11 Best Art Books For Painters Today

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024

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  • @contemporaryartissue
    @contemporaryartissue  Рік тому +11

    Hello dear readers and subscribers. My apologies for the audio-I was filming in a large empty space this time. Please find the links to discover the books mentioned in the video below:
    1. The Encyclopedia of Oil Painting Techniques: amzn.to/3up4F6D
    2. Acrylics: Techniques and Tutorials for the Complete Beginner: amzn.to/49GkjdX
    3. Painting Today: amzn.to/49LWUYr
    4. Vitamin P (Series): amzn.to/40NJtmE
    5. Painting (Documents of Contemporary Art): amzn.to/3sF74tm
    6. Abstraction (Documents of Contemporary Art): amzn.to/3R3SQM0
    7. Picturing People: amzn.to/40Sr1JN
    8. A Brush with the Real: amzn.to/40KULYW
    9. Landscape Painting Now: amzn.to/40N5wdx
    10. Michael Borremans: The Badger's Song: amzn.to/40LnpJy
    11. YZ Kami: Works 1985-2018: amzn.to/40KGoUt
    Thank you 100,000 times for all the support. I appreciate YOU!
    All my best,
    Julien & Perrier

  • @SIROSCARG1
    @SIROSCARG1 Рік тому +10

    Congratulations on 100k, I've enjoyed your videos for some time now and I am glad there is a space like this on the internet. Keep up the good work. 🎉

    • @dnlgrmn7169
      @dnlgrmn7169 Рік тому +1

      Awesome, I hope his videos also exceed that number in views………..

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  Рік тому

      Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏 I sincerely appreciate it. I will continue to do my very best. Stay tuned!

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  Рік тому

      Fingers crossed 🤞@@dnlgrmn7169

  • @aliiscott1346
    @aliiscott1346 11 місяців тому +1

    You are a godsend. Every University art school needs you to visit and teach the teachers what their students need to know. If only...

  • @gregwing6409
    @gregwing6409 Рік тому +5

    I appreciate your push to increase professional knowledge about the current art world and it’s in’s and out’s. Great work! Cheers-Greg

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  Рік тому

      Hi Greg, thank you so much for your kind words. I will continue to do my very best, as always! Have a great day. Cheers, Julien

  • @chrislethbridge1759
    @chrislethbridge1759 Рік тому +3

    Congratulations on reaching the 100k milestone Julien. Great achievement!

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  Рік тому

      Hi Chris, thank you very much! Seeing how the channel has grown in approximately 24 months is incredible. I am beyond grateful to be able to do this. Thank you for following the journey!

  • @neetabhapkar9290
    @neetabhapkar9290 Рік тому +2

    Congratulations for achieving you tube award! Your channel really helps to clarify the points/doubts regarding the Art World today for person like me.. I am the one naturally blessed to create art! Always trying to paint with my own imaginations/ideas. Thanks for your valuable videos! 🙏

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  Рік тому

      The pleasure is all mine! Here to help 🙌 Keep up the good work in the studio and enjoy every moment of it!

    • @neetabhapkar9290
      @neetabhapkar9290 Рік тому

      @@contemporaryartissue 🙏💐

  • @DanielLopes-kv4sp
    @DanielLopes-kv4sp Рік тому +2

    Always great even at my age to hear your advice and insights. Thank you. Many artist who have painted for many years can be come dismissive. Not so with me in total as my ear perks up at your commentary. Keep it coming at us man!

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  Рік тому

      That's great to hear Daniel, keep up the good work! Stay in touch. Cheers, Julien

  • @folkslamprecht
    @folkslamprecht 11 місяців тому

    Congratulations on your 100k! What a fabulous achievement. Am sure your next 100k will go even faster. I really admire your work.

  • @AI-xs4fp
    @AI-xs4fp Рік тому +2

    Congratulations! 🥳 Your hard work is very much appreciated.

  • @elainescott6791
    @elainescott6791 Рік тому

    Thank you for your content it is so appreciated & congratulations on your viewership as being recognized for 400,000.00 viewers keep up the great work it is very much needed!!!!

  • @deroux
    @deroux Рік тому +4

    For painting technique I highly recommend this book as well.
    Secret Knowledge (New and Expanded Edition): Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters Paperback - October 5, 2006
    by David Hockney (Author)

    • @war-painter
      @war-painter Рік тому +3

      Hockney is a great teacher. I know, I was lucky enough to take his life drawing classes at UC Irvine back in the late sixties, the only time he ever taught. Thanks for the list of books, now I know what I want for Christmas + what to get as gifts. Vitamin P looks good.

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  Рік тому

      Yes, a great publication by a living icon!

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  Рік тому

      @@war-painter Vitamin P is great! I am envious of your class by Hockney. Must have been a terrific experience and a memory to cherish. Merry Christmas and happy reading!

  • @achaoachao3091
    @achaoachao3091 Рік тому

    Indeed you make the difference. Your videos are right to the point (very ductch)... and advices are concrete. Many thanks.

  • @nikiwors4777
    @nikiwors4777 11 місяців тому

    Thank you for all you do. It helps a lot. Can yon please discuss the red flags of vanity Galleries and what to look out for?

  • @IgorGuardMy
    @IgorGuardMy 7 місяців тому

    When it comes to techniques, I wonder about watercolors and gouache - i believe (based on feeling and implicitly through exposure it gets) they are looked down upon in professional art world, don't they? Why so?

  • @JoeB_BSc
    @JoeB_BSc Рік тому

    Congratulations on your 100k achievement.

