Landscape Painting Books

Watercolour is an exciting and versatile medium. and beautiful waterscapes full of light and atmosphere can be created with loose, transparent washes, or by overlaying colours. In clear, simple-to-understand terms Joe Francis Dowden clearly illustrates all the techniques that are needed to create different types of water. Using a series ...more

Flowers continue to be one of the most popular subjects among North Light readers, especially the beginner/intermediate reader. Acrylic is the only medium that is gaining floor space in the art stores--perfect for readers looking to work with acrylic paints in a more traditional approach. This lovely book is an ...more

Here, in one paperback, are 135 self-contained lessons from three highly successful volumes by this artist-photographer team: The Watercolorist's Guide To Painting Water, The Watercolorist's Guide To Painting Trees, and The Watercolorist's Guide To Painting Skies. ...more

Experience Nature with an Artist's Eye "There are so many reasons to work outdoors: to drink in the beauty of nature; to find fresh, evocative, inspiring and challenging subjects; to spend time in the quiet places; to capture the liveliness of birds or the grace of a red fox; to ...more

Revised and updated with 280 sketches and paintings, this new edition will appeal to the large market of nature lovers, aspiring artists, botanists, birdwatchers, teachers, hikers and naturalists. ...more

Adding buildings and other man-made creations to a painting demands an understanding of perspective. Perspective is crucial to accuracy and realism, allowing a structure to fit in seamlessly with its surroundings. Yarnell starts basic, with one-point perspective, using first a box and then entire houses with doors, windows, roofs and ...more

A compact edition of an award-winning best-seller -- more affordable than the celebrated original, but otherwise identical. At a critical time in Canada's history, the Group of Seven revolutionized the country's appreciation of itself by celebrating Canada as a wild and beautiful land. These paintings of the wilderness evoke the ...more

Enter the extraordinary world of painter Christophe Drochon, who, for the first time, opens up his studio and allows us a privileged glimpse into his art. Frequently focusing on animals, his strikingly realistic yet dreamlike images reveal nature’s beauty and fragility, as well as Drochon’s profound concern over its destruction. ...more

In 12 detailed demonstrations, Petrie explains how a simple lead pencil can be manipulated to create finished landscape drawings that rival the beauty of works in any other medium. ...more

Landscape Meditations examines the process of capturing a sense of place through a series of views of a single landscape subject, like Van Gogh did with sunflowers or Monet did with haystacks and cathedrals. Topics explored include using mist, wildflowers, the beach, fields, trees, and roads and pathways. Each of ...more