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Explore the Landscape Painting Blog

The companion blog to my Landscape Painting book, featuring practical lessons on landscape painting, video lessons, featured artists, and more.

Read … Azure and Asphalt Series with commentary: "Ownership of Style and the Meaning of Originality"

Art Instruction and Landscape Painting Workshops 2013

Landscape painting and plein air classes and workshops

NEW! The Wisdom of Notan and the Dark-Light Composition - April 27–28 on Whidbey Island or June 8–9 in Seattle

Mitchell Albala's YouTube Channel

Video lessons including the 4-part Gallery Talk at Lisa Harris Gallery

Landscape Painting, the book by Mitchell Albala

Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice (Watson-Guptill, 2009)
The best-selling landscape book at at Amazon! Reviews, excerpts, and more. "… absolutely the finest book I've ever read on landscape painting! That list includes Edgar Payne, Andrew Loomis, John Carlson and Birge Harrison. Yours is better than all of them ... I just want to let you know how much I'll be recommending it to every one of my students in the future." – Don Demers