5 Art Books That Transformed My Creativity 🎨 [Must-Reads!]
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
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✨ Looking for inspiration in your art journey? Today, I’m sharing 5 of my all-time favorite art books that have helped me grow as an artist. These books cover everything from colour theory to creativity blocks to plein air painting-perfect for any artist wanting to improve their skills and find fresh motivation! 📚🎨
📖 Books Mentioned:
1️⃣ Monet by Himself - A deep dive into Monet’s personal letters & artistic struggles.
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2️⃣ Plein Air Painting with Oils by Haidee Jo Summers - A must-read for oil painters who love painting outdoors.
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3️⃣ Color by Betty Edwards - Master color mixing and emotional storytelling through color.
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4️⃣ Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert - The ultimate book for overcoming creative blocks.
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5️⃣ Art-Write: The Writing Guide for Visual Artists - Learn how to articulate & share your art through the power of words.
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I found you on youtube last week and I'm hooked! Next week is my birthday, so as a present to myself I got your Supercharge your art class!! Plus I ordered the Monet book and the Color book. YAY! I'm so excited!
Oh wowww!! Yay I am so pleased you're in Supercharge Your Art 😍 I hope you love the lessons. and the books 🥳
these all look AMAZING 😊
They’ve definitely helped me 🤗
Hi Katie, thank you for sharing some of your favourite books. I love Liz Gilbert’s books, she was one of the reasons I started writing. I think you’d really like “Nature’s Palette” by Thames & Hudson. It’s a fairly heavy but sumptuous book full of stunning photos and illustrations about what colours make up our natural world and how to mix them, great for your landscapes and flowers! xx
Oh wow that sounds so wonderful! Thank you so much the recommendation ⭐️ xx
I bought a Monet's illustrated biography three hours ago, call it a coincidence!🤔🤗
No way! That’s crazy 🤩🤩🙌🏻 enjoy
@@KatieJobling I will!🥰🧡
Being Canadian, I have a couple of books on The Group of Seven & Tom Thompson (1920-1933), who all painted landscapes across Canada. Each artist had their own unique style and colouring, show casing the beautiful wilderness of Canada. I highly recommend taking a peek!
Just about every year I purchase a wall calendar for the kitchen, office, and such, that features The Group of Seven & Tom Thompson. Love the colors, texture of the brush strokes, style, and subjects!! The artists are amazing! I will definitely search out some books!
Oh yes great suggestion!!
Oh wow thank you so much for the suggestion I will definitely have a look into that 🤩🤩
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Thank you for these great recommendations, Katie! 😊 I have Big Magic, and I love it! I come back to it quite often, and I just finished re-reading it a couple of weeks ago. Mine is marked with sticky notes too! 😅 I also love The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron - it's really good for unlocking creativity. I plan to read it again soon.
There's also a book I got many years ago called Collins Complete Artist's Manual (I have the one with the white cover). It's a really nice book about almost everything art-related - supplies, tools, drawing, painting, etc.
Another thing I personally find inspiring is video game art books, but that might also be because I'm quite a gamer myself 😉
Ahhh wow that sounds amazing Zuzanna! Thank you so much for the ideas and recommendations. Yes I have also heard the artists way is good too. Ooo I love that!! The colours and quality that goes into graphics now is quite amazing, I can see how it inspires you 😍
All of these books look really good and I will definitely make note of them!
Yes they’re great! Enjoy ☺️
I think you should write a book Katie talking about your own journey and success!!! ❤
Ah thanks Marion! Maybe one day 😄