18 books
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7 voters
Painting Books
Showing 1-50 of 4,601
Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (Volume 2) (James Gurney Art)
by (shelved 45 times as painting)
avg rating 4.08 — 19,482 ratings — published 2010
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist (Volume 1) (James Gurney Art)
by (shelved 27 times as painting)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,528 ratings — published 2009
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as painting)
avg rating 3.93 — 782,644 ratings — published 1999
Daily Painting: Paint Small and Often To Become a More Creative, Productive, and Successful Artist (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as painting)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,496 ratings — published 2014
Alla Prima: Everything I Know About Painting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as painting)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,211 ratings — published 1998
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as painting)
avg rating 4.26 — 12,036 ratings — published 2005
Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as painting)
avg rating 4.42 — 736 ratings — published 1973
Ways of Seeing (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as painting)
avg rating 3.94 — 437,777 ratings — published 1972
Alla Prima II: Everything I Know About Painting - and more (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 13 times as painting)
avg rating 4.66 — 306 ratings — published 2013
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as painting)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,893,986 ratings — published 1890
Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as painting)
avg rating 4.38 — 457 ratings — published 2009
Learning Objectives of Panoramic Indian Painting Class XI [Paperback] R.C. Luthera & Nidhi Sekhon C.K. Luthera (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as painting)
avg rating 3.81 — 108 ratings — published
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as painting)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,045,370 ratings — published 2013
The Girl You Left Behind (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as painting)
avg rating 4.03 — 180,037 ratings — published 2012
Oil Painting Techniques and Materials (Dover Art Instruction)
by (shelved 12 times as painting)
avg rating 4.25 — 548 ratings — published 1987
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as painting)
avg rating 3.87 — 380,600 ratings — published 1979
Urban Watercolor Sketching: A Guide to Drawing, Painting, and Storytelling in Color (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as painting)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,284 ratings — published 2014
Mastering Composition: Techniques and Principles to Dramatically Improve Your Painting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as painting)
avg rating 4.41 — 438 ratings — published 2007
The Art Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as painting)
avg rating 3.87 — 27,188 ratings — published 1929
Classical Painting Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as painting)
avg rating 4.44 — 451 ratings — published 2007
Composition of Outdoor Painting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as painting)
avg rating 4.33 — 273 ratings — published 2005
Creative Paint Workshop for Mixed-Media Artists: Experimental Techniques for Composition, Layering, Texture, Imagery, and Encaustic (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 10 times as painting)
avg rating 4.04 — 635 ratings — published 2009
The Elements of Landscape Oil Painting: Techniques for Rendering Sky, Terrain, Trees, and Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as painting)
avg rating 4.20 — 164 ratings — published 2015
What Painting Is (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as painting)
avg rating 4.10 — 538 ratings — published 1998
The Complete Watercolorist's Essential Notebook: A Treasury of Watercolor Secrets Discovered Through Decades of Painting and Experimentation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as painting)
avg rating 4.43 — 384 ratings — published 2010
The Story of Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as painting)
avg rating 3.96 — 464,676 ratings — published 1950
Duma Key (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as painting)
avg rating 3.99 — 137,358 ratings — published 2008
Klimt (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as painting)
avg rating 4.17 — 26,035 ratings — published 1992
The Dot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as painting)
avg rating 4.26 — 35,155 ratings — published 2003
Lessons in Classical Painting: Essential Techniques from Inside the Atelier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as painting)
avg rating 4.60 — 163 ratings — published
Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as painting)
avg rating 4.10 — 57,484 ratings — published 1988
Color: A Natural History of the Palette (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as painting)
avg rating 3.79 — 72,907 ratings — published 2003
Portrait Painting Atelier: Old Master Techniques and Contemporary Applications (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as painting)
avg rating 4.17 — 277 ratings — published 2010
Fill Your Oil Paintings with Light & Color (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as painting)
avg rating 4.32 — 329 ratings — published 1997
On Painting (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as painting)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,304 ratings — published 1435
Water Paper Paint: Exploring Creativity with Watercolor and Mixed Media (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as painting)
avg rating 4.08 — 748 ratings — published 2011
Art & Max (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as painting)
avg rating 4.07 — 7,217 ratings — published 2010
The Swan Thieves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as painting)
avg rating 3.58 — 35,535 ratings — published
Pictorial Composition (Composition in Art)
by (shelved 8 times as painting)
avg rating 3.93 — 147 ratings — published 1967
Luncheon of the Boating Party (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as painting)
avg rating 3.72 — 8,395 ratings — published 2007
The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as painting)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,982 ratings — published 1940
The Landscape Painter's Workbook: Essential Studies in Shape, Composition, and Color (For Artists)
by (shelved 7 times as painting)
avg rating 4.56 — 285 ratings — published
Perspective Made Easy (Dover Art Instruction)
by (shelved 7 times as painting)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,259 ratings — published 1939
Everyday Watercolor: Learn to Paint Watercolor in 30 Days (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 7 times as painting)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,013 ratings — published 2017
panoramic indian painting class XII cbse english [Paperback] C.K. Luthera & R.C. Luthera (Trinity)
by (shelved 7 times as painting)
avg rating 3.86 — 195 ratings — published
Interaction of Color (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as painting)
avg rating 3.91 — 15,487 ratings — published 1971
Figure Drawing for All It's Worth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as painting)
avg rating 3.97 — 24,440 ratings — published 1943
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as painting)
avg rating 3.96 — 120,537 ratings — published 2002
The Story of Painting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as painting)
avg rating 3.97 — 4,222 ratings — published 1994
Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as painting)
avg rating 4.04 — 3,860 ratings — published 2002
“I find him in the curves of certain lines, in the loveliness and subtleties of certain colours.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“I'm often painted as the bad guy, and the artistic part of me wants to hand out the brush.”
― Killosophy
― Killosophy












