Landscape Painting John Carlson



• Objects drawn upon the canvas may have almost any color scheme as far as color harmony is concerned.  The question is what color or set of colors best expresses our idea in a given picture.
• The very key or the general color of a painting must show that the artist has felt the beauty and significance of the scene.
• Reserve is strength and overstatement is meaningless.
• The great philosopher who can say what beauty is has not yet arisen.
• The separate application of complimentary colors in the masses creates vibrancy and an iridescent  prismatic effect that is critical in creating the sense of atmospheric perspective and the feeling of receding masses.  It is achieved by painting the colors separately not by mixing them wet into wet on the canvas.