John MacDonald: Creating Dynamic LandscapesPaintings when done well create an emotional response. The goal of a painter should be to create a landscape painting that transports the viewer into the scene, where it evokes deep feelings and emotions. If you paint a snow scene, your viewer should shiver. A beach scene should let the viewer feel the warmth of the sun, and hear the seagulls. To paint emotional landscapes, its important to study with a master landscape artist who has conquered the

adds all the background interest from a photograph taken years prior

traveling the world

If you make the wrong color choices:

tools and techniques—the how and why of his methods

the mood and environment all become integral to the finished image

When it comes to teaching the fundamentals of oil painting

Addie Chernus' Addie Silk Art is a beautiful video with 13 chapters explaining how to paint on silk to create finished art

79 pages of instructions

How to “sculpt” your drawing using your vision and your emotions

Kathy prefers to keep her eyes “closer to the ground

Precision drawing with paint

and giving you instruction and guidance that will inform your painting in a way you may not have heard previously