Landscape Paintng Lessons:
8
Basic Planning Tips
To learn to paint landscapes is to learn to be effective
at planning. The idea is to make all the critical decisions
about perspective, composition and even what supplies and
tools to pack well before you even think about adding paint
to the canvas.
It is an absolute myth that all great painters are just
free spirits that only act spontaneously when the mood
strikes. Consistently productive professional artists
always refine their preparation routines in a way that
positively impacts the final results of a painting. Here
are 8 tips for successful landscape painting
preparation.
1. First, take a walk around the landscape you wish
to paint. It can be amazing how a slightly different
perspective will reveal one of nature’s compositions that
will just knock your socks off. Consider taking a sketch
pad or even a digital camera to record your ideas as you
walk about.
2. Select the time of day that the painting itself
will take place. Picking the ideal time of day may mean
investing an entire day starting at sun up and ending at
sundown. Again, take photographs every few hours for later
comparison. This may seem like a lot of unnecessary trouble
but you may be surprised by the unique emotional impact
found in the different periods of the day.
3. Decide the season to be represented in the
painting.
4. Find A Strong Center Of Focus. This is usually an
object that compositionally is so strong it demands your
attention. All other objects in the painting should lead
your eye to this object of focus.
5. Make test sketches before you begin painting.
It can be amazing how interesting ideas will flow as you
sketch. These same ideas would not necessarily present
themselves by just looking at the scene passively. Some
artists actually like to sketch the potential subject on
the day before painting in order to solidify the
composition. This allows them to focus mostly on the color
aspect of painting. It is important to use the painting
time wisely especially since the sun moves rapidly through
out the day which constantly changes the emotional mood of
the landscape.
6. Pack tools and supplies wisely. This is
another activity that would be wise to do in a leisurely
way the day before painting. It would be a shame to ruin
the painting by forgetting some critical brush or paint
color. Also make sure you include some food ,a first aid
kit and some light rain gear. Over time develop a tried and
true check list to make this effortless.
7. Consider returning to the same scene several
times to paint at different times of day or different
seasons to create a series of the same landscape. The
continuity of this exercise can be a powerful educational
experience.
8. Develop lots of basic landscape painting tricks
and skills. Some of these might include learning to
paint clouds, water drops, waves and surf, trees, flowers,
gardens, lawns, rivers and roads just to name a few. One
way to accomplish this is to acquire some of the many
excellent painting tutorials available on dvd in stores or
conveniently on the internet.
The bottom line is that speed is critical for creating
art out of doors. Good attention to planning, organization
and developing specific relevant skills will always produce
positive results for those that wish to learn to paint
landscapes.
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of 9.8 out of 10
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Learn And Master Painting course, it is designed to be
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wa
y to learn oil, acrylic and water mixable oil painting
no matter your present level of skills or talent. During
this course, the student will create several complete
paintings from start to finish.
Who Will Benefit Most From This Painting
Course?
This dvd lesson set is
geared for rank beginners with no experience or formal
training through accomplished painters that wish to round
out their knowledge base and benefit from the advanced
lessons.
Also, children starting at an age of 8 to 10 years old,
with a little set-up help from an adult, should be able to
learn from the dvd set on their own.
About The Instructor Gayle
Levee (Pronounced Le Vay)
Gayle was born into a family of artists and knew from
the young age of five years old that she wanted to draw.
This award winning artist was formally educated
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