Barron's Creative Painting: Space Creative Painting: Space ISBN: 0764159283

Creative Painting: Space concentrates on the widely divergent approaches to creating the illusion of space and depth on flat surfaces. It includes a mastery of the rules of perspective, as employed for instance in traditional landscapes and cityscapes, but also focuses on the purposeful absence of depth, as seen in the abstractions of Mondrian and other artists of the recent past. Detailed instruction also concentrates on the use of light and shadow to enhance the illusion of dimension, and the employment of unusual points of view to emphasize vertical structures, dramatic body poses, and extraordinary views in landscapes. Beautiful and instructive color illustrations on every page include many reproductions of works by famous artists. Book specifications: hardback, 160 pgs., 9 1/4 in. x 11 5/8 in. Publisher: Barron's, 2006.