Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting by John F. Carlson, Art Instruction
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Book Reviews of Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting
Book Review: A must for landscape painters
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is full of practical advice from one of the best landscape painters to my opinion. Interested readers will find all sort of ideas on composition, colors, techniques etc. I keep on reading it and I always find something new to study and to give some more toughts. Carlson has helped me improve my work. Just have a look at Carlson's work and and you will see how bright and sparkling are his paintings and how full of lessons they are. His book is the same; it is full of generous tips and lessons and without any complicated theories.Book Review: Terrific book that answers questions for landscape painters!
Summary: 4 Stars
The author seems to have gone out of his way to write a book covering every aspect of landscape painting and has done it well. He starts with his ideas on how to approach painting as a whole, continues with the mechanics of painting wherein he discusses the tools necessary, and covering subjects such as angles and values, design, perspective,light and color. An informative book for the landscape painting enthusiast. I recommend it highly!Book Review: impressions
Summary: 4 Stars
Based on reading several chapters this book is filled with lots of insights about how things behave in nature:trees, clouds,etc. and how to perceive these things and approach them in painting. The intensity of the author's own process of looking yields new perspectives for those of us who may have thought we understood such things as trees and clouds. The occasional charmingly dated phrase only adds to the enjoyment of reading this book.Book Review: Carlson's Guide To Landscape Painting is without color illustrations
Summary: 4 Stars
I really liked the instruction outlined in this book. Although this wonderful artist is deceased his work and instruction is timeless. The only thing that kept me from giving this edition a 5 star rating was it's total lack of color illustrations. I wish this would have been mentioned in the description so that I could have sought a version that contained color illustrations. I'm sure one exists because his work has been around for years.Book Review: Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great book that not only discusses the practical/technical aspects of landscape painting but also addresses the author's philosophical view of creating art. The only drawback is that the illustrations are in black and white.