 | The Impact of Modern Paints by Jo Crook
Buy used from: £15.75 Fascinating history of acrylic paints
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 | Chihuly at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew by Dale Chihuly
Buy new: £15.37 / Used from: £12.80 Just seen this work at Kew - and it's truely amazing. Sensitive and inspiring.
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 | Artist's and Graphic Designer's Market 2005 (Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market)
Buy new: £15.99 / Used from: £0.91 Invaluable resource if you're aiming for the US galleries
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 | Writers' and Artists' Yearbook 2005 2005
Buy new: £13.99 / Used from: £0.01 Invaluable resource for UK artists
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 | The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques: Fifth Edition, Revised and Updated by Ralph Mayer
Buy used from: £18.00 Again on the geeky side, but my well-worn copy never leaves the studio
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 | Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Colour by P Ball
Buy used from: £10.11 Tracing the history and discovery of pigments - and how it affected how artists worked (and work now!)
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 | How Pictures Work by Molly Garrett Bang
Buy used from: £8.76 Wonderfully fun and simple reminder of composition 'rules'
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 | Design and Form by Johannes Itten
Buy new: £21.55 / Used from: £19.21 Itten on design and form - the lessons he gave his students
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 | The Elements of Color: A Treatise on the Color System of Johannes Itten, Based on His Book "The Art of Color" by Johannes Itten
Buy new: £20.26 / Used from: £17.55 Itten on color, I remember this from childhood
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 | The Human Figure in Motion by Eadweard Muybridge
Buy new: £21.61 / Used from: £12.53 Great copyright-free source for human images if you don't have a model
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 | Colour: A Workshop for Artists and Designers by David Hornung
Buy new: £10.67 / Used from: £9.28 Quite simply one of the best basic colour theory text and lessons I've seen
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 | Composition: A Series of Exercises in Art Structure for the Use of Students and Teachers by AW Dow
Buy new: £26.55 / Used from: £33.28 A composition book certainly 'of its time' but very very good
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