Drawing Landscapes (11)

Simple skills are developed using a series of step-by-step demonstrations and inspirational drawings showing how to capture atmosphere, light and shade, texture, distance and foreground detail.

Contents include perspective, composition, skies, trees, water and buildings.

Ronald Swanwick won a scholarship to the Portland House School of Art and went on to study at Burslem College of Art in Staffordshire. He first earned his living as a commission artist and illustrator for private and commercial clients, later establishing his own teaching studio in Kington, Hertfordshire.

Ronald's passion for art developed when he was very young, and has remained undiminished for more than forty years. He paints in, and teaches, oils, acrylics and watercolours and thinks that his best works are developed from his drawings and sketches. He believes that drawing is the foundation for all artistic endeavour.

When not drawing or painting, Ronald's hobbies include gardening on his two-acre plot and, when he has the time, fly-fishing.