Landscape: A Comprehensive Guide to Drawing and Painting Nature
- ISBN-10
- 0823025926
- ISBN-13
- 9780823025923
- Series
- Landscape
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Watson-Guptill Publications
- Author
- Richard McDaniel
Description
This sweeping reference on landscape art brings together both the history of and techniques for depicting nature in a variety of mediums.
This encyclopedic approach to portraying nature's riches begins with a look at the historical antecedents of the genre, from early European and American schools through Impressionism and Expressionism to contemporary landscape art. Gifted author/teacher/artist Richard McDaniel then focuses on materials and methods for drawing and painting; expressive ways to describe nature's textures; the mechanics of working with oils and pastels; and the principles of landscape composition, color, value, and perspective. Concluding the book are keen observations of important landscape components and how to render them: light, space, rocks, mountains, trees, plants, skies, ice, snow, water, plus urban settings and historical sites.
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