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by: John F. Carlson  List Price: $29.25 Amazon.com's Price: $23.40 You Save: $5.85 (20%)Prices subject to change. Availability: In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served.
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 702 EAN: 9780844661025 ISBN: 0844661023 Label: Peter Smith Publisher Manufacturer: Peter Smith Publisher Number Of Items: 1 Publication Date: 1984-06 Publisher: Peter Smith Publisher Studio: Peter Smith Publisher Related Items:
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 Rating:  - ...Lack of colourThe book are only white-black illustrations, and in my opinion it is a great disadvantage. This fact I didn't know before the purchase. Rating:  - Carlson's Guide to Landscape PaintingThis book is a must for artists who want to learn the correct way to paint the landscape. It not only teaches the important concepts of landscape painting, but also gives reasons for the concepts. Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting will be a study guide and reference book for me. Rating: - a must have for every landscape painter....This book is full of important information on how to approach landscape painting. I will read this book over and over again very recommended!!! Rating: - a book you'll refer to again and againCarlson's Guide truly is the bible of landscape painting. It's loaded with invaluable information for landscape artists, but studio artists will get so much out of it, too. Over the years, I've returned to the book again and again, and I always find some fresh insights that help me resolve whatever issues I'm dealing with that during that period. If you're looking for a sophisticated text that goes beyond the basic fundamentals like value, color, shape, etc. covered in most art instruction books, ... Read More Rating: - The Landscape Painter's BibleA great reference and interesting reading for all phases of landscape painting, Carlson's guide has been referred to by art instructors, and novice painters alike. If there was only one landscape book you had the money to buy, this would be it. All black and white examples. Easy to understand concepts. 
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