READING LIST
ALBERT BOIME, THE FRENCH ACADEMY AND FRENCH PAINTING IN THE 19TH CENTURY**
RUDOLF ARNHEIM, ART AND VISUAL PERCEPTION **
HAROLD SPEED, "THE PRACTICE AND SCIENCE OF DRAWING" AND "OIL
PAINTING TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS" ***ELIOT GOLDFINGER, HUMAN ANATOMY FOR ARTISTS ***
E.H. GOMBRICH, THE STORY OF ART & ART AND ILLUSION ***
MAX DOERNER, THE MATERIALS OF THE ARTIST, WITH NOTES ON THE
TECHNIQUES OF THE OLD MASTERS **LEONARDO DA VINCI THE NOTEBOOKS, VOL. 1, DOVER EDITION **
RICHARD G. HATTON, FIGURE DRAWING **
PECK, ATLAS OF ANATOMY FOR THE ARTIST ***
SCHIDER, ATLAS OF ANATOMY FOR THE ARTIST ***
RICHER, HALE, ARTISTIC ANATOMY ***
JACK HAMM, HOW TO DRAW THE HEAD AND THE FIGURE ***
ARTHUR THOMPSON, HANDBOOK OF ANATOMY FOR ART STUDENTS ***
HEIDI LENSSEN, ART AND ANATOMY ***
COLE, THE ARTISTIC ANATOMY OF TREES & PERSPECTIVE AS APPLIED
TO PICTURES **LOUISE GORDON, HOW TO DRAW THE HUMAN FIGURE, HEAD ***
CALDERON, ANIMAL PAINTING AND ANATOMY **
RAYNES, FIGURE DRAWING ***
WATSON, CREATIVE PERSPECTIVE **
CLIFTON, THE EYE OF THE ARTIST ***
ANDREW LOOMIS, CREATIVE ILLUSTRATION, FIGURE DRAWING FOR ALL
IT’S WORTH SUCCESSFUL DRAWING, ETC.CARLSON, CARLSON’S GUIDE TO LANDSCAPE PAINTING **
GRADO, MASTERING THE CRAFT OF PAINTING ***
F. MERLIN HAINES, TONE AND COLOR IN LANDSCAPE PAINTING **
RALPH MAYER, ARTIST HANDBOOK ***
RAY SMITH, ARTIST HANDBOOK ***
SARGENT, THE ENJOYMENT AND USE OF COLOR **
MCKENZIE, A PAINTERLY APPROACH ***
DINNERSTEIN, ARTIST AT WORK ***
JACOBS, LIGHT FOR THE ARTIST ***
GREENE, PASTEL ***
GRAHAM, COMPOSING PICTURES **
POORE, COMPOSITION IN ART ***
DUNSTAN, COMPOSING YOUR PAINTINGS ***
LORAN, CENZANNE’S COMPOSITIONS **
KANDINSKY, POINT AND LINE TO PLANE *
RUSKIN, THE ELEMENTS OF DRAWING **
HAWTHORNE ON PAINTING **
HUNT, ON PAINTING AND DRAWING **
HENRI, THE ART SPIRIT **
STELLA, WORKING SPACES *
WOLFE,JR. THE PAINTED WORD *
GABLIK, HAS MODERNISM FAILED? *
HUGHES, NOTHING IF NOT CRITICAL *
COX, THE CLASSIC POINT OF VIEW *
ATKIN, ART SPEAK **
HUNTER,JACOBUS, MODERN ART **
LUCIE—SMITH, ART IN THE 80’S **
JANSON, HISTORY OF ART ***
SONTAG, ON PHOTOGRAPHY *
RODIN ON ART AND ARTISTS ***
WALT REED, THE FIGURE ***
F.C. JOHNSTON, THE COMPLETE OIL PAINTER ***
PERARD, ANATOMY AND DRAWING ***
LECOQ DE BOISBAUDRAN, THE TRAINING OF MEMORY IN ART ***
EVAN CHARTERIS, J.S. SARGENT ***
DOUGLAS GRAVES, ANY BOOK ***
Recommended for Advanced Artists(*), Intermediate to Advanced
(**) and Beginner to Advanced(***)