Watson-Guptill
Painting Better Landscapes

This book will provide practical information to help you "proofread" your paintings and make final adjustments so you can experience the "sweet smell of success." Author Margaret Kessler believes that, as the creative "parent", it is difficult to take a hard, cold look at your own painting, and she provides practical solutions to identifying problems in your work. Five steps are utilized in this process: visualizing the idea, composing the idea (the blueprint), establishing values (the foundation), blocking in the color harmony (the framework) and refining the details (the finishing touches). Paperback, 160 pages.
ISBN:082303576X. WATSON-GUPTILL