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Title: Achieving Depth & Distance
Instructor: Kitty Gorrell
Price: $16.49
Overview: This a detailed book concentrating on one of the hardest aspects of painting landscapes, achieving realistic depth and distance. You get taken through exactly how to achieve that with demonstrations, diagrams and photos, and it shows you how different seasons affect the depth of field in your paintings as well.
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Title: Landscape Painting
Instructor: Mitchell Albala
Price: $23.10
Overview: This is written by Mitchell Albala who teaches landscape painting at the Gage Academy of Art which is based in Seattle, and it covers everything including which part of the landscape to paint, how to simplify the scene to discover the hidden structure, and how to create the impression of natural light on the scene. It has a lot of fantastic reviews but as it is a hardback book then it costs slightly more.
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Title: Landscape Painting Inside & Out
Instructor: Kevin Macpherson
Price: $16.49
Overview: This is a very well thought of book, with all 5 star reviews, and is written by Kevin Macpherson who is a well respected oil painter (so this is aimed more at oil painters). Kevin was a founding member and president of the Plein Air Painters of America and his work is regularly featured in magazines, so you know you are in good hands.
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Title: Oil Painter's Solution Book: Landscapes
Instructor: Elizabeth Tolley
Price: $16.49
Overview: Elizabeth Tolley is an award-winning artist and instructor and in this book she has compiled the 100 most popular questions people ask about painting landscapes in oil, along with her answers. A refreshing format for a tricky topic, and the reviews are excellent.
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Title: The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook - Landscapes
Instructor: Gordon Mackenzie
Price: $16.49
Overview: The is one of the top selling landscape painting books on Amazon at the moment, and it focuses on watercolors. Inside you'll find 30 step-by-step demonstrations of the techniques you'll need to create a powerful landscape, with special mini demonstrations for difficult elements like sunsets and mountains.
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Title: Painting the Impressionist Landscape: Interpreting Light and Color
Instructor: Lois Griffel
Price: $16.47
Overview: This book focuses on impressionist painting and takes an indepth look at how to use color and light in your impressionist landscapes. There are a series of exercises in the book to help you better understand the concepts, and the reviews are excellent.
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Title: Painting Better Landscapes
Instructor: Margaret Kessler
Price: $16.47
Overview: This books focuses on painting with oils, and it covers everything a good landscape book should - depth, color harmony, mood and composition etc. The author is well thought of and there are a number of glowing reviews for the book on Amazon.
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Title: Fast & Fun Landscape Painting
Instructor: Donna Dewberry
Price: $16.49
Overview: The author of this book, Donna Dewberry, is a TV personality that you might have heard of. In this book she teaches you how to create basic and fun landscapes with 20 step-by-step demos. It is aimed at the amateur painter who doesn't want to create serious works of art, but wants to create colorful and fun paintings as a hobby.
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Title: Painting Coastal Scenes
Instructor: Ray Campbell Smith
Price: $15.56
Overview: I thought I'd throw this in for people who live near the coast and who may find that the sea features in a lot of their landscapes. Painting coastal scenes is a different ball game to most landscapes, and this book helps you capture the savage beauty of the sea in your work.
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