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The Elements of Landscape Oil Painting: Techniques for Rendering Sky, Terrain, Trees, and Water

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A landscape painting guide for oil painters that breaks landscapes down into component elements from nature, and showcases tools and techniques used by classic and modern oil painters for bringing these scenes to life. Landscape painting is one of the most popular subjects for painters working in the medium of oils--from classic masters to contemporary artists. In The Elements of Landscape Oil Painting, established Watson-Guptill author and noted instructor/painter Suzanne Brooker presents the fundamentals necessary for mastering landscape oil painting, breaking landscapes down into component parts: sky, terrain, trees, and water. Each featured element builds off the previous, with additional lessons on the latest brushes, paints, and other tools used by artists. Key methods like observation, rendering, and color mixing are supported by demonstration paintings and samples from a variety of the best landscape oil painters of all time. With The Elements of Landscape Oil Painting, oil painters looking to break into landscape painting or enhance their work will find all the necessary ingredients for success. Read more


Publisher ‏ : ‎ Watson-Guptill (August 18, 2015)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 208 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0804137552


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 53


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.59 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.4 x 0.8 x 11.29 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #77,453 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #11 in Oil Painting #39 in Landscape & Seascape Art #52 in Landscape Painting


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    • Wonderfully helpful
Helpful instruction well supported by great artwork.
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2023 by jeffrey buhrman
    • One of the Best
As a professional working artist and instructor for over 30 years I can honestly say this book is chock full of info. Even for the seasoned artist….good core fundamentals and excellent instructions.
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2023 by R. Willis
    • Pair with Albala and Carlson, and you have everything you need on landscape painting technique
I would put this together with Mitchell Albala's book in terms of helpfulness and beautiful images (and in fact Albala has a couple of paintings in this one, and I love his work, but I especially enjoyed the works here by Renato Muccillo). Although I paint in acrylics, not oils, I've been struggling with techniques I relied on in watercolor that don't work as well in acrylic. Most acrylic painting books seem to focus on gimmicks like gold leaf or carving shapes in gesso, and that is not what I want to do. I've looked at some other books on oil painting but they often relied on wet-in-wet and/or painterly techniques, which is not something I want to do with acrylics. I could see right away that this book gives many examples of the painter working over a dry layer, which is what I do, so these are techniques I can use. I have seen many examples of so-called Old Master type painting that involves toning the support, but I had not seen any colors used for that besides grays and earths. This is the first time I saw someone toning with cadmium orange. Right away I wanted to try that. I also appreciated the description of a flake white hue made from 1 parts titanium and 2 parts zinc. I have just begun working with white (since it's a no-no in watercolor, I never used it until the past year or so), and this formulation I will definitely try. The step-by-step paintings of clouds are especially helpful. Lots of good stuff here! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2015 by Harold Roth
    • I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK
It didn't come in the first time I ordered it. But they sent it immediately after I told them, Its an amazing book perfect for any artist!!!
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2022 by Jasmine
    • A mixed bag.
Since much of this book consists of the author's subjective tastes (mainly a preference for a very limited range of values and for red and orange grounds) the "principles" referred to in the title may be rather scattered. There are also a few arbitrary terms: • Her definition of "sheer," which is not defined (according to her own terms) until the end of the book. It's confusing since "sheer" refers only to fabric, not to paint or liquids. • Her "oiling up" is an apparent alteration of the standard "oiling out" and she confounds the purpose of this with "couching" causing even further confusion. • She refers to sky holes as "sky windows." As others have pointed out, there are a number of nonstandard terms thrown around. Even "scumbling" is given an oddly broad definition. Even worse, there are detailed tutorials, one of which takes the reader through a tortuous search for a ground color that will or might - - or might not - - accomplish all of her objectives. But it's difficult to imagine how this arduous journey of comparing numerous swatches of possible ground colors merited such trifling results as the author's efforts. Then there are the painting examples, many of which have that dreary "pea soup" yellow-green tonality of Pacific Northwest art. Still there's enough information in the book that is useful and sufficiently objective along with helpful tricks of the trade. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2023 by T. French
    • My friend who is a painter loved the book
I bought this as a gift for my friend who oil paints. He loves the book.
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2022 by Steve
    • A generous author in terms of color and technique.
I am a huge fan of Suzanne Brooker. She is probably one of the most generous authors in painting out there. I own all of her books. I will keep buying them if she keeps writing them. I think that the most interesting aspect of her books for me is the use of color theory that is woven throughout. The use of underpainting in particular. She has also included painters that I have been totally unaware of. These are people that aren’t a part of the New York scene where I lived for thirty years. But, wow, are they interesting. Her books are well worth investing in. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2020 by Greta Olson
    • Best Book on Landscape Painting.
Best book on landscape painting. This is an excellent book and anyone ho aspires to be a landscape painter should own it. There are chapters on every main landscape feature - Trees, Water, Sky, Terrain etc, In each chapter there is a thorough discussion of how the paintings illustrated were constructed, a section on appropriate brush strokes and some demonstrations which the reader can choose to paint himself. The print is a somewhat too light for my eyes, so I bought the Kindle edition and use both of them. Fortunately this book does not go through the paints you should use, or which brushes and palette you should use. It assumes that you know that and are advanced enough not to have that stuff repeated. This is definitely a book for more advanced painters Every painter should have this in his library. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2016 by Judith A. Weller

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