In this collection of resources on landscape, artist Hester Berry encourages “looking and discovering, browsing and daydreaming”. Hester discusses the work of other landscape artists, both historical and contemporary and encourages you to go out and record your impressions and experiences of the landscape in all its forms: “urban scenes, the country-side, inner-city green spaces and even the sky”.

The series begins with suggestions for how to keep a sketchbook followed by exercises in drawing and painting.

We hope that these exciting resources will inspire you to experiment with materials and techniques and  enable you to discover your own visual language for drawing and painting the landscape.

Introduction to Landscape by Hester Berry

This introduction to landscape painting is an exercise in looking and discovering, browsing and daydreaming.

Landscape Painting: Tone in the Landscape

In this post Hester Berry explores tone as a crucial aspect of landscape drawing and painting. 

Landscape Painting: Plein Air Painting

Plein Air painting is the practice of painting outside, normally in front of one’s subject.

Landscape Painting: Colour in the Landscape

Hester Berry shows how working with colour can be broken down, simplified and approached in a pragmatic way.

landscape Painting: Expressive mark Making

Practice and hone technical skills, use of tone and colour, observation and time spent in the landscape.

What is a Canvas?

Making drawings which compete with the background

Making a Charcoal Animation

Inspired by the animations of William Kentridge

Making Ruler Drawings

Using 2 grades of pencil and only straight lines

Drawing Brushes with Charcoal

Using varied marks to capture the qualities of brushes

Many thanks to Pink Pig International for the sketchbooks

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Happy sketchbooking and have a wonderful summer!

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