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In this Drawing Tip of the Week Matt will show you how he layers objects in a landscape drawing. He also gets into how and why he blocks in tone before he renders out detail. Matt is currently in the midst of completing his Composition Through Landscape Tutorials which will will be put onto DVD.

It has never been easier to make panoramas--both in terms of the new lightweight equipment and the spectacular quality of the final image output. New vistas concerning this unique way to see the world and express oneself abound in Panoramic Photography: From Composition and Exposure to Final Exhibition. Written by one of the world's pre-eminent panoramic photographers, the author, Arnaud Frich, provides diagrams to explain the technical details involved in various shots. Long on inspiration, you will find beautiful images by the author

Build the Foundation for Consistently Better Paintings
Most unsuccessful paintings are ruined before the brush even gets to the canvas. Why?
Weak composition. There's no structure. No foundation.
If you start a painting that lacks structure--well, you know the experience... repainting this part, overworking that and getting lost and frustrated about how to proceed. And until that structural problem is understood it will continue to plague, frustrate and hamper each painting's progress and success.

Garry McNamara is the senior tutor for Amateur Photographer's School of Photographic Imaging (SPI) and teaches the Diploma in Photography as well as the Introduction to Digital Imaging course. He has been a photographer and lecturer for more than 20 years. Disk application to Amateur Photographer Magazine. Educational material on the Tracks + video dedicated to the 90 th anniversary of the company Nikon.