A Light Touch: Painting Landscapes in Oils

Oil paint, the traditional artist’s medium, is shown in a refreshing new light in this outstanding book. David Curtis’s fresh approach to painting landscapes, together with his inspirational paintings, will enable you to develop your skills and exploit the medium in new and exciting ways.

Outlining his own approach to painting light-filled landscapes, David Curtis stresses the need to paint plain air, with little or no studio work, and discusses techniques and materials suitable for this approach. Detailed instruction on preparing the materials for painting, and advice on composition and tonal range, are designed to enable the artist to capture with style and freshness the light effect that formed their original inspiration. The book includes over a hundred colour examples of the author’s own work, including five detailed step-by-step demonstrations in which he puts his advice into practice.