Research Point.

Albrecht Dürer is a favourite artist of mine, and his landscapes are wonderful.

 Albrecht Dürer, View of the Arco Valley in the Tyrol.
The way he designs his landscapes are interesting,

I like the way he doesn't put the hill in the middle of the composition, but slightly to the left, there is something very pleasing about it, as well as the way he distribute the darks across the page, and has those lovely light hills in the background...it really draws the eye in.

The Tres Riches Heures of the Duc de Berry has a detailed landscape for each month, which captures the feeling and mood of the seasons. 

This is from the Duke De Berry's "Book of Hours,"
It is interesting, lots of mediaeval art is drawn from the imagination, therefore the artist is able to design his page like an illustration  and create the ideal. This, I think, is a particularly beautiful example of composition.

I was reading how when Thomas Gainsborough couldn't get out into the landscape, he made them, 
he used coal for big rocks, moss for grass and other greenery, mirrors for water and broccoli for trees, and then paint from them...I love this, so very inventive.


I looked at some of George Shaw's work.

This is an interesting one, the red telephone box is very much juxtaposed against the somewhat sombre and run-down surroundings.