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 & Practice (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