Random House New Releases - Art - Subjects & Themes - Landscapes

Landscape Painting by Mitchell Albala

2011-11-15T00:30:00-05:00

Landscape Painting Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice
Written by Mitchell Albala

eBook, 192 pages | Watson-Guptill | Art - Painting; Art - Subjects & Themes - Landscapes | $20.99 | 978-0-8230-0834-6 (0-8230-0834-7)

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.• Selection and Composition: Learn to select wisely from nature's vast panorama. Albala shows you the essential cues to look for and how to find the most promising subject from a world of possibilities. The lessons in Landscape Painting—based on observation rather than imitation and applicable to both plein air and studio practice—are accompanied by painting examples, demonstrations, photographs, and diagrams. Illustrations draw from the work of more than 40 contemporary artists and such masters of landscape painting as John Constable, Sanford Gifford, and Claude Monet. Based on Albala's 25 years of experience and the proven methods taught at his successful plein air workshops, this in-depth guide to all aspects of landscape painting is a must-have for anyone getting started in the genre, as well as more experienced practitioners who want to hone their skills or learn new perspectives.

From the Hardcover edition.

Making Color Sing, 25th Anniversary Edition by Jeanne Dobie

2011-01-11T00:30:00-05:00

Making Color Sing, 25th Anniversary Edition Practical Lessons in Color and Design
Written by Jeanne Dobie

Trade Paperback, 160 pages | Watson-Guptill | Art - Color; Art - Watercolor; Art - Subjects & Themes - Landscapes | $21.99 | 978-0-8230-3115-3 (0-8230-3115-2)

Landscape Painting by Mitchell Albala

2009-11-17T00:30:00-05:00

Landscape Painting Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice
Written by Mitchell Albala

Hardcover, 192 pages | Watson-Guptill | Art - Painting; Art - Subjects & Themes - Landscapes | $35.00 | 978-0-8230-3220-4 (0-8230-3220-5)

The Pacific Northwest Landscape by Katherine Harmon

2001-09-18T00:30:00-05:00

The Pacific Northwest Landscape A Painted History
Written by Katherine Harmon

Trade Paperback, 144 pages | Sasquatch Books | Art - Subjects & Themes - Landscapes | $21.95 | 978-1-57061-284-8 (1-57061-284-6)

The striking landscape of the Pacific Northwest has inspired painters to put brush to canvas ever since the first European explorers sailed into local waters. A continuous, robust, and evolving artistic view of the region is represented in the140 paintings selected for this beautiful book. Never before gathered in a single place, here are Albert Bierstadt, Sydney Laurence, Emily Carr, Mark Tobey, Kenneth Callahan, and George Tsutakawa, among many others-all taking account of the water, sky, mountains, air, and light of the Pacific Northwest. With a probing introduction by Jonathan Raban, this book amounts to a unique and irresistible painted history.

Thomas Moran and the Surveying of the American West by Joni Louise Kinsey

1992-06-17T00:30:00-05:00

Thomas Moran and the Surveying of the American West
Written by Joni Louise Kinsey

Trade Paperback, 240 pages | Smithsonian Books | Art - Individual Artist; Art - Subjects & Themes - Landscapes; Art - History - American | $39.95 | 978-1-56098-170-1 (1-56098-170-9)

Presenting the first in-depth study of Thomas Moran's early western landscapes, Joni Louise Kinsey describes how the artist created three monumental paintings—The Grand Cañon of the Yellowstone (1872), The Chasm of the Colorado (1873-74), and The Mountain of the Holy Cross (1875)—that, in the aftermath of the Civil War, evoked the nation's spiritual journey and suggestsed its cultural upheaval. The author describes how the paintings reflected a new national identity of both failure and promise, and helped open the West for tourism and travel.

Random House New Releases - Art - Subjects & Themes - Landscapes

Landscape Painting by Mitchell Albala

Landscape Painting Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio PracticeWritten by Mitchell Albala

Making Color Sing, 25th Anniversary Edition by Jeanne Dobie

Making Color Sing, 25th Anniversary Edition Practical Lessons in Color and DesignWritten by Jeanne Dobie

Landscape Painting by Mitchell Albala

Landscape Painting Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio PracticeWritten by Mitchell Albala

The Pacific Northwest Landscape by Katherine Harmon

The Pacific Northwest Landscape A Painted HistoryWritten by Katherine Harmon

Thomas Moran and the Surveying of the American West by Joni Louise Kinsey

Thomas Moran and the Surveying of the American West Written by Joni Louise Kinsey

Landscape Painting Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice
Written by Mitchell Albala

Making Color Sing, 25th Anniversary Edition Practical Lessons in Color and Design
Written by Jeanne Dobie

Landscape Painting Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice
Written by Mitchell Albala

The Pacific Northwest Landscape A Painted History
Written by Katherine Harmon

Thomas Moran and the Surveying of the American West
Written by Joni Louise Kinsey