(Part 2) Best painting books according to redditors
We found 79 Reddit comments discussing the best painting books. We ranked the 54 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
I don't see why not, most art tends to have purpose, a focal point and composition.
As someone who's read A Painter's Guide to Design and Composition I'm a little disappointed in your assertion.
Off the top of my head......John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, Wyeth family, Paul Klee, Whistler, O'Keefe, Eakins, JWM Turner are some of the most famous of the past and lots can be learned from them. Today it depends on what you are interested in....figures: I like Mary Whyte Charles Reid, Color:....Nita Leland, Steven Quiller, Anne Abgott, Jan Kunz... Techniques: Zoltan Zsabo, Gordon MacKenzie, Cheng Khee Chee, Jo Taylor....Abstract watercolor landscapes: Ann Blockley Miles Batt, Shirley Trevena, Jane E Jones. On youtube "Mind of Watercolor" & Yong Chen, Grant Fuller, ....................Here's a book that might help https://www.amazon.com/Watercolor-Masters-Legends-Techniques-Visionary/dp/1440335265/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505169173&sr=8-1&keywords=watercolor+masters+and+legends.
So many watercolorists are amazing: John Salminen, Alvaro Castagnet & Alexey Chernigin
First of all - that boat is PHENOMENAL. And your composition here is really good.
Ron Hazel has a book on painting water that I went through and found very helpful.
Here are writeups from my attempts to paint through the book.
The book is called “The Artist’s Guide to Painting Water in Watercolor: 30+ Techniques”
Here it is on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Brushwork-Essentials-Mark-Christopher-Weber/dp/1440306745
this book goes into detail about loading your brush, cleaning it and various types of brush strokes.. I saw a pdf version when i googled it. otherwise, your painting is pretty good for just starting in oils
A wet palette will definitely help increase the paint's working life. Another option is to use some sort of blending medium for acrylic paint. They are usually a drying retarder and can double the working life of the paint.
When working with acrylic paint, you've got to work fairly quickly or in small areas otherwise the paint starts to set. Don't put too much on your brush, and clean the brush fairly often to prevent it gumming up.
The other option is to use artists oil paints - they have tremendous color range, dry very slowly and are available in formulations that allow water cleanup. The studio set of 10 is probably all you need to get started. With that and a color mixing guide you'll be set.
this one. it's pretty interesting because the pages are really large and she breaks down each texture approach in 3-4 steps so you can paint along if you want. i've been unhappy with my own approach to trees lately and i wanted to try some different things.
The book is genetically called “Japanese Coloring Book”. I got it from Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1075372739/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_6CSvDbRK6NT0T
Fear cuts deeper than swords
OOH I LOVE SCAVENGER HUNTS. Placeholder. I'm working on this. Goodbye sunday night productivity.
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1.) something that is gray.
2.) Something reminiscent of rain. It rains so much in my city and on those days I like to have my tea and soup and all the yummy hot homecooked food at school in the library while I study. I already have a great thermos for my tea and hot cocoa but not for my soups/food.
3.) Something food related that is unusual. I don't know if this is necessarily food related but WOOOO TEA. MANA-TEA. Seriously this is awesome.
4.) Something on your list that is for someone other than yourself. A wii for my mom because she has been wanting a wii or ipad for a long time. My bro and i think the wii would be better because at least we could all play it together when we go home to visit.
5.) I will recommend this book to anyone and everyone. It's the book I just finished reading and I feel like it has helped me a lot. I am so much more motivated and driven and it is helping me make some tough choices in my life. I am a senior in college but this book can help anyone who is at any place in their life I think. I currently have this on my wishlist which is like a supplement to the book. Seriously though, read it, share it with everyone you know. Let's make the world a happier place.
6.) An item that is less than a dollar. Awww yeee. They always seem to have one of these on the coffee table at my brother's house. Wherever he lives. Even though it's never his. But yeah, they're cool but I don't actually want one.
7.) Something related to cats. THIS IS SO AWESOME. I have another mug with the disappearing thing on my wishlist too. But yeah, I love cats, I just don't have much cat stuff on my wishlist. I do need a real cat though... hint hint nudge nudge
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8.) Something that is not useful, but so beautiful you must have it. Okay it's not Amazon but it is beautiful and I have had my eye on it for a year. Despite that fact that I do not plan on having children for at least 8 years. Dem hormones are a'ragin.
9.) I know it's not REALLY a movie but... A movie everyone should watch at least once in their life. Why? Because it is so beautiful and awe inspiring. It really brings me a sense of peace every time I watch it.
10.) Something that would be useful when the zombies attack. Explain. I can put on my holy strainer hat and pray to The Flying Spaghetti Monster to save me from the zombies.
11.) Something that would have a profound impact on your life and help you to achieve your current goals. I know I used this for another one but really, I think doing these exercises would help me in all areas of life.
12.) One of those pesky Add-On items. These beauties, even though I doubt I can grow them without a yard...
