Recommended Reading

Colour

• The Elements of Color: A Treatise on the Color System of Johannes Itten Based on His Book the Art of Color
• The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colors and Their Applications to the Arts
• The Art of Color and Design

Design & Composition

• The Elements of Dynamic Symmetry – Jay Hambridge
• The Painter’s Secret Geometry: A Study of Composition in Art
• Sacred Geometry: Philosophy & P​ractice (Art and Imagination)
• Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures
• The Geometry of Art and Life
• The Power of Limits: Proportional Harmonies in Nature, Art, and Architecture
• Cezanne’s Composition: Analysis of His Form with Diagrams and Photographs of His Motifs
• Basic Principles of Design: The Foundation Program at the School of Design Basel, Switzerland
• Logic and Design, Revised: In Art, Science, And Mathematics
• The Curves of Life (Dover Books Explaining Science)

Drawing

• The Practice and Science of Drawing, Harold Speed
• The Art and Craft of Drawing, Vernon Blake
• The Art of Responsive Drawing, Sixth Edition
• The Art of Drawing, 3rd Edition
• Thinking with a Pencil
• Grammar of Drawing for Artists and Designers (A Studio Vista/Van Nostrand Reinhold art paperback)
• Rendering in Pen and Ink: The Classic Book On Pen and Ink Techniques for Artists, Illustrators, Architects, and Designers

Figure Drawing & Figure Structure

• Constructive Anatomy _ George Brandt Bridgman
• Bridgman’s Life Drawing _ George Brandt Bridgman
• Heads, Features and Faces _ George Brandt Bridgman
• The Human Machine _ George Brandt Bridgman
• The Book of a Hundred Hands _ George Brandt Bridgman
• Master Class in Figure Drawing _ Robert Beverly Hale
• Drawing Lessons From the Great Masters _ Robert Beverly Hale
• The Human Figure _ John H. Vanderpoel
• The Complete Guide to Anatomy for Artists & Illustrators _ Gottfried Bammes
• Figure Drawing: The Structure, Anatomy and Expressive Design of the Human Form, 6th Edition _ Goldstein
• The Human Figure: The Complete Dresden Sketchbook _ Durer
• Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist _ Peck
• Anatomy for the artist
• Figure Drawing: A Complete Guide (Dover Art Instruction)
• Drawing the Human Form: Method Sources Concepts
• Drawing figure movement

Materials

• The Artist’s Handbook of Materials and Techniques: Fifth Edition, Revised and Updated (?)
• The Secret Formulas and Techniques of the Masters
• The Craft of Old-Master Drawings

Painting

• Oil Painting Techniques and Materials (Dover Art Instruction)
• Learning to Paint

Perspective

• Perspective: From Basic to Creative
• Understanding Perspective
• Principles of Perspective   
• Design and Expression in the Visual Arts
• Pattern and Design with Dynamic Symmetry
• Form, Function & Des​ign (Dover Art Instruction & ​Reference Books)