Landscape Painting Inside & Out

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by Kevin Macpherson

It is hard to know what to say about this book. I mentioned before that I was excited about it coming out and it did not disappoint. Kevin's first book is great and is widely credited for the suggestion of painting many small paintings. (The "Painting a Day" movement is perhaps inspired by his Reflections on a Pond project.) This new book is even better.

I am a big fan of Kevin's style of painting. His paintings are beautiful and well thought out. The demonstrations are really fun to see and illustrate his process well. The theme of this book is how to make in studio work have the same vitality as those on location. It is just so jam packed with good advice for oil painters that I have read through it all a couple of times now. He does not waste a lot of space covering things you can read everywhere else, but he does give his advice on the basics. This one is a keeper there really is not a weak part in the book.