Comparison: Landscape Painting Books by Mitchell Albala

2022: THE LANDSCAPE PAINTER’S WORKBOOK: ESSENTIAL STUDIES IN SHAPE, COMPOSITION, AND COLOR

New topics, new lessons, and 10 workshop exercises. Drills down more deeply into topics of shape interpretation, composition, and color. The best-selling book on landscape painting at Amazon, with 30,000 copies sold in just a year-and-a-half. The Landscape Painter’s Workbook beautifully complements the first book, Landscape Painting. You’ll find different content and lessons in each.

2009: LANDSCAPE PAINTING: ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES FOR PLEIN AIR AND STUDIO PRACTICE

The “new classic” of landscape — a broad overview of landscape painting basics and techniques. A best-seller for over 10 years, with 60,000 copies in print.

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  • 10 skill-building exercises that show you how to work through essential lessons on your own.
  • A comprehensive introduction to the “complete” color strategy
  • Color grouping, a special practice that helps maintain harmony by organizing colors into a limited number of color families
  • A full chapter on contemporary notan, which positions it as a shape- and pattern-defining tool, rather than a value study
  • An in-depth review of compositional variation, movement, and active negative space
  • Horizontal, vertical and square formats in depth: the advantages and disadvantages of each
  • Lessons are universal and therefore suitable for all oil, acrylic, pastel, and watercolor painters
  • 47 contemporary painters, over 80 paintings in all

Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice

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  • A full chapter on materials
  • Covers the entire painting process, from preparatory work to underpainting to development
  • Plein air and studio painting demonstrations
  • Explores the similarities and differences between studio painting and plein air painting
  • A full chapter on site selection, the critical first step in composition
  • A comprehensive, step-by-step review of underpainting
  • Chapters on working with photos, abstracting nature, inspiration and lifelong learning
  • 35 contemporary and classic oil paintings, over 65 paintings in all