I had a student ask me to do a lesson about an expansive landscape and I thought oh, boy…How do I do that? It encompasses so much and thoroughly covered would entail a whole year’s study. Even so, I will try to touch on a few key aspects and influences for the landscape painter in this month’s study. Modern landscape painters draw on many influences, from Tonalists, Luminists, Hudson River School, French Barbizon, to Impressionism and Expressionism