Recommended Reading List
There are many excellent books on learning to paint and on artists , thier lives and techniques. This is a short list of the books that helped me most. There is a lean towards painting with acrylics.
Strongly Recommended:
- Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting. John F. Carlson, 1929 – cheap though Amazon.ca
- Composition of Outdoor Painting. Edgar A. Payne, 1941
- The Simple Secret to Better Painting. Greg Albert, 2003
- Oil Paintings with Light and Colour. Kevin MacPherson, 1997
- Landscape Painting Inside and Out. Kevin MacPherson, 2006
- Creative Illustration. Andrew Loomis. Titan Books. 2012
- Mastering Composition. Ian Roberts, 2007 (includes good DVD on composition)
- Sketching from Square One to Trafalgar Square. Richard Scott, 2013 ( excellent on drawing for painters)
- Alla Prima II , Richard Schmid, Stove Prarie Press, 2014
- How to Paint Fast , Loose and Bold Patti Mollica
Recommended:
- Hawthorne on Painting. Charles Hawthorne. Dover Publications NY , first published 1938
- The Painter's Keys Robert Genn Studio Beckett Publications. 2003
- Red Hot Paintings that Sell. Mike Svob, 2002 ( Out of Print but worth looking for in used book stores)
- Landscape Painting. Mitchell Albala, 2009
- Acrylic Landscape Painting Techniques. Hugh Greer, 2002
- Water Media Painting. Stephen Quiller 2008
- Acrylic Painting Techniques. Stephen Quiller , 1994
- Capturing Light in Acrylics. John Hammond, 2004
- Free Expression in Acrylics. John Hammond, 2008
- Powerful Watercolor Landscapes. Catherine Gill, 2011 (watercolour but great book for all landscape mediums)
Good:
- The Acrylic Painters Book of Style and Techniques. Rachel Rubin Wolf, ed. 1997
- Colour Choices – Making Color Sense out of Color Theory. Stephen Quiller, 1989
- Acrylics the Watercolour Alternative. Charles Harrington, 2005
- Acrylic Painting Techniques. Earl Killeen, 1995