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Product Description Abstract landscape painting expresses emotion while still capturing the essence of a landscape. This compelling book explores this suggestive style first developed by Turner. Using the hauntingly-beautiful paintings of Gareth Edwards, it explores the technical, historical and psychological dimensions of abstract landscape painting to help you develop your own skillful and intensely personal approach. Learn about how to begin an abstract landscape painting, using chance applicationUnderstand how to ‘manage accidents’ to create innovative pieces of workDiscover the importance of effective composition and how this navigates the viewer’s journeyDetermine the importance of the ‘invisible’ elements of painting: the unspoken value of the viewer and the influence of ‘looking’Reveal how to utilize a convergence of linear and atmospheric perspective to help your viewer traverse the picture planeUnderstand the importance of light, space, colorr, and tone in generating evocative paintingsBe more demanding of your surface, using textural techniques and glazing to achieve professional production values About the Author Gareth Edwards has been a professional abstract landscape painter for over twenty-five years and has developed an effective and individual approach. He is an elected RAW academian, a long-term resident of St Ives' historic Porthmeor Studios, and a prominent member of the Newlyn Society of Artists. His work is exhibited and sold throughout the world. Gareth Edwards' daughter, Kate Reeve-Edwards is a professional writer and runs her own art writing business, Cultural Capital Arts.