A list of books and resources that I have found instrumental to my drawing and painting. I have listed these alphabetically by title in each category. Favorites are noted with an asterisk.
Drawing- Seeing and Technique
- Drawing Lessons From the Great Masters by Robert Beverly Hale
- The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed*
Miscellaneous
- The Art Spirit by Robert Henri *
Painting Technique
- Alla Prima: Everything I Know About Painting by Richard Schmid
- Carlsons’ Guide to Landscape Painting by John F. Carlson *
- Creating Impressionist Landscapes in Oil by Colley Whisson
- Hawthorne On Painting by Mrs. Charles W. Hawthorne *
- Hensche on Painting by John W. Robivchaux *
- Oil Painting Secrets from a Master (David Leffel) by Linda Cateura *
- Outdoor Portrait & Figure Painting by Cedric Egeli *
- Painting the Impressionist Landscape by Lois Griffel
Portrait and Figure
- Anatomy Lessons From the Great Masters by Robert Beverly Hale
- Art Students’ Anatomy by Edmond J. Farris
- The Book of a Hundred Hands by George B. Bridgeman *
- Drawing the Head and Hands by Andrew Loomis
- Figure Drawing for All It’s Worth by Andrew Loomis
- The Human Figure by John H. Vanderpoel *
- The Human Machine by George B. Bridgeman *
- Painting Portraits by Everett Raymond Kinstler
- Other resources: For the sake of learning to create portraits that exhibit rich depth and understanding, I encourage my students to study and draw a replica of a life-size skull from various angles. Also helpful is to obtain John Asaro’s Planes of the Head sculpture (or similar if not available).
Watercolor
- How to Make a Painting by Irving Shapiro *
- Making Color Sing by Jeanne Dobie *