It’s just so unbelievably tempting to waste time once the kids are asleep! And come on, Poldark is simply brilliant; the way it immerses you in a completely alternate world. Come on, watching inspirational, artistic period dramas has got to count for something? XD
But, I did get one concrete thing done. I’ve been scouring the internet to create my own list of books I’d like to read this first year as I develop my ideas and my art further. Here they are:
Letters to Theo by Vincent Van Gogh
The Principles of Art History: the problem of the development of style in later art by Heinrich Wolfflin
Treatise on Painting by Leonardo Da Vinci
The Art Spirit by Robert Henri
On Photography by Susan Sontag
Creating imaginative fiction by Jeff Vandemeer
The Brilliant History of Color in Art by Victoria Findlay
Alla Prima by Richard Schmid
The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed *
Art History by Marilyn Stokstad
The Drawing Course by Charles Bargue
Composition by Arther Wesley Dow *
Drawing for the Absolute Beginner by Mark and Mary Willenbrink
Keys to Drawing by Bert Dodson
Perspective Made Easy by Ernest R. Norling
Light for Visual Artists by Richard Yot
How to Draw What You See by Rudy De Reyna
Two of these 17 were available for free on Project Gutenburg (see the asterix), and are now already downloaded onto my kindle which is charging in anticipation. Once upon a time I probably would have loved to have these in hardcopy; a giant, delightful pile on my nightstand. But now I think my kindle is probably the best bookshelf, considering that these books will be filling in the downtime when I’m sitting at park playdates or breastfeeding.
I’d give you the details on why and how I picked each book, but then I fear this blog post would never end! So what are your thoughts? Any additions or subtractions?
Phenomenal 🙂
Lovely post! Keep it up ?