my favorite art books ✿

I don't own many artbooks due to their cost but I have small size handbook of drawings from Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu, who is cartoonist. His illustrations always give me something to think about.

Hi, I'm thrilled that I found you! I've watched a few older vids and I'm still going back to watch more. You are inspiring me, so thank you!

I was just thinking of visiting the folk art museum in santa fe (4 or 5yes old) and just being tall enough to get an lines eye view of all those sculptures and tiny villages - and how the little world that was created is still etched in my brain.

I know this is an old video now, but maybe you will see this. 😊 I think you might like the art of Maria Sibylla Merian. She was a Swiss naturalist and artist, one of the first to study insects. Quite an interesting life. As for illustrators of children’s books, Ezra Jack Keats and Maurice Sendak spring immediately to mind.

"maybe they died...... lets not judge them" XD

I work in the mental healthcare field and I’m learning to be creative again and embrace that part of myself again. But, here are 2 books I like to use with my clients that are also beautifully illustrated. Maybe by Kobi Yamada, illustrated by Gabriella Barouch and Noticing by Kobi Yamada, illustrated by Elise Hurst.

Where you stop in the Audubon book and say, "this is so beautiful" — I realized the top bird was the reference illustration my tattoo artist used for a tattoo I have on my upper arm! Except the bird I requested is a sparrow, so it looks a little different. But the branch, foot position, and spider are all the same. He told me he referenced Audubon for it but I had never actually seen the illustration. So wild to come across it here!

so many cool, unexpected books in your collection, thank you so much for sharing! i've never been interested in trout, but seeing that art book made me curious to draw some hehe

Definitely master copies! ❤ loved this video, added many to my list.

Hey Kristen! I already have a passionate love for most of the books, authors and artists you shared. Thanks for introducing me to the rest. Hopper's Nighthawks enthralls me due to my past life as a night shift diner waitress. There is so much below the surface in that piece. 💖

Thanks for this video, it inspired me to go look at my own few art books that have fallen into my hands in a new way ❤

This great, thanks Amanda!

One of my favorite art books that I love is African Canvas by Margaret Courtney Clark, It is a book of photographs of women building traditional African homes from mud, painting the walls with bold and vibrant patterns, carving mud wall reliefs, and creating Mud Dye cloth from real mud. The author has several books about the tribal arts traditionally done by women. Also, a reading book i love that YOU MUST GET, if you haven't already is Braiding Sweetgrass, Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. A must-have if you love plants. The Popular Arts of Mexico by Kojin Toneyama, the author went to all the different cultural areas of Mexico and showcased the traditional folk art in every area of Mexico.

Love all of your books! I recently got back into art making and have been picking up books here and there, excited to get some more at a local library book sale soon!

Thanks for sharing! I love children's books. I grew up reading Frog and Toad and Where the Sidewalk Ends, things like that. One I love lately is My Brother Otto. It's told from the perspective of Piper Crow about her brother who is nonspeaking autistic and uses an AAC device. Love the illustrations and the story! 🥰

Thanks so much for sharing that Tom Hart book 😍 exactly what i need right now ❤ One of my favorite art inspiration books is The Journals of Dan Eldon "The Journey is the Destination". He was a visual journalist and his sketchbooks are so rich with everything he did and experienced in Africa, really beautiful.

my personal favourite art book is David Hockney: drawing from life. it shows all of his life drawings of people close to him (his mother, and 4 of his close friends) over several decades, which is very interesting to see, and includes some very beautiful sketches and illustration-y figure drawings

LOVED THIS VIDEOOOO!!! I'm such a book junkie, and being in this journey of falling in love with art all over again; I feel the need to add to my art library as much as possible. I have a bunch of really good children's books. I"ll try to go through them soon and send you some suggestions.

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Fun! Thank you for sharing! I need to order some from my local library now! :) I personally love Rebecca Dautremer's illustrations. Came to love her after seeing and buying The Secret Lives of Princesses children's book. Also love Lauren Child mix media illustrations since my daughter was obsessed with Charlie and Lola books, cartoons when growing up.