Painting Abstract Landscapes
Current price:
$42.95
Publication Date: July 1st, 2022
Publisher:
The Crowood Press
ISBN:
9781785009730
Pages:
160
Description
Abstract landscape painting expresses emotion while still capturing the essence of a landscape. This compelling book explores this suggestive style first developed by Turner.
Using the hauntingly-beautiful paintings of Gareth Edwards, it explores the technical, historical and psychological dimensions of abstract landscape painting to help you develop your own skillful and intensely personal approach.
- Learn about how to begin an abstract landscape painting, using chance application
- Understand how to ‘manage accidents’ to create innovative pieces of work
- Discover the importance of effective composition and how this navigates the viewer’s journey
- Determine the importance of the ‘invisible’ elements of painting: the unspoken value of the viewer and the influence of ‘looking’
- Reveal how to utilize a convergence of linear and atmospheric perspective to help your viewer traverse the picture plane
- Understand the importance of light, space, colorr, and tone in generating evocative paintings
- Be more demanding of your surface, using textural techniques and glazing to achieve professional production values