The Compositions of Great Landscape Paintings

Today we're going to take a look at the compositions of some great landscape paintings and talk about what makes these compositions work.
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[@MikeMcRann]

Don't stop I enjoy what you are doing

[@philstarke.artist]

Thanks Mike

[@chapter1o1]

Thank you for the lesson on composition, the background bird sounds magical.

[@philstarke.artist]

Many thanks!

[@davidhuth5659]

Beautiful collection of paintings with strong compositions! Thanks for sharing!

[@philstarke.artist]

Many thanks

[@artistapprentice7021]

This was great! Struggling with composition.

[@scrappysinger]

VERY, VERY helpful!! Thank you!!

[@philstarke.artist]

Glad it was helpful!

[@marshadavis-riley5754]

This was one of the most comprehensive presentations about composition that I have seen or read. It's one thing to read about design, it's another to have someone point it out. Thank you

[@philstarke.artist]

Your welcome Marsha

[@dorothyellis2312]

I learned a lot. Thank you.

[@philstarke.artist]

Glad it was helpful!

[@candaceainslie980]

Really helpful! Thank you !

[@philstarke.artist]

You're welcome!

[@rogerrolls4053]

I have learnt so much- no- everything from your tutorials on KZbin. Thank you so much!

[@philstarke.artist]

You are so welcome!

[@Mikes10241]

Very interesting. Thanks Phil. I really loved all the work you chose.

[@philstarke.artist]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Ran_G]

Thank you. I always enjoy your painting tours.

[@philstarke.artist]

Glad you like them!

[@umeshpandey7384]

Very informative

[@philstarke.artist]

Glad it was helpful!

[@keywansaffari8540]

So good. Thanks

[@philstarke.artist]

Glad you liked it!

[@vlpedersen]

This video and explanation of the elements of good composition is very helpful.

[@philstarke.artist]

Glad it was helpful Vicki

[@lynnmurray5718]

Thanks! A lot of information packed into a short amount of time - very valuable.

[@philstarke.artist]

Glad it was helpful!

[@miriambelanger7292]

Thanks.

[@philstarke.artist]

You're welcome

[@christinemay2411]

Amazing. Fantastic advice! Thank you.

[@philstarke.artist]

Your welcome

[@---Dana----]

Thank you Phil. It's helpful to see good example of principles and wonderful art.

[@philstarke.artist]

Your welcome Dana.

[@smitamehta9523]

Thank you so much Phil ! It's a very educative and interesting video ! You make it look so simple and that is really encouraging for a beginner like me! Looking forward to many more ! Thanks again.

[@philstarke.artist]

You are very welcome

[@synrandcommunication5526]

Great work Phil - the sound quality is now really good. And Useful Training as always.😊

[@philstarke.artist]

Thanks, glad the videos are helpful.

[@mariannamcdonald2001]

Love following your analysis of other painters compositions

[@philstarke.artist]

thanks Marianna

[@karjo8838]

Terima kasih

[@bonybee1700]

thanks Phill, your explanation really help me...i think i get much lesson from you sir...btw i am from Indonesia, far away from your country

[@philstarke.artist]

Thanks for watching, Good to have painters from all over the world

[@SolaceRadioMeanderRadioNetwork]

Enjoyed the video. Thank you.

[@philstarke.artist]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ghuntressart669]

You have a roo 😄! Thank you so very much, sir, for your clear and concise descriptions of good compositional design. For the longest time I couldn’t seem to grasp the concept of eye movement through a painting. I think if I had had something like this video way back when, I would have caught on sooner 😊. Thanks again

[@philstarke.artist]

You are very welcome

[@sonyaj66]

Great video, Phil, and I appreciate you sharing the work of these painters, most of whom I've never heard of. The painting @ 24:00 was a great representation of Tonalism, so I double-checked, and he (Emile Carlson) is listed in David Cleveland's comprehensive book on American Tonalism. I purchased the 3rd edition last year, and cannot recommend it highly enough for all landscape painters. I read it cover-to-cover over the course of a couple of months. Anyway, this video is timely for me, as I'm currently re-reading Payne's Composition of Outdoor Painting, and your detailed analysis of the compositional elements of these wonderful paintings ties right in to Payne's discussion of balance, emphasis, shape, and movement within a painting. It's gotten me to spend more time thinking about being even more mindful about focal areas, directional movement, and massing shapes and values in my own paintings. I found your channel just a couple of weeks ago, and it's fantastic! I have been painting w/ pastels (studio & plein air; southern UT/CO plateau being my favorite subjects) for the past 11 years, and am getting back into oil painting in my studio, with the goal to start painting w/ oils on location when it is warm enough for me to paint outside. Your channel has been hugely informative to that end, and maybe at some point I'll be able to afford to take a workshop with you 👍🏻.

[@philstarke.artist]

Thanks Sonya, Southern Utah is a great place to paint. Have fun!

[@davidpalermo4695]

Great video! I’m looking for a book or course of study that looks at old master landscape paintings and deconstructs their composition just like you do in this video. Do you know if any books like this? Thanks!

[@philstarke.artist]

Thanks David, I don't know of any books like that. I hope to be doing more soon

[@davidpalermo4695]

@@philstarke.artist great! I’ll be watching!

[@didgeridooblue]

I find/feel how my eyes enter a painting depends upon the height at which the painting is hung.

[@morsar2009]

Pls add turkish subtitles

[@user-kc7mu4jp4p]

The artists, I feel, have just done their thing and painted whatever they wanted. Then along come the viewer, analyst, critic, whoever it may be, to draw fanciful lines of direction which have nothing to do with the facts of the painting. The labels they give also, I think, are quite fanciful. For instance, what I, as a viewer, would consider an incredibly complex painting, is repeatedly called 'simple', lol!

[@chotho4718]

I feel like these people overanalyze everything, they make up lines and things to look "smart".

[@dianaaugustine5438]

As a painter, I know that sometimes happy accidents happen, but to consistently make great art over and over, they don’t. These artists are definitely planning out these compositions in this way. This is a normal practice taught in art school. Now as to the meaning…. Yeah, that people often over complicate.

[@johndunne3629]

Look at Ian Robert’s KZbin channel on composition - and he published a brilliant book on the topic which I bought - he explains composition better than anyone else I’ve seen online. As an artist this filled in the last missing piece of technique that is required to consistently produce interesting paintings.

[@MG-fr3tn]

Whos rosters 😂

[@philstarke.artist]

unfortunately they are mine

[@elsagrace3893]

This composition advice is for people who can’t see what is beautiful so they have to theorize it. I’m wondering why they would become an artist.

[@---Dana----]

Well aren't you special.

[@jameswester333]

It's much easier to recognize beauty than it is to create it

[@averymaples8472]

No matter the level of artistic ability, most of us strive to improve our work and grow. Desire to become better is key to all who become better craftsman, no matter the field. Don't we all want to get better at whatever we are doing?