Mitchell Abala has a new blog

Mitchell Albala's new blog

I'm very pleased to be able to add  Mitchell Albala's new blog Essential Concepts of Landscape Painting to the tutor blogroll in the column on the right.

Here's a list of his blog posts to date analysed by topic - although my categorisation is slightly different from that used by Mitchell

Composition and Design

• Value Divisions in Landscape 
• The Not-So-Simple Art of Simplification

Landscape Colour Relationships

• Convincing Color Relationships Between Sky and Ground 
• The Harmony of Neutrals 
• Nickel Titanate, the Coolest Yellow 
• Should I Shoot Slides of My Work?

Materials and Mediums

• Advantages of the Alkyd Medium

Video Lessons

• Video Lesson: Color Strategies in Plein Air

Working Plein Air 

• Optimal Orientation of Subject and Artist in Plein Air

Working with Photo References

• The Tyranny of Photo Reference

See also my post on this blog and Book Review: Landscape Painting about his book Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice

His books is likely to become a modern standard for learning about how to paint a landscape and I'm sure all those looking to improve their landscape artwork will enjoy his blog posts.