The Best Art Books - Colour
Want to understand more about colour?
This site identifies leading art books about colour and includes art book reviews - for books about understanding colour, using colour, mixing colour. It was created out of The Colour Project on Making A Mark and book reviews on the blogs of participating artists. It's linked to: (1) COLOUR - RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS which is assembling links to information and advice about colour and how to understand and analyse it as an artist. This lens includes: * lists of colours * pigments and the issues...

The Best Art Books - Composition and Design
Read reviews of books about composition and design
Do you want to learn more about composition and design from a book? This site identifies leading art books about composition and design and includes reviews of art books about composition and design. It's linked to Composition and Design - Resources for Artists

Artists Favourite Art Books
What's Your Favourite Art Book?
These are the favourite art books of people who read my blog - as suggested in January 2009. Readers were asked: (1) Do you have a favourite art book? (What is is it and why?) and (2) Is there one book which had a huge impact on you and your work? I've added in those books which I've identified as top art books in 2010 and 2011 Read my blog posts (below) to find out more about what people have had to say about learning using art instruction books and which are their favourite art books - ac...

The Best Reference Books for Artists
Reference Books about Art and Artists
Do you want to find out more about art and artists? Do you find 'artspeak' just plain confusing - and want to know what that art term means? Do you need a dictionary of artists? Do you want to identify an artist's signature? Find out about reference books for artists which fill in the gaps in the books you currently have in your library. Image: Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists published by Yale University Press

Art Bookshops - Resources for Artists
How to find a good art bookshop
This site is developing a list of good art bookshops. Starting with bookshops in London, the intention is to identify other good bookshops in the UK and other countries Naturally it's a work in progress and new links will be added from time to time. If you know of a good bookshop and would like to recommend it please leave your suggestion as a comment

The Best Art Books - Reading Lists for Artists
A Compendium of Books for Artists
Find out which are the favourite books of many artists, which books are highly rated by practising artists and which art books are best sellers. Learn the answers to which are the best books about: * composition and design, * colour, * drawing and sketching * watercolour painting and * the art business. Find out which are the favourite books of botanical artists and landscape artists. This is a lensography which provides a home for all the 'resources for artists' sites about art books publ...