Best Books on Painting {Best Watercolor, Acrylic and Oil Painting Books for Adults & Kids}

If you are an oil painter who enjoys painting landscapes, this book is for you.

In Landscape Painting, the author, Mitchell Albala, shares his ideas and practices for translating nature's beauty, complexity, and color dynamics into convincing artistic representations.

Concise, practical, and inspirational, this book focuses on overcoming some of the greatest challenges for the landscape artist.

This book is aimed at all painters, from beginners to the more experienced, and is packed with expert advice on all aspects of acrylic painting.

Here, you will learn how to choose and mix colors, as well as create a multitude of effects using only one set of tubes.

You'll also discover how to make your own equipment, set up a "studio" space, and use household materials to save some money. Beginner painters can follow processes stage-by-stage. More experienced artists can dip in and out to find help with specific problems.

This book is perfect for that creative friend who wants to pick up a new hobby.

Including 40 straightforward lessons, The Joy of Watercolor is a fun book full of watercolor art ideas that requires no previous watercolor experience.

This simple painting technique produces colorful, modern paintings for all of your invitations, gifts, and walls.

The forty lessons cover topics like:

• * Painting on vacation
• * Painting your pets
• * Layering colors
• * Mixing colors
• * Painting flowers and plants

Rock painting is such a fun and neat trend!

In this easy-to-follow book, rock painting expert, Lin Wellford, will teach you how to create:

• *Rockasaurs
• *Stone buildings
• *Rockburgers and other fun foods
• *Flowers
• *Teddy bears
• And other awesome rock projects perfect for decorating any space or giving as a gift!

Painting School provides the first steps to a child's love of painting and creativity.

Children will learn how to paint anything they see in the world around them by following easy step-by-step instructions.

This comprehensive, 240-page, flexi-bound art guide reveals how easy it is to learn to paint!

This books is beautifully illustrated and inspiring!

Everyday Watercolor is a guided watercolor-a-day book is perfect for beginning watercolor artists, artists who want to improve their watercolor skills, and other creatives.

From strokes to shapes, this lovely and comprehensive book covers the basics and helps painters gain confidence in themselves along with inspiration to develop their own unique style.

Featuring colorful contemporary art from Instagram trendsetter, Jenna Rainey, this book's fresh perspective paints watercolor in a whole new light.

Daily Painting offers up a unique system for jump-starting your artistic creativity, encouraging experimentation and growth, and increasing sales for artists.

If you are having trouble selling paintings in galleries, getting bogged down by projects you can’t seem to finish or finding excuses to avoid working in the studio, Carol Marine knows exactly how you feel.

She suffered from painter’s block, too, until she discovered “daily painting.” The idea is simple: do art often (how often is up to you), and if you’d like, post and sell it online. Soon you’ll find your motivation and creativity jump-started!

Covering the three most popular types of painting: watercolors, acrylics and oils, this comprehensive step-by-step guide provides information on materials and techniques as well as a helpful series of how-tos and demos.

Even a beginner painter can complete begin immediately and create original and exciting projects!

Curious about painting flowers?

In this book, learn to paint beautiful watercolor flowers in simple steps with this free and easy approach for beginners.

Marie Boudon's beautifully presented course will give you a good foundation in this new-to-you medium and teach you all you need to know to get started with painting watercolor flowers.

Regardless of your preferred medium, a solid understanding of color theory and its applications is essential.

With a fresh, modern take on the subject of color, this essential and comprehensive guide features step-by-step projects and practical tips and techniques to put color knowledge to effective and immediate use.

Using techniques tested and honed in her five-day intensive color workshops, Betty Edwards provides a fundamental understanding of how to see color, how to use color, and-for those who are artists, how to mix and combine hues.

This book includes more than 125 color images and exercises that move from simple to challenging, perfect for any level.