Essentials of Landscape Composition by Leonard Richmond

Author:Leonard Richmond
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780486139005
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2012-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

PLATE XIX

PLATE XX

PLATE XXI

PLATE XXII

On the other hand, open or closed doorways—when depicted with dark colours—add artistic interest to the subject, and also act as a link between the ground and the adjoining walls.

CHAPTER VII

COAST SUBJECTS

IT is a fascinating pursuit to draw the structural formation of rocks or cliffs on the sea-shore. The artist blessed with an independent mind is under no necessity to copy slavishly the hundred and one insignificant details attached to this type of subject, but the bold significance of rock forms can readily be selected and emphasized—or subdued—to suit the mood of the painter.

The diagrammatic stages drawn on Plate XXIII explain the constructional arrangement of the two subjects below.

Plate XXIV shows two first-class subjects, both worth treating for oil painting. The dark shadow masses on the contours of the cave on the right help to give an illusion of sunlight to the more distant scenery. The small figures on the shore enhance the general scale of the picture.

The top examples on Plate XXV were drawn with simple severity and show the contrast in the finished drawing, between the angular lines of the rocks, with the more sweetly curved road on the left.

The large composition in the centre is a bold treatment of jagged rocks and moving clouds, whilst the small picture at the foot of the plate is designed for the purpose of getting a decorative effect, which is further enhanced by the dark-toned cliff in the foreground, contrasting with the lighter-toned cliffs in the distance.

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