Life-Changing Books on Art and Creativity · My Top 10 Favourite Art Books

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These beautiful books are ideal for any artist, writer, or creative looking for inspiration, technical instructions, drawing tips, art career advice, and self-development help too! This is just a brief look at my art book collection so let me know if you’d like a Part II to this video where I can share more inspirational books for building skills and becoming an artist.

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·Mentioned·

---Patreon; All The Best Classes, Courses and Books in My Creative Journey bit.ly/31ZMGp9
+ Art and Fear tidd.ly/3FeJ8xo
+ Big Magic tidd.ly/3CcvadE
+ Daring Greatly tidd.ly/3Ccwj4M
+ Mindfulness And The Art of Drawing tidd.ly/3ojxDxO
---Mindfulness Video    • A Guide to Creative Flow  · Getting i...  
+ Anatomy for the Artist tidd.ly/3Hmr9a8
+ Drawing & Painting: Materials and Techniques for Contemporary Artists tidd.ly/3wKjoG5
+ The Artist’s Manual tidd.ly/3C85Y7X
---Teoh Yi Chie (YT) bit.ly/3DftDVp (Blog) bit.ly/3qA6w4G
+ The Graphic Artist’s Guild Handbook tidd.ly/3kxOzQh
+ How to Be an Illustrator tidd.ly/3236PuB
+ Creative Block tidd.ly/3c6oran
---Danielle Krysa On Skillshare skl.sh/3DeADC4
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+ Artist To Artist tidd.ly/3wF1aGc
+ Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours tidd.ly/3n9tqh1
---Dr. Oto Kano (YT) bit.ly/3HhWJWK (IG) bit.ly/31NLEwa
+ Secret Lives of Colour tidd.ly/3wIHlh1

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·Time-Stamps·

0:00 - Intro
0:38 - Books On Confidence and Mindset
5:06 - Books On Technique
10:15 - Books On Career
12:17 - Books For Inspiration
14:28 - Beautiful Books

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All Comments (21)
  • +Art and fear +Big Magic +Daring Greatly +Mindfulness And The Art of Drawing +Anatomy for the Artist +Drawing & Painting: Materials and Techniques for Contemporary Artists +The Artist's Manual +The Graphic Artist's Guild Handbook +How to Be an Illustrator +Creative Block
  • @amandaarts3277
    This video wrote my Christmas wish list lol. Minnie saying "Lets talk about creative block, actually let's not" was a big mood 😂. These books sound awesome but I know your book is gonna be my favorite ❤️
  • @annclyde
    Art and Fear...a classic that I seem to turn to time and time again..great book selections and definitely yes for a part 2!
  • @dodosdodo
    This is so fascinating!! Would love a part 2 with reference/inspo books on topics other than anatomy that are more of a compilation than "tutorial" type books.. hope that made sense haha
  • @elahisme
    Perfect timing, I was just looking to treat myself to some art books and supplies! I'm so glad you included books about mindset & career as well! Definitely going to get a few of them ❤️ would love a part 2 as well
  • @ChantelleArts
    Great video, I’m definitely going to look into some of these books 😊
  • @darrenday1955
    I loved this video so much, Minnie. Art and Fear and Big Magic have been pivotal for me, too. Steven Pressfield's The War Of Art, Magnus Resch's How To Be A Successful Artist, and Twyla Tharp's The Creative Habit have been essential for me as well. I'm so happy to have discovered your channel. :)
  • @TyTLZacharie
    I would definitely be interested in a part 2 because this was very helpful & informative.
  • @edkoree
    i just love how expressive your face is. the way your features move to emotions is so fascinating.
  • @ariela023
    It really resonated with me when you said it takes courage to put your art out there. I always feel very vulnerable when I show something I've made. Thank you for sharing your wisdom 💖
  • @noelladilber
    Exciting list! Makes me want to read a lot more than I am doing right now. The art and fear and the anatomy for the artist books are 2 I definitely want to start with.
  • Definitely a part 2!! Thank you for sharing your reading list and letting us into your mindset, your struggle and journey as an artist. Your content is ever so refreshing! 😍😊
  • @xiao668
    thank you for the mindset book recommendations! Those were just what i was looking for!
  • @Phianett
    I really appreciate this video, because the creative struggle is sooo real. I'm definitely adding a couple of these to my wish list. For now, I've bookmarked Danielle Krysa's classes on Skillshare to watch later.
  • @WendyW123
    This is probably one of the best discussions and informative insights into useful book recommendations and why!! An intelligent approach in a mire of uninformed YouTube channels. Thank you for your refreshing content.
  • @TessaOswin
    Werner’s nomenclature of colour is the perfect combo of art and science which I’m alway so happy to see. As a science by training and a artist by eternal facinasion I always find people trying to keep the world separated is strange. So much in science is beautiful and often beautiful thing can have huge scientific meaning. In satellite imagery if you process diffrent wave of light correctly they desplay ice crystals in the atmosphere, the system I use made them a beautiful purple swirls across big areas.
  • Thank you for always being generous and inspirational ❤️ I love your channel very much and I'm super thankful for your efforts 🌸
  • Patty- I have Werner's Nomenclature in my Amazon cart already. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I'm looking forward to your videos.
  • @rewilding_rose
    What an incredibly helpful video! Thank you so much for putting this together. And YES to part 2!