These are stock compositional arrangements that artists use to assemble paintings. The heart of the Payne book is his explanation of design stems. If you could only own two books on landscape painting these would be the two. His work is broad and his color is unusual, You may have heard him referred to on this site in the comments.
He has been an enormous influence on plein air painters in the west and southwest. The Payne book is largely concerned only with the design of landscape paintings.
Carlson is a broad how-to book covering every aspect of landscape painting. These two books are the best resources on landscape painting.The east coast artists seem to prefer Carlson and the west coast painters tend to prefer Payne. Edgar Paynes composition of outdoor painting.
Some time ago I recommended John Carlsons Guide to landscape painting.Today I am recommending another book. The paintings on this page are by Edgar Payne, the author of a book I want to tell you about. I will return to another series of related posts soon, after I recover from the massive 'Every brushstroke' campaign. I am continuing the theme of the last few days of writing short posts on a particular subject rather than a large theme.
