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Suggested Reading

ART BOOKS!  Maybe you need one - or a few - to add to your library... 

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  • Oils (Ron Ranson’s Painting School) - by Trevor Chamberlain
  • Light and Atmosphere in Watercolour  - by Trevor Chamberlain
  • On Distant Ground, The Art of Scott L. Christensen - by Scott L. Christensen and Gary Ferguson
  • William Cather Hook: A Retrospective - by Susan Hallsten McGarry
  • Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting -  by John F. Carlson
  • Hulings: A Gallery of Paintings - by Clark Hulings
  • The Painterly Approach: An Artist’s Guide to Seeing, Painting and Expressing - by Bob Rohm
  • Edgar Payne: The Scenic Journey - by Edgar Payne
  • Plein Air Painters of California: The North - edited by Ruth Lilly Westphal
  • Art from the Parks (74 artists celebrate North America’s National Parks…) - by Rubin Wolf
  • The Art of Charles Partridge Adams - by Dorothy Dines, Stephen J. Leonard , Stanley L. Cuba
  • The Art of Howard Terpning - by Elmer Kelton
  • The Art of James Bama - by Elmer Kelton
  • The Art of Frank C McCarthy - by Elmer Kelton ANDERS ZORN
  • Sorolla – many to choose from
  • Enliven your Paintings with Light - by Philip W. Metzer
  • Intuitive Light - by Albert Handell
  • The Genius of Nicolai Fechin - by Forest Fenn
  • Contagious Enthusiasm  - by Marilyn Simandle
  • Color and Light - A guide for the Realistic Painter  - by James Gurney
  • Fill Your Oil Paintings with Light and Color - by Kevin MacPherson
  • Painters Guide to Color - by Stephen Quiller
  • Gruppe on Color - by Emile A. Gruppe
  • Sergei Bongart - by Mary N. Balcomb
  • Richard Schmid Paints Landscapes - by Richard Schmid
  • Painting on Location - by Curtis & Capon
  • Painting Light & Shade - by Paul Millichip
  • Pastel Innovations - Techniques and Exercises for painting with pastels - by Dawn Emerson
  • Traildust: Cowboys, Cattle & Country  - The Art of James Reynolds - by Donald Hedgpeth
  • The Urban Sketcher - Techniques for Seeing and Drawing on Location - by Marc Taro Holmes
  • The Art of Landscape Painting in Oil Colour - by Alfred East
  • Oil Painting with the Masters - by Cindy Salaski
  • Art Before Breakfast: The Workbook - by Danny Gregory   
  • Big Art Small Canvas - by Joyce Washor
  • Painting Light in Oils - by Peter Wileman
  • Wm. F Reese - by Mary N. Balcomb
  • Creating Impressionist Landscapes in Oil - by Colley Whisson
  • Fundamentals of Oil Painting - by Leonard Richmond
  • Painting the Landscape - by Elizabeth Leonard
  • The Simple Secret to Better Painting - Greg Albert