Complete Landscape Course

Landscapes have been a popular subject for artists for centuries, and many famous artists are renowned for them – Constable and Turner to name but two. The Complete Landscape Course everything you need to know about creating a landscape painting, from sketching outlines to textures, colours, light effects, brush techniques and many more. Highly illustrated, the book has practical tips for both beginners and more experienced landscape enthusiasts, with a step-by-step guide accompanied by full-colour photographs. The book suggests a subject, before showing in many easy-to-follow stages how the finished landscape was created. Most examples are painted in oils or watercolours, but the book also describes the use of such media as pastels, pencil, and charcoal. Expert tips and lists of materials needed for each example are provided, while boxes on the techniques of old masters and modern landscape artists demonstrate key effects and how to achieve them.

Drawing on the knowledge of experts in the field, the Complete Landscape Course is a highly illustrated volume of tips and techniques to get even beginners creating dramatic landscapes in no time at all.