Guide to Landscape Painting (Dover Art Instruction)

This isn't a book on landscape tutorial but deeper look into the artist's life and how he approached his subject. It makes you love and appreciate landscapes. The fact that the artist's paintings are in black and white should not be a reason to overlook this book but instead a true lover of landscape paintings would take that as something to be learnt from - values! The most important thing that makes a good art. So I'm glad that the paintings are purely in just values to understand how a painting should translate the same way as it does in colours. People complaining about b&w images are missing the point and shying away from learning some valuable lessons here.

Very good and useful information in the book

To know better about the trees, values and landscape s.

Excellent read

Recognized book. Read throughout America.

This is a wonderful book for all artists. Especially landscape artists. The book has information for a beginner as well as a professional artist.. If you are beginning your art journey you can start with this book, if you are an experienced artist you can use it for reference. The pictures and diagrams are in black and white. I find that this is the only drawback in this book..

great artist, great book, very well written, but printed in black and white! that's so strange! and makes it so difficult to understand what the artist wants to convey. Real shame! wouldn't buy it again... hopefully someone will reprint in full colour

i got other c++ and java book instead of this order

I found it to be a clear, concise and authoritative guide to landscape painting. A little old school and the plates are in black and white, but looking beyond that, it's a gem of a guide to painting landscapes. Line, form, composition, value and colour are all well covered together with sections on difficult subjects such as clouds and trees. It explains in precise language several advanced concepts that have made me look at my own paintings in a completely new way. Already I'm seeing improvements that came from directly from this excellent book. I ordered it based on a recommendation by James Gurney.

Que decir de este libro. Es la biblia de la pintura paisajística. Casi los “grandes” actuales se basaron en él. Eso si, es del año de la pers, es totalmente en blanco y negro, nada de step by step, teoría pura y dura. Un tostòn, que merece la pena.

No easy read, this book is blowing my mind with method as well as philosophy on landscapes and art in general. It is changing the way I see the world around me. I took a workshop with a master landscape painter who told me it was the ONE absolutely essential book to any student or artist. He has several copies and rereads it even to this day after painting for over 40 years. It is in the school of abstract expressionist design to express what you are seeing. It encourages the artist to use nature as a well spring for inspiration and a starting point, and is not at all about dry literal copying of exactly what you see. There are valuable insights as to how to pick an "idea" you are supporting in your image, as well as the tools to render it, because art is an expression, first and foremost. It is technically and spiritually wonderful. Much of the advice could cross over to other styles of art. There are so many lines in the book I would like to quote, but here are two: "Art is a thing of the imagination. The underlying principles, the fundamentals, should be so hidden away by the beauty they are eventually to support, that it would require much digging to disclose them." and "There is no irresponsible or accidental child's play about the composing of a fine picture. Men like Leonardo, Michelangelo or Rubens were men of fine intellect as well as of sensitivity. Pure beauty is an orderly quality which seldom emanates from imbeciles or charlatans." While you will find very useful basic information on materials, etc, do not expect a "How to draw fence posts" type book. This book is a masterpiece. I plan to read it many many more times. If provides a vehicle for total self expression, which only years of tireless application can yield, yet spares the reader years of trial and error with timeless instruction on elements of atmosphere and technical laws known to the masters, thus delivering hope and inspiration. No serious artist should be without this book. I'm so grateful for it, and I sprang for the hard copy.

日本語に翻訳されていない本なので、読むのに時間がかかります。まだ半分も読み進んでいませんが・・・絵画の勉強には素晴らしい本だと思います。

Highly recommended book. Could be a reference text for serious art landscape theory. My watercolour teacher mentioned this book in class recently and I’m so glad I wrote it down to check out later. Is an older style book but a goodie. You won’t regret getting it.