Recipe for a Claudian Landscape

Apollo and the Muses

If you would like to paint the Claudian way then you can:

• Arrange an impressive tree or other large object and place it in theforeground of thepicture to 'frame' the scene and to serve as a contrast to the view that opens up beyond.
• The foreground should be painted in warm tones such as browns and golds – the idea being that warm colours come forward.
• The background should fade away, so therefore, paint these into pale blues, since cool colours recede.

The Roman Campagna