Painting landscapes

Harry R. Ballinger

Published by Watson-Guptill, hardcover with dustjacket, illustrated

Landscape is the most popular art subject, both among those who paint and among those who buy paintings.

In this remarkable book, Harry R. Ballinger presents a comprehensive beginner's guide to landscape painting, explaining every technical problem that the novice must solve and concluding with an analysis of the problems of the professional painter.

Writing in a clear, down-to-earth manner, Mr. Ballinger briefly surveys the challenges and rewards of landscape painting. He then carefully explains how materials and tools are utilized, so that the reader acquires a basic understanding of the palette, brushes, paints, painting media, varnishes, view finders, easels, and other equipment.

The author treats the fundamentals of composition and perspective, focusing on design, balance, linear perspective, aerial perspective, etc. He also introduces the reader to color and how to use it: warm and cool colors; primary and secondary colors; color mixing; color harmony ; etc.
Once the reader has absorbed this primary information, he is shown how to plan the picture and he is given important advice on selecting the subject, working from nature and from sketches, and the development of pictorial ideas.

Step-by-step, with the aid of demonstrations, diagrams and illustrations, Harry R. Ballinger shows the reader how to paint every typical landscape element: skies, clouds, sunrises, sunsets, trees, mountains, water, rocks, sand, roads, reflections, farms, towns, cities, spring landscapes, summer landscapes, autumn and winter landscapes, night scenes, moonlight, fog scenes, rainy days, storms, etc.
The reader is guided in painting from the first sitting to the finished product and helped to jump important hurdles involving use of thick versus thin paint, lighting and atmosphere, free brushwork, experimentation, etc.

This new, enlarged edition of Painting Landscapes includes 16 pages of full-color demonstrations, further enriching a handbook unmatched in practical instruction for the landscape painter.












































































Painting Landscapes

Harry R. Balling

Published by Watson-Guptill, hardcover with dustjacket