Paint Landscapes in Acrylic with Lee Hammond [Paperback]

Lee Hammond (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 24, 2009

Enjoy the scenery with fast and fun landscape painting!

A summer sunset, a bubbling brook, a sea of golden wildflowers like nature itself, landscape painting doesn't have to be complicated to be beautiful. In this beginner-friendly guide, Lee Hammond shows you how to use a handful of colors, a simple three-step approach, and the friendly medium of acrylic to create charming landscapes throughout the seasons.

• Step-by-step instructions for painting favorite landscape elements—skies, trees, grasses, mountains, water and more—provide endless mix-and-match possibilities.
• 16 paint-along landscape projects can be completed quickly, using no more than 8 colors each.
• Basic brushwork techniques, easy-to-learn painting methods, and lots of step-by-step instruction get beginners painting fast.

One of the most popular art instruction authors out there with 20+ years of experience, Lee Hammond shares tried-and-true secrets for achieving a sense of distance, evoking mood, painting realistic textures, and much more... everything you need to turn any moment in nature into a personal work of art.

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About the Author

A professional artist/instructor for over 20 years, Lee's authored 20 North Light Books. She conducts classes, gives lectures and mentors nationwide. A police composite artist for the Kansas City metro area, she's worked with "America's Most Wanted," has written for The Artist's Magazine and is also licensed with many of NASCAR's racing teams to produce art, with prints sold on www.nascar.com and in racing magazines.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books; 1 edition (December 24, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600613098
• ISBN-13: 978-1600613098
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,227 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #10 in Books > Arts & Photography > Painting > Acrylics

More About the Author

A professional artist and art instructor for more than twenty years, Lee has authored seventeen North Light books. She owned and operated the Midwest School of Art in Lenexa, Kansas for six years and now has a studio in Overland Park, Kansas where she teaches. She conducts drawing seminars, gives school lectures and mentors nationwide. Also a certified police composite artist in the Kansas City metro area, she has worked with “America’s Most Wanted.” A contributing writer for The Artist’s Magazine, she is also licensed with many of NASCAR’s racing teams to produce art. Her work is seen online at www.leehammond.com.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for the beginner and not so new painter, September 25, 2010

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Lee Hammond does a great job of covering the basic information on not only how to paint but on all the products acrylic painters will use. She breaks down painting different elements of painting in a way that makes it easier to create your landscapes or you can follow the series of pictures in recreating the landscapes in the book. Pick up your paintbrushes and enjoy today.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book on this subject, March 11, 2010

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Lee Hammond writes art books that are very easy to understand and follow. I have this one and one on acrylic painting- general subjects. In this one she goes over the different elements in a landscape and takes you through each step by step, then there are several landscapes at the end to show you how to put all this together and use. It is a very useful book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource, April 5, 2011

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I can't fully express my happiness with this book. The pictures are stunning, the artist's style is fantastic and she's not afraid to use some bright, vibrant colors. The step by step lessons are also extremely helpful and she takes the time to explain, in detail, how shadowing works and how to create a well-balanced painting. If I had to find fault with the book, it would be that she sometimes seems to skip steps, but I actually like this because it gives me the chance to figure out how she created the look or to create one of my own.