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

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The Landscape Painter’s Workbook is the definitive hands-on guide to the time- honored techniques and essential elements of landscape painting. Written by celebrated landscape artist, instructor, and author Mitchell Albala, this richly informative and beautifully illustrated volume leads you step by step through his approach to the genre, from establishing a composition using basic shapes to applying time-tested color strategies, with all-new lessons, practical exercises, and special topics, including: The Complete Color Strategy. What are the three aspects of color contrast that guide a painting’s strategy?Notan. Explore this special type of compositional study, which identifies the underlying shapes and patterns of a composition.Picture Formats. How does the picture format—horizontal, vertical, or square—affect the composition? What are the pros and cons of each?Color Grouping. A full chapter details this special practice, which helps maintain harmony by organizing colors into a limited number of groups.Composition. An in-depth review of variation, movement, and active negative space, with illustrations that diagram the action in each example.Workshop Exercises. Instead of demonstrations that show how the author paints, The Landscape Painter’s Workbook includes 10 skill-building workshop exercises to help you work through essential lessons on your own. With examples of work by 45 contemporary landscape painters—more than 80 paintings in all—​in oil, acrylic, pastel, and watercolor, the lessons are suitable for all mediums. Each painting is thoroughly analyzed in terms of shape, composition, or color, with supporting diagrams, thumbnails, and photographs. The Landscape Painter’s Workbook inspires and informs all artists, from aspiring to accomplished, on how to successfully portray the majesty and subtlety of the natural world. The For Artists series expertly guides and instructs artists at all skill levels who want to develop their classical drawing and painting skills and create realistic and representational art. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rockport Publishers


Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 25, 2022


Edition ‏ : ‎ Workbook


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 176 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0760371350


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 50


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.7 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.55 x 0.7 x 10.95 inches


Part of series ‏ : ‎ For Artists


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    • Exercises! Quality examples!
Format: Paperback
I was raised by a skilled artist, but I was not taught painting as a kid. I've taken a couple classes at jr colleges, and I could do better than I do. I know it's lack of actually practicing that is to blame, but I want to work at it and need something that's not more of the same. Enter this book. The author is both a skilled artist and a skilled educator, a rare combo. After reading the first chapter (tonal values, massing) I saw the world differently and was practicing looking around me to see this in real life. Here's the rub: if you're looking for something to help you as an absolute beginner starting out totally from scratch, this book will challenge you because it isn't holding your hand on the most basic stuff. They're providing examples in various mediums and the very first exercise will ask you to do something much more interesting than shading a cube (a common beginner exercise). I hope others experience what I'm enjoying which is that this is a thoughtful, beautiful presentation with sophisticated examples that will challenge your brain to do things differently. Highly recommended for those with ambition and an adventurous attitude, but not a ton of experience. .... and if you've got more experience, use this for inspiration and some pretty great prompts. These exercises / examples as they build through the book could be skill refining prompts where you are reminded of stuff like notan, a bunch of color and palette strategies, movement, active negative space, and so on. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2023 by Placeholder
    • Wow! Tons of information with examples
Format: Paperback
Just got this today, and couldn’t wait to dive into this book. Beautiful paintings from a variety of artists accompany Albala’s discussion of composition, simplifying shapes, value, horizontal vs vertical format choice, movement pathways, color strategy, and limited vs split vs targeted palettes. Review questions accompany sections to help you analyze and improve your painting. Exercises Include using notan, same so bject in different formats, simplifying/differentiating with limited values, mapping movement pathways, color and value priority, color groupings, and creating neutrals. This is a great reference for artists, particularly those interested in painting landscapes in oils and/or acrylics What you won’t find: discussion of materials (brushes, recommended colors, mediums, supports) and specific techniques (washes, glazes, preparing or toning canvases/panels) This is not a “how to” book aimed at getting beginners to slap paint on their first canvas. Instead this book is a terrific resource for all thoughtful intermediate to advanced artists seeking to improve the impact of their landscapes. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2022 by Amazon Customer
    • Good for beginners and experts.
Format: Paperback
I was very impressed with this book and will refer to it often. It points out the importance of value and composition. I taught a series of drawing and painting classes and used it a lot in showing students how to simplify their paintings. It stresses creating a focus in your painting and how to ignore superfluous detail. I have found that one of the greatest stumbling blocks to a lot of paintings is too much information. Once you know how to break things down into simple shapes and values it becomes a lot easier. This book was what I was looking for in my teaching and in my own work. You know, as I work with it today, if you had to choose only 1 painting book you wouldn't go wrong with this one. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2024 by Deborah Smith
    • Good exercises
Format: Paperback
Good exercises and examples helped me understand the concepts.
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2026 by Sierra girl
    • Insightful Painting Resource
Format: Paperback
Extremely helpful. Great images and clear instructions. I highly recommend this book to anyone considering landscape painting.
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2025 by Jodi H. Theodore
    • Very educational
Format: Paperback
This beautiful book deals with all of the basic principles of composition, color, and shadows. Therefore, it is useful to all types of artists’ mediums.
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2025 by Amazon Customer
    • Advance to the next level of understanding the creation of art.
Format: Paperback
Maybe one of the very best of my 150 art books. Advanced teaching but worth reaching for what you can understand. Light years beyond most of the books out there. Plan to reread it every year. It will renew your faith that you can do this.
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2025 by Thrifty Lady
    • "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear."
Format: Paperback
It is obvious when someone does something from the heart. I learned stuff that nobody had even mentioned before and I have done my homework. Then again, it is not just about the book. It is also what you bring to the table. "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear".
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2026 by bonny pierre

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