RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Here is a list of books that are on my Bookshelf and have found helpful in
my career to date. I'm constantly adding new books and materials to this list
BOOKS | Art Philosphy
The Art Spirit by Robert Henri
What Painting Is by James Elkins
Hawthorne on Painting
Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Wassily Kandinsky
Hensche on Painting
Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles
BOOKS | Painting
Oil Painting Techniques and Materials (Dover Art Instruction) by Harold Speed
Classical Painting Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice by Juliette Aristides
BOOKS | Drawing
Sargent Portrait Drawings: 42 Works by John Singer Sargent (Dover Art Library)
The Practice and Science of Drawing (Dover Art Instruction) by Harold Speed
Greuze the Draftsman by Edgar Munhill
The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing: A Contemporary Perspective On the Classical Tradition
Lessons in Classical Drawing: Essential Techniques from Inside the Atelier by Juliette Aristides
Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life by George Bridgman
BOOKS - Art History
Renaissance Rivals - Rona Goffen
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King
Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King
The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism by Ross King
Leonardo and the Last Supper by Ross King
Leonardo da Vinci: Flights of the Mind by Charles Nicholl
Leonardo: The Artist and the Man
BOOKS - Inspiration favorite artist's monographs/biographies
Sargent Portrait Drawings: 42 Works by John Singer Sargent (Dover Art Library) Paperback by John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent, Complete Paintings, Volume 1: The Early Portraits (Vol 1) Hardcover – April 20, 1998
Antonio López GarcÃa: Paintings and Sculpture Hardcover by Francisco Calvo Serraller (Author) , Miguel Delibes (Author) , Antonio López GarcÃa (Artist)
Euan Uglow: The Complete Paintings Hardcover by Catherine Lampert (Author) , Richard Kendall (Author)
