Best Painting Books

I own every one of these painting books and recommend them all. The best two are on the top, the rest in no particular order.

Master Class in Watermedia

This book from Edward Betts is the most wonderful compilation of acrylic techniques for semi-abstract and abstract painting. An enormous amount of information. See if you can get your hands on a copy. Price fluctuates because out of print.

My review here.

Celebrate Your Creative Self

This book is full of so many creative projects for acrylic paints and mediums that it would take several lifetimes to complete them all.

My review here.

The New Acrylics

Recommended by an acrylic paint chemist as having correct information (unlike some other acrylic paint books)

Creative Paint Workshop

A book for those who want to incorporate collage in their paintings.

Art Revolution

Unusual painting projects incorporating everything from digital art to assemblage.

Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines

A beautiful and unusual book about negative painting (painting the negative space around an object).

Confident Color

In my opinion, the best book on colour. Readable, beautiful examples - anything by Nita Leland is good.

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