Landscape Painting: A Collection of Resources by Hester Berry

In this collection of resources on landscape, artist Hester Berry encourages “looking and discovering, browsing and daydreaming”. Hester discusses the work of other landscape artists, both historical and contemporary and encourages you to go out and record your impressions and experiences of the landscape in all its forms: “urban scenes, the country-side, inner-city green spaces and even the sky”.

The series begins with suggestions for how to keep a sketchbook followed by exercises in drawing and painting.

We hope that these exciting resources will inspire you to experiment with materials and techniques and  enable you to discover your own visual language for drawing and painting the landscape.

Introduction to Landscape by Hester Berry

This introduction to landscape painting is an exercise in looking and discovering, browsing and daydreaming.

This introduction to landscape painting is an exercise in looking and discovering, browsing and daydreaming.

Landscape Painting: Tone in the Landscape

In this post Hester Berry explores tone as a crucial aspect of landscape drawing and painting. 

In this post Hester Berry explores tone as a crucial aspect of landscape drawing and painting. 

Landscape Painting: Plein Air Painting

Plein Air painting is the practice of painting outside, normally in front of one’s subject.

Plein Air painting is the practice of painting outside, normally in front of one’s subject.

Landscape Painting: Colour in the Landscape

Hester Berry shows how working with colour can be broken down, simplified and approached in a pragmatic way.

Hester Berry shows how working with colour can be broken down, simplified and approached in a pragmatic way.

landscape Painting: Expressive mark Making

Practice and hone technical skills, use of tone and colour, observation and time spent in the landscape.

Practice and hone technical skills, use of tone and colour, observation and time spent in the landscape.

Arts and Minds: Expressive Monoprinting on a Big Scale

Arts and Minds: Drawing for Mindfulness

Arts and Minds: Feeling Through Drawing

Arts and Minds: Asemic Writing and Invented Text

Arts and Minds: A ‘Heart-Work’ Conversation

Sketchbook Exercise: Drawing Brushes with Charcoal

Introduction to Landscape by Hester Berry

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THOUGHTFUL DRAWING AND MARK MAKING IN THE ARMOURY

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USING SKETCHBOOKS, DRAWING AND REFLECTIVE TOOLS IN THE 20TH CENTURY GALLERY

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Making Sketchbooks at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

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USING DRAWING TO GET CLOSER TO 18TH CENTURY PORTRAITS

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MAKING SCULPTURAL INTERPRETATIONS OF 18TH CENTURY PORTRAITS

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GATHERING MARKS AND TEARING PAPER TO APPRECIATE PRINTS BY GOYA, TURNER AND CORNELIUS

Browsing the Print Collection

MONOPRINTING INSPIRED BY GOYA, TURNER AND CORNELIUS

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TEACHERS PLAY WITH PLASTICINE TO MAKE PRINTS

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Gathering Marks and Tearing Paper to Appreciate Prints by Goya, Turner and Cornelius at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

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Monoprinting with Oil Pastel and Carbon Copy Paper

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Using Sketchbooks to Inform Larger Work

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Drawing and Making Flowers

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Drawing and Making: Drawing to Feed Making – Making to Feed Drawing

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Using Sketchbooks, Drawing and Reflective Tools in the 20th Century Gallery at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

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Continuous Line Drawings (Squiggle Drawings) of Sticks

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Teenagers Make Prompts to Overcome White Page Syndrome

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Thoughtful Mark Making

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Drawing Projects for Children by Paula Briggs

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Monoprinting with Oil Pastel and Carbon Copy Paper

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Teenagers Write A Letter, A Postcard, A Poem or A Narrative in Invented Text

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Using Drawing as a Way of Understanding: University of Liverpool Veterinary Science Schematic Drawing Task.

Teenagers Use Touch to Draw and Explore Small Objects

“Feely Drawings” or Drawing by Touch – a 5 minute drawing exercise


This short icebreaker or warm up exercise, led by Paula Briggs at the Drawing Workshops for ages 6 to 10, encourages the children to relax into their drawing session.

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Introducing Graphite and Blind Drawing


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