landscape painting

The Hudson River School was a group American artists specializing in painting landscapes, featuring the big skies and rolling vistas of North America.

Contains 176 landscapes painted by 126 American artists between 1740 and 1965 with accompanying text.

Contains thirty-two full-color plates with detailed captions, a chronology, and an essay on the artist.

Contains step-by-step instructions for projects to draw and paint landscapes.

Provides step-by-step projects for landscape painting, including a materials list, tips and techniques, and more.

"Treat the book as an in-depth class on this medium. [watercolor] With each lesson, you'll be privy to a new watercolor technique or subject. Readers will move through the book subject by subject, course by course, painting all along the way. By the time you reach the end, you'll have fifty paintings showcasing your steady progress."--Amazon.com.

Provides information about acrylics as a painting medium; discusses colors, brushes, and other tools; looks at various techniques; and includes seven step-by-step lessons on painting landscapes, and four additional self-directed projects.

Provides information on painting materials, techniques, and methods, and offers several step-by-step tutorials for painting a variety of skies, landscapes, and seas in oil. Includes tips for using color, composition, perspective, texture, and contrast.

Presents a tutorial, with reusable tracings, step-by-step photographs, and instructions, for creating watercolor paintings, covering various elements of a landscape, composition, and skills to help a learner gain confidence.

Presents a collection of writings on Chinese art, nature, and philosophy by Mary Mayer Tanenbaum.