Painting Abstract Landscapes Paperback – 16 Nov. 2021

I'm really enjoying reading Painting Abstract Landscapes. I've got various step-by-step kinds of books, but the approach of this one is different. There's a lot of the artist's philosophical and emotional approach to painting in the book. The book is great for me as I love abstract painting and landscapes but had been struggling to combine the two. If you are in a similar situation, I recommend this book just to get you thinking. The book is practical too - there are a few exercises to get you experimenting rather than to produce a finished work. It deals with composition, colour etc in a surprisingly thorough way - good practice and knowledge being essential for abstract painting as with all painting. It's interesting and inspiring just to sit and read, and he refers to various artists and works which are worth a bit of a google. My only minor niggle is that the book is printed on very shiny paper, which can make some of the reproduced artworks a bit difficult to see in depth!

I can’t praise this book enough. It is unlike many other ‘how to’ art manuals whose content is repetitive, often giving the same, basic information. Gareth Edwards is a superb artist and the instruction he gives is original. There is also much sophisticated philosophical discussion re his approach to painting landscape and how this relates to various figures in art history.Another point worth mentioning is the very high quality of the writing. This ensures that the book’s sophisticated content is communicated clearly and effectively, making for an enjoyable read - a great authorial collaboration!This book is top notch - and is both motivating and inspirational.

This book is a very intelligently written providing good reading. I however did find many of the words used rather deep which makes it unusual compared to many other easy to read books. Having said that it is never the less a quality cracking good book with a wonderful insight into abstract art. It has many illustrations of paintings some which show part stages. The print quality and images are high quality and overall a wonderful book to use and have on any keen artist bookshelf wishing to learn abstract landscape painting. The painting style is very much based on Turner but the colours are so much less vibrant many contrasting dark against light and on the more neutral tones. Highly recommended!

It is an easy to read book and apart from step by step instructions it also touches on wider issues concerning art in general. The images of the paintings are also great making the book very interesting.It certainly deserves 5 stars if it wasn't for the Kindle versionOn Kindle versionFollowing the purchase of the paperback book and I thought I get the Kindle version too, marking on-screen and not the book part of my research on the subject of art but that was a mistake.- In a space of less than half a day Kindle crashed 4 or 5 times (MacBook PRO M1)- Unlike iBooks, you can't choose to view the screen same as the book. This is important in a book like this one where texts relate to illustrations- I got very annoyed seeing distracting markings on the book pages of the screen underlining the text and listing "number of popular highlights". I was unable to find a way to turn it off. It may come as a surprise to Amazon but I am not a parrot and quite capable of thinking for myself and don't need to follow others.- There are certainly advantages to kindle like the ability to list all the text you highlighted as a list but they cannot produce a feature without giving a choice to the user to have them or not

Very informative

This isnt just a book about Gareth Edwards’ art, he also describes his process. Fascinating.

Not what I was expecting. Doesn’t really put you in the best position to start painting similarly. Lot of writing and not much step by step

This is a great book to help artists loosen up out of a habit of fiddly, picky detail in their paintings. I've had 'artist's block' for a few years now, and this book has helped a great deal in getting me started again into a looser style of painting.

I recommend this book very highly: good section on design; new (for me) topic about contrast; excellent info on preparing surfaces for painting; very unique use of English vocabulary (keep a dictionary handy) and poetry and quotes. I do wish some of the photos of paintings and of procedures were LARGER! And also wish photos and corresponding text were closer together!

This was the most articulate book I have read on creating abstract paintings. I haven’t finished it yet but the insights so far have changed my painting, in a good way. Very helpful for a left brained person trying to ‘get’ a right brained subject.

Very informative and also lots of pictures.But mainly informative.I definitely do not regret the buy.

Tecniche insolite e creative, approfondimenti tecnici mai trovati su altri libri. L'incoraggiamento necessario a sviluppare la propria creatività. Avrei evitato (e infatti ho saltato a piè pari) la parte finale sui singoli pittori.

Beautifully written and inspiring