  • @christopherwelch5568
    @christopherwelch5568 Рік тому +1

    #6 is a great read. All of those White Chapel series books are. I had to read a few in Grad school and they were really good. On Abstract Art by Briony Fer is excellent if you can find it.

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  Рік тому

      I agree 100%. Such a great series with a lot of academic value and in-depth information. Hats off to the editors and publisher. Have a great day!

  • @stojanovich
    @stojanovich Рік тому

    Phaidon has loads of other books on contemporary painting that are much more up to date, like the Vitamin P series or the most recent one Great Women Painters, I'd highly recommend the Vitamin P series, think there are 3 volumes out by now. Of course I have Painting Today also, but I think that it's a little bit outdated...

  • @WhatleyJulian
    @WhatleyJulian 10 місяців тому

    Hi Julien! Maybe you can update this video? Many of the books you recommend are out of print (so VERY expensive), while several others are just plain VERY expensive. Maybe there are some more recently published books you can recommend?

  • @mariannemathon2104
    @mariannemathon2104 10 місяців тому

    Thanks you for your help !

  • @davidreninger5093
    @davidreninger5093 Рік тому +8

    You should always begin with oil painting first because oil can learn to mix colors much better with oil paint. Oils give you longer drying time allowing basic colors of a work to be mix and then added to changing , values, chroma, and pushing toward a hue change. Oils allow you to learn how to create subtle color changes and brush techniques that acrylics do not allow.

    • @callumworsfold5776
      @callumworsfold5776 Рік тому +4

      Interesting take, but I think to a complete beginner, the drying time of acrylic allows for the correction of mistakes a lot more easily whereas what we see as an advantage to oil will work against someone with no skill and likely will result in a muddy looking painting.

    • @timeenoughforart
      @timeenoughforart Рік тому

      I preferred oil because its drying time made it easier to fix my mistakes. My acrylic's looked muddy and seemed hard to mix. I never gave acrylics a serious attempt, but have used it when time was a factor. @@callumworsfold5776

    • @alic6958
      @alic6958 Рік тому

      Acrylic paint can do the same with the addition of retarder. The company ‘Golden’ produce a fantastic paint line called Golden Open. It stays open on the pallete for days, and can be blended very well. I think the versatility of acrylic paint is its main benefit to a beginner. Try both mediums, and see which suits your artistic process best.

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  Рік тому +1

      Interesting discussion. I believe the use of water makes it feel more convenient and easier to clean up a potential mess. Personally, I believe it is a lot easier to achieve great results with oil paint-but the initial learning curve to simply use it might be just a bit steeper. Thank you all for tuning in

  • @treezydcm
    @treezydcm Рік тому +1

    I always appreciate the effort to put to give advice to painters. Having said that, I wish we paid more attention to non-Western born or resident artists in Africa. There is is obliteration of anything African everywhere despite the fact that there is a huge artistic scene in many African countries.Think the Dakar Art Biennale. I'm a Westerner and have a good knowledge of Art history due to Uni days, but where are the African contemporary artists? Where do we talk about them or read about them? The same, but in way less degree about Asian art, unless they superstars; I'm thinking about the Indonesian Afandi, who I didn't know anything about until I visited his home-museum a few years ago.

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  Рік тому

      Yes, you're most definitely right. The focal point of the art world is still in the Western world in terms of institutions, collectors, events, galleries, et cetera, but the artists are coming from everywhere. We have a video and article on African painters, so feel free to give it a read/watch!

    • @hd-xc2lz
      @hd-xc2lz Рік тому

      Hmm, I'd argue that in U.S. museums and galleries since the Pandemic, exhibitions of artists of color have been plentiful.

    • @treezydcm
      @treezydcm Рік тому +1

      @@hd-xc2lz Don't mix apples with bananas, please. Being of colour or Afro-American and being African (born, bred and living in Africa) are two different things... Like being British where "people of color" are considered just British not Afro-British. You can be very African and be third generation white. Like that's so obvious if you travel. So how many contemporary Senegalese artists are exhibited in USA top-notch Museums and talked about? Or Malinese? Or Moroccan?

    • @treezydcm
      @treezydcm Рік тому

      I will check that out as soon as I can. Thank you! @@contemporaryartissue

    • @hd-xc2lz
      @hd-xc2lz Рік тому

      @@treezydcm In the U.S., the phrase "a person of color" extends beyond U.S. borders. An artist of color can be Taiwanese, Mexican, Ghanaian, etc..

  • @MaryJames-vu3vh
    @MaryJames-vu3vh Рік тому

    Where is the list of books? Thanks

    • @dnlgrmn7169
      @dnlgrmn7169 Рік тому

      In the description under the title. Press on “more”

  • @nosferaturosa
    @nosferaturosa Рік тому +1

    I would much rather more books about art theory but thank you for the list

  • @timothymcglynn1935
    @timothymcglynn1935 10 місяців тому

    🎉😮🎉😮🎉

  • @marusamusapusa
    @marusamusapusa Рік тому

    только что была на выставке в Третьяковской галерее. Там есть читальный зал, с книгами по искусству , которые можно посмотреть. Было очень неудобно от того, что : 1. Они большие очень; 2. Глянцевые страницы бликуют от света; 3. Гладкие , глянцевые страницы неудобно листать , в смысле подцепить трудно😴🧐🤔🫣😵‍💫

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  Рік тому

      I prefer a large book for the reproductions, but going for a high-gloss finish is incredibly outdated. With today's printers, they can achieve the same depth with a satin or Matt finish. Thank you for tuning in!

  • @Bud88883
    @Bud88883 Рік тому

    ANOTHER SCAMMER!!!