Composition of Outdoor Painting

I bought this book for a friend as it was recommended online, and now I have had feedback. They absolutely love it. Not sure when it was first published but my artistic friend thinks its 'the best book' she has received for her artistic hobby.

I purchased my copy for £51.43 back in 2022, but it's now available for a more reasonable £37.69, which I think is a much fairer price. The print quality is excellent, and the material in the book is truly outstanding— a must-have for anyone passionate about landscape painting.

The book came as was described and I was delighted with it

Anyone who is really determined to create meaningful landscape paintings should read this book. I have read many books on landscape painting and this iconic book is referred to again and again . . . rightly so. Great artist and a great book.

very good

Great information

Well it’s an impressive reference and fun to flip through, it might come in handy when I start painting again. But it is comprehensive!

Book has been around for years but still a classic with plenty of diagrams and discussions about landscape painting. (There is also a fair bit of reading involved along with the illustrations) Payne demonstrates different patterns of composition using black and white sketches throughout. A tad expensive for it's compact size but well worth it!

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This book is dense with insights. Composition has been a mystery to me as I can tell when it's working in a picture, but it's been like a magic trick because I didn't know how to compose a picture effectively myself. This book tells you how, and the informal thumbnail sketches are really useful as they illustrate the compositions described in the text. This book helps me understand the composition part of why I might particularly like a painting even when the artist's technical style might not appeal to me. I am enjoying this book and finding it valuable, and it's all new to me.