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When it comes to capturing the beauty of the great outdoors, its the composition that really makes or breaks a landscape painting. Accompkshed artist Barbara Nuss takes all the guesswork out of the equation with this indispensable guide.
She shows artists how to simpli~, arrange and refine what they see in the natural world to create a truly great painting. The book is divided into 14 chapters to cover each of the core design formats for landscape paintings.
Within each section, readers will find easy-to-follow exercises, thumbnail sketches, photos and other helpful tools. Many of the composition topics are accompanied by complete painting demonstrations. Readers will come away with all the knowledge they need to link real-world nature scenes with these 14 essential compositions.
Barbara Nuss is an award-winning landscape painter who has been teaching painting since 1983. Her accomplishments indude membership in the Salmagundi Club of New York City and being featured in the ~OO1 Arts for the Parks Top 100.
She lives in Woodbine, Maryland.
8 1/4" x 11", 144p, hc, 240 coloc 20 b&w illus., December 2003
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