About this item
Because nature is so expansive and complex, so varied in its range of light, landscape painters often have to look further and more deeply to find form and structure, value patterns, and an organized arrangement of shapes. In Landscape Painting, Mitchell Albala shares his concepts and practices for translating nature's grandeur, complexity, and color dynamics into convincing representations of space and light. Concise, practical, and inspirational, Landscape Painting focuses on the greatest challenges for the landscape artist, such as: • Simplification and Massing: Learn to reduce nature's complexity by looking beneath the surface of a subject to discover the form's basic masses and shapes.• Color and Light: Explore color theory as it specifically applies to the landscape, and learn the various strategies painters use to capture the illusion of natural light.
About the Author
MITCHELL ALBALA is author of "The Landscape Painter's Workbook: Essential Studies in Shape, Composition, and Color" (Rockport Publishing, 2021) , and "Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice" (Watson-Guptill, 2009) , which has been a top seller in its category at Amazon for over 10 years.Find out more about his work at his website: mitchalbala.comMitchell is also a respected painter and workshop instructor. His semi-abstract and atmospheric landscapes have been exhibited nationally and are represented in corporate and private collections. In addition to leading outdoor painting workshops in Italy, he also teaches throughout the Pacific Northwest. He has lectured on Impressionism and landscape painting at the Seattle Art Museum and has written for "International Artist" and "Artists & Illustrators" magazines. He also hosts a popular painting blog, which holds a top 20 spot on Feedspot.com's "Top 90 Painting Blogs and Websites for Artists."
