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Book Recommendations

Art Theory and Techniques:

Color:
Color Mixing Bible by Ian Sidaway
Color Theory Made Easy by Jim Ames
Artistic Secrets to Painting Tonal Values by Alex Kedzierski
Elements of Color & The Art of Color by Johannes Itten
Interaction of Color By Josef Albers
The How to Use and Mix Color Book by Liquitex Corp.
Color Notation: An Illustrated System by Albert H. Munsell
Creative Color by Faber Birren
Practical Description of the Munsell Color System, and A Grammar of Color by Thomas Maitland Cleland
Color Mixing Recipes & Color and How to Use It by William F. Powell (Water Foster Publishing)
Exploring Color by Nita Leland
Color Studies by Edith Anderson Feisner
Graphic Designer's Color Handbook by Rick Sutherland, Barb Karg
Vision & Invention: An Introduction to Art Fundamentals by Calvin Harlan

General Information:
New Artist's Materials Handbook by Ray Campbell Smith
A Manual of Painting Materials and Techniques by Mark David Gottsegen
Formulas for Painters by Robert Massey
The Materials and Techniques of Medieval Painting by Daniel V. Thompson
Theophilus On Divers Arts translated by John G. Hawthorne & Cyril S. Smith
Brushwork Essentials by Mark Christopher Weber
Painting Materials: A Short Encyclopaedia by Rutherford Gettens & George Stout
The Painter's Craft by Ralph Mayer
The How to Use and Mix Color Book by Liquitex Corp.
The Painter's Companion by Reed Kay
Painting Methods of the Impressionists by Bernard Dunstan
Printmaking: A Beginning Handbook by William C. Maxwell
Caring for Your Art by Jill Snyder
Picture Framing, and Mounting Methods by Vivian Kistler
Mat, Mount, and Frame It Yourself by M. David Logan
The Materials of the Artist and their Use in Painting by Max Doerner

Drawing and Anatomy:
The Figure by Walt Reed
Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist by Rogers Peck
Rendering in Pen & Ink by Arthur L. Guptill
Vilppu Drawing Manual by Glenn Vilppu
The Art of Animal Drawing by Ken Hultgren
A Guide to Drawing by Daniel M. Mendelowitz
The Human Machine by George Bridgman
The Human Figure in Motion & Animals in Motion by Edward Muybridge
The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

Painting:
Artistic Secrets to Painting Tonal Values by Alex Kedzierski
Problem Solving for Oil Painters by Gregg Kreutz
Alla Prima: Everything I Know About Painting by Richard Schmid
The Painter in Oil by Daniel B. Parkhurst
The Practice of Oil Painting by Solomon J. Solomon
Painting in Opaque Watercolor by Rudy de Reyna

Art History, Genres, and Collections:

French Treasures of the Hermitage by Albert Kostenevich
Masterworks in Berlin by Colin Eisler
Helen Gardner's Art Through The Ages by Horst de la Croix
Remington & Russell and the Art of the American West by Kate F. Jennings
Symbolism by Michael Gibson
Symbolists and Symbolism by Robert L. Delevoy
German Romantic Painting by William Vaughan

Artists:

Animation From Script To Screen by Shamus Culhane
Famous American Illustrators by Arpi Ermoyan
The Illustrator in America by Walt Reed
Bernini by Rudolf Wittkower
Vermeer and the Art of Painting by Arthur K. Wheelock Jr.
My Adventures as an Illustrator by Norman Rockwell
Norman Rockwell: Illustrator by Arthur L. Guptill
Frank Frazetta: Icon edited by Cathy and Arnie Fenner
The Collected Jack Kirby Collector Vol.1 edited by John Morrow
The Fantasy Art & Techniques of Tim Hildebrandt by Jack E. Norton
The Hidden Rembrandt by J. Bolton and H. Bolten-Rempt
Frederic Remington by Sofia Chase
John Berkey: Painted Space by by Sharon Berkey
Alex Toth by Manuel Auad