Keys to Successful Landscape Painting

by Foster Caddell

Rough sketches incorporating problems involving design, light, skies, water, trees, shadows, color, and space that are frequently encountered by amateurs are juxtaposed with reproductions of finished oil paintings demonstrating solutions

Genres: Art

160 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1976

Reviews

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this. His work is beautiful and there were a lot of good, but basic concepts to think about.

[Linda Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

There were a lot of before and after cases, and good painting principles were applied. Even though it was published in 1976, it had a lot to say to painters at all levels of development.

[Leah · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best art how to books I've seen. Full of before and after photos of paintings and lots of ideas for making landscapes interesting - including light, color, shadow, adjusting shape. My favorite is when they point out that you can just move things around a bit to make a better composition, I don't know why that's such a revelation.

I'll probably end up buying a copy.