Intimate Landscapes: How to Paint Close-Up Views in Watercolours
Watercolors can be daunting, whether painting vast panoramas or intimate spaces. Though Riley concentrates on the latter, he has produced one of the finest volumes on watercolor landscapes available, whatever one's perspective. He begins by seeing what can be learned from the past, from the work of Claude Lorraine, Turner, Van Gogh, and Cezanne. Within chapters on preparation and technique, his sections on multiple perspectives, atmosphere, and figures in a landscape are especially good. A brilliant, inspiring book.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.