You'll find out how to see the colors of your subject accurately; mix clean, fresh color (including sensitive, subtle grays) from a limited palette; use light and shade to create an illusion of reality and to add unity to your painting; build a strong painting from the start by seeing the world as a mosaic of simple, interlocking shapes; and paint landscapes in a small format to capture their dramatic, rapidly changing light and color. Step-by-step...

Presents an illustrated guide, with practical exercises, to techniques that make use of light and shading effects for adding a sense of perspective and dimension to drawn and painted objects and figures in monochrome or color media.

Discusses how artists have used light and shadow for strong visual and emotional effects in their paintings. Suggests ways to experiment with and paint light.