Resources
Reference Sheets & Other Course Materials
Myron was fond of using the term “cheat sheets” for his collection of supplements to make learning easier. These resources were curated so you can peer inside the mechanics of being an artist.
Recommended Reading
- The Social History of Art (4 Volume Set)
- A Painter of Our Time
- Art and Illusion
- Professional Artist’s Manual
- The Artist’s Handbook of Materials and Techniques: Fifth Edition, Revised and Updated (Reference)
- The Secret Formulas and Techniques of the Masters
- Relief Sculpture (Appreciation of the Arts)
- Oil Painting Techniques and Materials (Dover Art Instruction)
- Painting Techniques of the Masters: Painting Lessons from the Great Masters, Revised and Enlarged Edition
- Learning to Paint
- Rendering in Pen and Ink: The Classic Book On Pen and Ink Techniques for Artists, Illustrators, Architects, and Designers
- Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor
- The Elements of Color: A Treatise on the Color System of Johannes Itten Based on His Book the Art of Color
- The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colors and Their Applications to the Arts
- Perspective: From Basic to Creative
- Understanding Perspective
- Principles of Perspective
- “Primitivism” in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, in Two Volumes
- Matisse
- Gustave Caillebotte
- Jaques Villon
- Egon Schiele
- The Pursuit of Perfection: The Art of J.-A.-D. Ingres.
- Henri Cartier-Bresso n: The Decisive Moment
- Mirrors, messages, manifestations
- The World of M.C. Escher
- Sacred Geometry: Philosophy & P ractice (Art and Imagination)
- The Art of color and Design
- Line & Form
- Design and Expression in the Visual Arts
- Pattern and Design with Dynamic Symmetry
- The Geometry of Art and Life
- Module, Proportion, Symmetry, Rhythm (Vision + Value Series)
- Cezanne’s Composition: Analysis of His Form with Diagrams and Photographs of His Motifs
- Basic Principles of Design: The Foundation Program at the School of Design Basel, Switzerland
- The Power of Limits: Proportional Harmonies in Nature, Art, and Architecture
- The Painter’s Secret Geometry: A Study of Composition in Art (Dover Books on Fine Art)
- Form, Function & Design (Dover Art Instruction & Reference Books)
- Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures
- Logic and Design, Revised: In Art, Science, And Mathematics
- Dynamic Symmetry; the Greek Vase
- The Elements of Dynamic Symmetry (Dover Art Instruction)
- The Curves of Life (Dover Books Explaining Science)
- Architecture: Form, Space, and Order
- Encyclopedia of World Art
- Architectural Composition
- The Human Figure (Dover Anatomy for Artists)
- Figure Drawing: A Complete Guide (Dover Art Instruction)
- Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist
- Anatomy for the artist
- The Art of Responsive Drawing, Sixth Edition
- Figure Drawing: The Structure, Anatomy and Expressive Design of the Human Form, 6th Edition
- Drawing the Human Form: Method Sources Concepts
- Bridgman’s Complete Guide to Drawing from Life
- Thinking with a Pencil
- Drawing figure movement
- The Human Figure: The Complete Dresden Sketchbook
- The Practice and Science of Drawing
- The Art of Drawing, 3rd Edition
- Anatomy Lessons From the Great Masters
- Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters
- The Drawings of Georges Seurat
- Grammar of Drawing for Artists and Designers (A Studio Vista/Van Nostrand Reinhold art paperback)
- Egyptian Drawings
- Draughtsman’s Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles
- The Craft of Old-Master Drawings
- Proportion: Science, Philosophy, Architecture
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