Category: Landscape Painting
Tips for Painting the Lush and Vibrant Colors of Spring Landscapes
| June 11, 2011 | Posted by Jacob Devies under Landscape Painting |
Color or aerial perspective is important in spring landscapes because it will help you show the vibrant freshness of spring as the season of renewed growth. When using color perspective, the distant parts of a landscape assume a less brilliant color than the objects in the foreground – which in spring, will allow you to…
Painting the World’s Botanical Beauties: Most Famous Botanical Paintings
| June 7, 2011 | Posted by Jacob Devies under Landscape Painting |
Water Lilies (Nymphéas) Claude Monet 1906; oil on canvas, The Art Institute of Chicago Wildflowers, fruit, ferns, trees, flowers, mushrooms, leaves, cacti, exotic jungles, cherry blossoms… famous botanical artists such as John James Audubon (1785-1851) to little known specialists like Margaret Ursula Mee (1909-1988) are only two of the artists who have been fascinated with…
Simple Tips for Creating More Realistic Clouds in Your Landscape Paintings
| June 6, 2011 | Posted by Jacob Devies under Landscape Painting |
Shape & Perspective Painting as a child was so simple… we depicted clouds were simply flat, puffy white things. True, these clouds were recognizable in their fields of blue color and this technique is used by artists working in an abstract style where flat planes of white can give an indication of clouds. There’s a…
The Keys to Successful Landscape Painting
| June 6, 2011 | Posted by Jacob Devies under Landscape Painting |
Composition Painting outdoors creates a different set of problems than when you’re painting in the solitude of your studio. The wind can whip at your canvas or paper, the sun can be blinding, the bugs can bite or stick in your paint and the comments from onlookers really aren’t helping your concentration – plus you’re…
Painting the Beauty in your Garden: The Basics of Creating a Watercolor Floral Painting
| June 5, 2011 | Posted by Jacob Devies under Landscape Painting, Watercolor Painting |
Beginner painters are often at a loss on how to even begin the painting process. This demonstration explains that process. More experienced painters might want to try this more advanced lesson. Watercolor Floral Demo: Watercolorist George Simmons leads you through each step of the painting process, from the selection of materials and pigments through detailed,…
William Merritt Chase: Modern American Landscapes
| January 1, 2011 | Posted by Jacob Devies under Famous Painters, Landscape Painting |
A major contributor to American art, William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) started out simply as a boy from Indiana who liked to draw. In school his teachers would catch him drawing instead of doing his math and spelling lessons. William even drew all over his schoolbooks. When he helped his father out in the shoe store,…
Nature Painting – A Distinct Genre of Landscape Art
| December 14, 2010 | Posted by Jacob Devies under Landscape Painting |
You might have some great ideas about making a Zen garden, a hedge maze or a beautiful waterscape, but if you take the help of a professional landscaper he will help you go about it in an expert manner. Professional landscapers have an inherent love for outdoors and can work wonders with their creativity. Regardless…
