in their own right. Although their work was purchased by major British patrons, they were also sustained by the enthusiasm of local collectors for their original portrayal of rural scenes. Cotman was an early master of the new fashion for painting outdoors and produced an outstanding body of watercolors during his periods of residence in Norfolk. ... Read more

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A full-color gallery of vibrant oil paintings
Written by a neighbor of Joel Greene who has written professionally about art and artists since 1986, Joel Greene: New Mexico Modernist is a full-color gallery of vibrant oil paintings by Joel Greene, which reduce scenes down to their simplest shapes with a striking flair reminicent of the efforts of Pablo Picasso, yet which offer their own individualist spin on landscapes and still lifes. Comments and essays on the artist's life and creative process fill out the captivating images in this treasury of modern art especially recommended for personal browsing and collections. A truly adventurous compendium offering a gateway into a parallel world of profound images that bring out the dormant truth underneath complex layers of everyday detail.
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Great tutorial for painting water in all of its guises
Reading the other review, I had to provide some balance.This book teaches a very impressionist version of representing water.The colors used are naturalkistic and the waterscapes are varied--from mtn. brooks to raging seas smashing against high cliffs.It's an excellent book and I learned a great deal from it.

Not recommended-abyssmal
Teaches a very "British" style of realistic watercolor. Covers still water, moving water, lakes, seaside villages, surf, cliffs and waves, etc. The paintings are uneven, some a bit muddy with umber mixtures. Not a great book to learn about painting water from since it is actually a more general landscape book.In fact, the one demonstration painting is a painting of a house--no water.The clincher is that the white water of surf is rendered with gobs of white gouache--literally gooey gobs.This is not transparent watercolor technique.Oh yea-the shadows under the waves are done in burnt umber!!!?Avoid.I want my money back!!!! ... Read more

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From historical nautical scenes to images of sea flora and fauna, "A Gallery of Marine Art" contains a broad range of work in varied media and techniques. Selected by Jerry McClish, President of International Society of Marine Painters, the paintings in this book present some of the finest work by marine artists from around the world. Accompanying each painting is a description of how the work was conceived and produced that also offers the artist's thoughts and feelings about the sea and its environs.

With 136 full-color images, "A Gallery of Marine Art" is an important book, one that will serve to inspire artists, art lovers, and marine enthusiasts alike. ... Read more

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Much more than another art book.
This book can be savored not only for the magnificent reproductions of a vast array of maritime art, but also for what can be learned about what was in the mind of the artists at the time the paintings were set to canvas. For those who have an interest in shipping, the seashore or maritime history, there is a wealth of information and historical perspective provided by each artist. There's even a glossary of art and maritime terminology. This book will provide hours of relaxation and contemplation of places and times we formerly could only imagine. ... Read more

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An enjoyable reference
I have found this book to be an excellent reference for those artists, such as myself, who have long used acrylics but have tried dabbling with watercolors, but with not as much success.Daniel Chard gives a wonderful approach to using acrylics transparently and achieving a watercolor-type effect - without the drawbacks of either medium.His section and examples of brushwork (and finger techniques) alone were worth the price of the book.Excellent composition material is a bonus.

Not worth it for accomplished artists
For beginners of landscape painting.

A Hearty Meal
This book is easily one of the all-time great books on painting. It is not just a book on highly 'realistic' landscape painting in acrylics, rather it is an application of analytical thinking about painting to the particular problems of landscape. In a market saturated by fluffy and useless how-to books, this dense and meaty offering is one of the few that stand out as a must-have for anyone who is serious about representational painting.

The section on composition is one of the most complete overviews of the subject I have seen to date; it includes topics such as unity and variety, the effects of 3-D illusion on composition (or vice-versa), the dynamics of the rectangle, left-right 'reading', and some deep analysis of Chard's own paintings. In other sections Chard discusses his rationale for representational painting, the concept of 'analogous' imagery, viewer's expectations for visual space, and details his methods and working processes. Each topic is covered with wide-ranging and carefully considered throughness.

Chard communicates his insights with great clarity and detail. As a result this is a real reader's book, it has a lot of text in it along with the illustrations. If large paragraphs make your eyes glaze over you may find this book daunting, but struggle on and you will most likely find that the information and food for thought were worth it.

Chard's book may not answer all your questions about painting, but it will provide a great deal of food for thought, and a pattern of principles and analysis that can be applied to a wide range of challenges and mediums in the visual arts...

Analytic approach to realistic landscape painting
This book presents a thoughtful, analytic, and sometimes esoteric, approach to landscape composition and painting. The example plates are gorgeous and support the text. The step by step plates clearly demonstrate the approach. The close ups show fine brush and color techniques. The final chapter presents a series of exercises for the reader to try. I did and improved my techniques considerably. ... Read more

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Walter Foster's classic How to Draw and Paint series provides aspiring artists with an exceptional array of art instruction books featuring all subject areas and media. Each title includes easy step-by-step exercises as well as finished illustrations or paintings that will inspire artistic talent in anyone.

Packed with practical information, helpful tips, and fundamental techniques, the How to Draw and Paint series offers a complete library of resources to which artists of all skill levels can refer again and again.

What you'll learn from this book ...

• Selection and proper use of materials

• A step-by-step process for painting wet-on-wet, from canvas preparation to final details

• Skills for completing a painting in one afternoon

• How to use special mediums to move, remove, and blend color directly on the canvas

• Handy tips on color mixing, blending, correcting mistaks, caring for equipment, and more

• Techniques for painting landscape elements such as foliage, water lines, snow, ice, and reflections ... Read more

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The romance of the Sea is captured in a lifetime of paintings reproduced in full color in this beautiful monograph "Seascapes by David Sanders Howell".Since the late 1930's, Dr. Howell has sailed the Eastern seaboard and traveled the coasts of Great Britain to observe and paint the ocean in its various moods.

The forty-five color plates in this book provide readers with an imaginary voyage to some of the most picturesque locales in such paintings as "Sunrise at Sands Key", 1975, "Sunset Off Key Largo", 1979, and "Narrow Entrance to Harbor Boscatle, Cornwall", 1978.These sublime oil paintings capture the terror of a storm rising over the ocean, the glory of an amber sunset on the horizon, and the calm of a bay at dawn. ... Read more

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Beautifully illustrated, easy-to-follow guide features 32-page color section demonstrating use of colors in landscapes and showing development of seven varied landscape paintings by brilliant landscapist George Cherepov. Other sections offer expert advice about basic techniques, composition, lighting, special problems, more. 63 color illustrations. 54 black-and-white illustrations. Introduction.
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Artists constantly seek out new projects, plain and simple. With this new series, they'll find what they're looking for: books by well-known artists, each featuring 10 no-holds-barred, step-by-step, start-to finish projects. Every project includes a list of challenges and learning points, so readers can identify the obstacles to mastering the skill, then master it; materials lists with tips on the different materials available for optimal use; and a preliminary drawing to trace for easy reproduction, along with color mixing examples and pull outs.

With a crystal-clear focus on the projects and only the projects, this series will speak to readers hungering for simple instruction to create works of their own. ... Read more

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This book shows how artists in past centuries translated outdoor space and light into paint and how landscape imagery evolved from mere ornament into a visual metaphor of the human condition. ... Read more