Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting

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Written by a famous American painter and teacher, whose landscapes are found in a few of the world’s most noted museums, this book is known as probably the most art students’ most helpful guides. It provides a wealth of advice on the choice of subject; it tells what to look for and aim for, and explains the mysteries of color, atmospheric conditions, and other phenomena to be found in nature.
Through his profound understanding of the physical nature of landscapes and his highly developed artistic sense, John Carlson is able to give an explanation for both the whys and the hows of the more than a few aspects of landscape painting. A few of the subjects covered are angles and consequent values (an insightful concept necessary for strong overall unity of design), aerial and linear perspective, the painting of trees, the emotional properties of line and mass in composition, light, unity of tone, choice of subject, and memory work. At first chapters, the creator tells how to make the best of canvas, palette, colors, brushes, and other materials and gives valuable advice about texture, glazing, varnishing, bleaching, retouching, and framing. Thirty-four reproductions of Mr. Carlson’s own work and 58 of his explanatory diagrams are shown on pages adjoining the text.
As Howard Simon says in the introduction: “Crammed into its pages are the thoughts and experiences of a lifetime of painting and teaching. Undoubtedly this can be a good book for the beginner, but the old hand at art will appreciate its honesty and broadness of viewpoint. It confines itself to the mechanics of landscape painting but, philosophically, it roams all over the place. . . . This can be a book to keep, to read at leisure, and to look into for the solution of problems as they arise, when the need for an experienced hand is felt.”

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