Recommended Reading
For Every Artist:
Art and Fear ,Observations of the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles and Ted Orland
The Artist Way by Julia Cameron
Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
For Students of Art:
Fill Your Paintings with Light and Color by Kevin MacPherson
Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting by John F. Calson
Alla Prima, Everything I Know about Painting by Richard Schmid
How I Paint: Secrets of a Sunday Painter by Thomas S. Buechner
For Professionals:
Show Your Work by Austin Kleon
Breathtaking Beautiful Art Books (a short list):
Nicolai Fechin, The Art and the Life by Galina P. Tuluzakova
Sorolla The Masterworks by Blanca Pons-Sorolla
Wyeth at Kueners by Betsy James Wyeth
Richard Schmid Landscapes by Richard Schmid
Anders Zorn, Sweden’s Master Painter by Johan Cederlund, Hans Henrik Brummer, Per Hedstrom, and James A. Ganz
Len Chemiel, An Authentic Nature by Len Chemiel, and Amy Scott