Many of the great classic books on drawing and painting are difficult to find or out of print. Recently I got an iPad which is beautifully comfortable to read on, so I'm re-enjoying some and reading some for the first time. I discovered that if I email myself a pdf book I can read it in ibooks on my iPhone or iPad. Many of the books on these archive.org links are google books and can be downloaded directly to the google book app. My desktop somehow actually automatically puts the google book downloads on my iPad though, which is nice. If you can possibly get the ibook version I find that this is recommendable, since you can highlight, bookmark, and take notes in the margins, but google books is still nice. For you Kindle-readers, many of the oldies are available in that format too, and there are even some audio classics from Librivox, my favorite source for free audiobooks.
If you're not a mobile device person, though, these are perfectly readable on your desktop or laptop, although it's harder to lean back in a chair or recline in a bed with a desktop.
There are actually scores of these old books, but I have chosen links to the ones I have personally read and enjoyed. I'd love to know what you find on there too, though.
If you're not a mobile device person, though, these are perfectly readable on your desktop or laptop, although it's harder to lean back in a chair or recline in a bed with a desktop.
There are actually scores of these old books, but I have chosen links to the ones I have personally read and enjoyed. I'd love to know what you find on there too, though.
The Human Figure
John Henry Vanderpoel
Landscape Painting
Birge Harrison
http://www.archive.org/details/landscapepainti02harrgoog
Also a wiki-format of this book. This is easy to find in several formats online.
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Landscape_Painting_by_Birge_Harrison.djvu
Also a wiki-format of this book. This is easy to find in several formats online.
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Landscape_Painting_by_Birge_Harrison.djvu
The Practice and Science of Drawing
Harold Speed
The Painter In Oil
Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=daniel%20Parkhurst
This book can also be downloaded in electronic form on artrenewal. http://www.artrenewal.org/articles/On-Line_Books/Parkhurst/parkhurst1.php
This book can also be downloaded in electronic form on artrenewal. http://www.artrenewal.org/articles/On-Line_Books/Parkhurst/parkhurst1.php
Seven Discourses On Painting
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Lectures On Landscape (audiobook)
John Ruskin
http://www.archive.org/details/lectures_landscape_librivox
This is really cool. Thanks for posting this.
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