Essential books for your art studio, art business and/or home decor
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Business
As a full-time artist, these are books I've read or have on my TBD list to help with running an art business! General business tips, marketing ideas, and more.
Great tips for gathering inspo from other artists without copying
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About ...
Helpful writing exercises for creative process.
The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Easy and helpful read on finding your artistic voice!
Find Your Artistic Voice: Essential Guide
I would read this multiple times! Lots of helpful business advice.
Art, Inc.: Essential Guide for Artists
Beautiful and inspiring book
Great Women Painters
Great exercises to help you find your voice
One Drawing A Day: Yearlong Sketchbook
Very helpful for basics in copywriting and the pyschology behind selling
Cashvertising: 100+ Ad-Agency Secrets to Sell
Great tips for your art business.
Making It in the Art World: Exhibitions & Funding
More helpful business tips!
Art Money & Success: Easy System for Artists
Practical advice for your art business
Artpreneur: Guide to Sustainable Creative Living
Helps with confidence and your value as an artist
Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Creative Strategies
Standard for pricing, especially with illustration!
Graphic Artists Guild Handbook, 17th Ed.
Helpful handbook for getting your work out there!
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
Artists and Inspiration
Books of inspiring artists, colors, and tutorials that I keep in my studio or around my house.
Excellent resource for pulling color combinations and inspiration
A Dictionary Of Color Combinations Vol 1
Fun artist sketchbook practice inspiration
Sketched Out
Hands down my favorite book in my studio. Inspiring collection of contemporary landscape artists.
Landscape Painting Now ARTBOOK | D.A.P. 2019 Catalog Books ...
One of my favorites. Lovely in the studio and on a coffee table
A Way of Living: The Art of Willem de Kooning
I love looking through this for landscape sketching inspiration.
A Yorkshire Sketchbook: David Hockney (RA)
Beautiful and inspiring collection of figure painters
Painting People: Figure Painting Today
Learn how to make ink and use it in your practice!
