Painting Abstract Landscapes

by Gareth Edwards, Kate Reeve-Edwards

Overview

Abstract landscape painting expresses emotion while still capturing the essence of a landscape. This compelling book explores this suggestive style first developed by Turner. Using the hauntingly-beautiful paintings of Gareth Edwards, it explores the technical, historical and psychological dimensions of abstract landscape painting to help you develop your own skilful and intensely personal approach. Through this new book you can learn about how to begin an abstract landscape painting, using chance application; understand how to ‘manage accidents' to create innovative pieces of work; discover the importance of effective composition and how this navigates the viewer's journey; determine the importance of the ‘invisible' elements of painting: the unspoken value of the viewer and the influence of ‘looking'. It also reveals how to utilize a convergence of linear and atmospheric perspective to help your viewer traverse the picture plane and helps you understand the importance of light, space, colour, and tone in generating evocative paintings. Finally, it encourages you to be more demanding of your surface, using textural techniques and glazing to achieve professional production values. It is a unique and exciting book into this under-documented genre.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785009730
Publisher:	Crowood Press, The
Publication date:	11/16/2021
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	8.54(w) x 9.96(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Gareth Edwards has been a professional abstract landscape painter for over twenty-five years and has developed an effective and individual approach. He is an elected RAW academian, a long-term resident of St Ives' historic Porthmeor Studios, and a prominent member of the Newlyn Society of Artists. He work is exhibited and sold throughout the world. Gareth Edwards' daughter, Kate Reeve-Edwards is a professional writer and runs her own art writing business, Cultural Capital Arts.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 6

Preface 6

Introduction 9

1 Methods and Materials 19

2 How to Start a Painting 31

3 Composition 41

4 Tone 55

5 Colour 67

6 Space and Texture 89

7 Land 103

8 Water and Air 117

9 How to Finish a Painting 143

Conclusion 157

List of Contributions 158

Endnotes 159

Index 160