13.) The most expensive thing on your list. Your dream item. Why? My little acer hand me down freezes a lot, can't do multiple things at once, doesn't have a cd drive, has a screen too tiny to edit photos or edit my website. Basically everything is frustrating. And I'm a college student. So I use the computer for basically everything... and everything the little laptop CAN do takes forever.
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14.) Something bigger than a bread box. If you don't think that is big enough, then here, but it's newly added.
15.) Something smaller than a golf ball. Well, I'm pretty sure this is smaller than a golf ball. If it wasn't, I'd be disappointed.
16.) Something that smells wonderful. Mmm imagine the ginger lemon grass!
17.) A (SFW) toy. And here's another one because I couldn't decide which one looks more fun...
18.) Something that would be helpful for going back to school.
19.) Something related to your current obsession, whatever that may be. Currently obsessed with learning all kinds of new jewelry techniques! Also obsessed with tea because it's the one thing my boyfriend and I developed an interest in together. It didn't start out as either of our interests.
20.) Something that is just so amazing and awe-inspiring that I simply must see it. Explain why it is so grand. THIS IS SO PRETTY AND USEFUL AT THE SAME TIME. Seriously so cute, has lovely details, 8gb, and you can wear it as a pendant. Whaaaat!
EDIT: this lovely is made in oregon!
I would recommend any combinations of the following items:
[Cotman Watercolor pan set] (http://www.dickblick.com/items/00337-1059/) maybe with an extra brush as the one included is teeny.
Copic Multiliner Pen Set
The Art of Urban Sketching
100 Things Every Artist Should Know
Souce (Pfft): Art courses and worked in an art supply store for 5 years
I was really into that book until i found another book that was almost exactly the same book from 10 years earlier. Kind made me mad that whole pages and illustration styles got pretty much ripped word for word. Now I endorse https://www.amazon.com/Very-New-Orleans-Celebration-History/dp/1565124472/ref=asc_df_1565124472/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312030722538&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1713530055378017151&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-523850450627&psc=1
Im not sure if emma fick was aware of this book, but there are some glaring similarities
Still photography and painting employ techniques that work very well in images that don't move, while motion pictures have another set of techniques that work in pictures that do move--because you always have to shoot with the mindset that a moving image is seen in context with other moving images, and not on its own. These techniques overlap considerably.
I'm seeing a lot of still photography and painting composition techniques creeping into motion work, particularly in regard to the use of negative space.
Painting books put a lot of emphasis on drawing the eye to a spot in the painting and then giving it a path to follow around the image and back to the original spot, so if you want to learn how to guide a viewer through an image then books on painting help considerably.
This is the best painting book I've read that spells things out simply and succinctly.
Watercolors are fun to play with, and cheap. They work well for painting lakes, gives the whole thing a rather dream-like quality.
A friend of mine gave me this. It's a ton of fun, totally recommend it. A used one probably won't have the ink set still, and maybe not the brushes either, but it'd be cheaper to get the used book and then tack on an ink/brush set. If you're interested in that kind of thing.
pugs, man
this book would be awesome
I got a book a few semesters into taking and found it helpful for a lot of what I did in class. It has instructions for skills of all levels and each skill had an accompanying project to practice with. It has handbuilding and throwing projects.
http://www.amazon.com/Potters-Complete-Studio-Handbook--Finish/dp/1592537464/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452727515&sr=8-1&keywords=potters+complete+studio+handbook
https://www.amazon.com/Watercolor-Bible-Painters-Complete-Guide/dp/1581806485 I dunno if you'd find this useful but this has been my go to book since I started experimenting with watercolor.
Ever heard of Feng Zhu? He has a YouTube channel where he gives tips and techniques for practicing environment design, also covers a wide range of concept art related stuff, you can also learn from some of the student works at the fzd-school website.
I'm still in search of better resources that are dedicated to learning environment art as well, I've heard https://www.amazon.com/Composition-Outdoor-Painting-Edgar-Payne/dp/0939370115
Is good place to start
https://www.amazon.com/Lets-colour-Peppa-Vishal-Chavan/dp/1548962716/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503299173&sr=8-1&keywords=colour+peppa+pig
That is the back of the Secrets of the Enchanted Forest coloring book. :)
For just the composition side of things, you should check out this book by Barbara Nuss. The big point is focal points, repeated motifs, and silhouettes should sell an image regardless of the scale.
You will perhaps be better of asking over at /r/Catholicism or /r/OrthodoxChristianity. You can search from Christian Iconography to see if you can find a book, but I do not know any books. Most of what I have seen available are usually handcrafted Icons that one can buy.
The descriptions of the following books look to be similar to what you are asking about; however, Amazon is not exactly useful in letting you take a peek inside to see if it's what you want.
http://www.amazon.com/History-Icon-Painting-L-Evseyeva/dp/0955008905
http://www.amazon.com/The-Meaning-Icons-Vladimir-Lossky/dp/0913836990