Landscape Painting Inside and Out: Capture the Vitality of Outdoor Painting in Your Studio with Oils

This is a wonderful addition to any artist's library. Kevin Macpherson is a great painter and teacher who shares his style and technique in an easy-to-understand manner. The lush photographs and instructional text are all first-rate. I highly recommend this book.

This was a gift for my dad, who is a professional artist. He requested it, and he found it triggered many ideas that he uses in his work.

I certainly wasn't disappointed with this publication. Kevin's enthusiasm for his craft is contageous. Everytime I pick the book up I want to dive into a new painting project. His information is timeless and pertitent to the novice as well as the seasoned pro. I really like the layout that enables me to find the information I'm looking for easily and the over all style and look of the book is great. The full color reproductions are true to his palette (I've viewed his work in person) and give the viewer visual insight into his color mixing. This is a real keeper and I can see myself going back to this book over and over again for inspiration, information and just to look at beautiful art. Thanks Kevin

It is rare that a great painter is also a great teacher, but this book is proof positive that it can be done. Kevin has presented the artist interested in outdoor painting or how to translate the outdoor experience into studio painting, a concise & complete way of thinking as well as notes on materials and techniques. This book goes on the shelf with the other 4-5 essential manuals on the painting process...quite simply a necessary volume, beautifully illustrated.....my students will be required to buy this one! Bravo Kevin!!

Because a 5-star rating might imply perfection, I hate to give 5 stars to any book. However, while this book is not perfect, its virtues are so great (especially in comparison to most other painting-technique books) that it deserves such a high rating. Macpherson's first book, "Fill Your Oil Paintings With Light and Color," is also excellent. With this new book, and its beautiful paintings to illustrate the text, he expands on painting landscapes. Both books are very useful. If I were to criticize, it is that, very occasionally, the book introduces a thought that could have been more fully elaborated. And potential buyers should understand that the book does not go into great detail on how to paint specific aspects of landscapes (e.g., clouds, water, trees, etc.); and that seems to be intentional. Rather than address brushstrokes, etc., this book goes right to the heart of things, to concepts that will more fundamentally improve how one paints. (I'm talking here about concrete, practical advice, not metaphysical fluff.) Such principles can indeed be found in some other books, but this book states them more clearly, and with better illustrations, than any other book I can think of. This book keeps one's focus on what is most important to a successful painting. In short, this is a substantial book that makes many other art books seem rather superficial, or at least unclear, by comparison. This book will probably not obviate the use of specialty books (e.g., on painting clouds)--of which there are some excellent ones--rather, this book will give you the foundation on which to better apply the advice of those other books. As you can tell, I like this book. I suspect it will be regarded a classic.