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Discover a fresh, creative, mixed-media approach to painting the landscapes you love.
An inspiring, innovative and practical guide for artists wanting to explore the connection between creativity and the natural world.
Author and expert tutor Alison C. Board invites readers to slow down, observe and deeply connect with their landscape subject whether it's a much-loved holiday spot, a place of historical interest, or a place of profound personal significance. No matter if you're stepping outside with your sketchbook to work plein air or working from reference images at home, Painting Landscapes offers an inclusive, adaptable approach to making art that feels personal and meaningful. Inside this treasure trove of inspiring ideas and practical techniques you will:
Whether you're discovering landscape painting for the first time or returning to it with fresh eyes, Painting Landscapes is the ultimate creative companion on your artistic journey. Thoughtfully written and richly informative, it empowers readers to engage with nature, memory and imagination, all through the simple, transformative act of painting.
Introduction
INSPIRED BY THE LANDSCAPE Why are we captivated by landscapes? Inspiration, gathering and experimenting Seeking inspiration Gathering information Preserving what you have collected Sketching and painting outdoors Practical techniques for being creative outdoors Memory sketches Your unique approach
YOUR MATERIALS Painting materials Understanding your paper Your location painting kit Relating your materials to the landscape before you
PAINTING FUNDAMENTALS Colour theory Traditional composition A quick word about darks The importance of tone Mark making Creating ‘The Blue Lagoon’
ELEMENTS OF THE LANDSCAPE The Jigsaw Puzzle Approach Skies Hills and mountains Trees Buildings and perspective Water Weather and seasons Lost edges The elements The elusive rainbow
CREATIVE THINKING Considering creative thinking Creative language Creative language materials Brighton Pier: Storytelling Frosty Sunrise: Mapping Abereiddy: Collage Letters from the rock: Incorporating text
PROBLEM SOLVING Thinking around the problem 7 Pick and Mix Projects How these projects work ‘Badbury Poppies’ ‘Glencoe’ ‘Melin Tregwynt’ ‘Downend Snow’ ‘The Summer House’
Conclusion
Index
Alison C. Board has always had a creative career. Having originally trained to be a ballet teacher, she changed her subject to fine art and spent fifteen years managing and subsequently owning a contemporary gallery and arts centre in the south west of the UK.In 2009 she gave it up to study for a degree in Fine Art at Arts University Bournemouth, UK, and graduated with First Class Honours, adding to this with education qualifications in Distance Learning.
Alison currently runs of workshops, courses and painting weekends from her studio, as well as being a Visiting Tutor at Arts University Bournemouth, specializing in Art, Design and Creative Studies.
When Alison isn’t teaching, she can be found sketching and photographing with her husband Richard and her ever-growing menagerie of animals, surrounded by the beautiful Dorset landscape. She is inspired by her countryside home and her family history, as well as music, film, theatre and creative writing.
Visit Alison’s website: www.learningtopaint.co.ukFind her on Instagram: aliboardartistFacebook: AliBoardArtistYouTube: AlisonCBoard
By Alison C. Board
£12.99
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