Consideration of landscapes as decorative backdrops, altered visions leading to fantasy, and a summary of the series.
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Seurat painted five series of paintings carefully constructed to help form 3D space.
Study 25 landscapes by 19 artists over 400 years, to examine how they represent the landscape.
The earliest landscape paintings – and very many since – have fundamentally been visual records of the world.
Some paintings have figures and action which goes beyond staffage, and provides narrative, meaning, or puzzles.
Two painters whose visions were particularly clearly articulated, and contrasting: Caspar David Friedrich and Samuel Palmer.
Eleven round size 12 watercolour brushes under test, ranging in cost from less than £5 to over £150. Which is best value?
Not all sable brushes are created equal, how some are slow starters, and new results for flat or ‘One Stroke’ brushes.
No matter how old and jaded you get, you can always appreciate the breath-taking view from the top of a hill, as the earth sweeps out in myriad details, as far as the distant horizon.
Careful choice of brush can deliver better value for money. We cannot all afford to part with £100 for each size 12 brush that we want, but there are some excellent alternatives which cost much less.
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