Drawing and Painting the Natural Environment

Barclay Sheaks

Uitg. Davis, hardcover, geillustreerd, engelstalig

Acknowledgments 6
Introduction 7

Chapter One 9
Preparation for Drawing and Painting the Natural Environment
Use What You Already Know. Use the Familiar but Search for the New. Don't be Intimidated by the Rules. Developing a Working Philosophy. The Value of Learning to See and Observe. Working on Location or in the Studio. The Proper Approach for You. Working from Photographs—A Hindrance or a Help. A Logical Approach to the Use of Photographs. Finding a Studio or Work Space.

Color Insert 17
Solitude by Marc Moon. Storm Warning by Barclay Sheaks. Evening by Ken Bowen. Winter Wheat by Charles Sibley. Winter Marsh by parclay Sheaks. Tide Pool by Barclay Sheaks. Colonnade Falls by Valfred Thelin. Untitled abstraction by Dorothy Arey. Marsh Castle by Herb Jones. Rain in the Forest by Allan Jones.

Chapter Two 25
Beginning to Draw and Paint
Sketching: Why, What and How. Kinds of Composition. Getting Started with a Sketching Trip. How to Use Your Sketches. From the Sketch to the Finished Work. The Step Method in Brief.

Chapter Three 52
Design as a Factor
Design Awareness Can Help Your Work. Dividing the Space. Line—How It Can Help You. Invisible Lines That Thrust. Shape. Form. Color and Tone. A Word About Using What You Have Learned. Some Practical Help in Color Mixing. A Basic List of Colors for the Landscape Painter. Color Domination. Using Color to Create Mood and Emotion. Texture. Using Texture to Help the Picture. Using Texture Selectively. Perspective. Why Create Depth? Depth-Space Problems and How to Solve Them.

Chapter Four 90
You and Your Subject—Getting the Most from Both
What Do I Feel and How Do I Say It? The Natural Environment Through Media and Techniques. The Natural Environment as Seen Through Style. The Shape of Your Vision. Considerations of Proportions. Useful Techniques That Can Be Interesting and Appropriate. Additional Methods for Paint Application. Common Mistakes in Landscape Painting and How to Avoid Them. Final Words of Advice for the Traditional Land or Seascape Artist.

Chapter Five 115
Abstractions from Nature—Another Kind of Vision
Why Interpret Nature Abstractly? How to Interpret Nature Abstractly. Dissecting and Enlarging Nature. Using Abstract Patterns Easily Found in Nature. Making Pictures from Patterns.