While there are many courses and tutorials online, learning from a book is still one of the best ways to greatly improve your skills. Below I have selected top Art Instruction books.
- How to Draw Cool Stuff: A Drawing Guide for Teachers and Students (2014)
- The Art Teacher’s Survival Guide for Elementary and Middle Schools (2008)
- Perspective Made Easy (Dover Art Instruction) (1999)
- How to Draw Nearly Everything (Dover Art Instruction) (2012)
- Portrait Drawing: A Step-By-Step Art Instruction Book (Artist’s Painting Library) (2006)
- Drawing for the Absolute Beginner: A Clear & Easy Guide to Successful Drawing (Art for the Absolute Beginner) (2006)
- How to Teach Art to Children, Grades 1-6 (2001)
- Light, Shade and Shadow (Dover Art Instruction) (2008)
- The Art of Instruction: Your Complete Guide to Instructional Excellence (2009)
- Draw 50 Animals: The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Elephants, Tigers, Dogs, Fish, Birds, and Many More… (2012)
- Creative Thinking and Arts-Based Learning: Preschool Through Fourth Grade (7th Edition) (2017)
How to Draw Cool Stuff: A Drawing Guide for Teachers and Students (2014)
How to Draw Cool Stuff shows simple step-by-step illustrations that make it easy for anyone to draw cool stuff with precision and confidence. These pages will guide you through the basic principles of illustration by concentrating on easy-to-learn shapes that build into complex drawings. With the step-by-step guidelines provided, anything can become easy to draw.
The Art Teacher’s Survival Guide for Elementary and Middle Schools (2008)
One of the most popular books in the Jossey-Bass Teacher series is now available in a completely updated and expanded version. With more than 110 creative art projects in varied types of media–from drawing to digital–plus tips, tools, and curricular resources, The Art Teacher’s Survival Guide for Elementary and Middle Schools offers everything a teacher needs to know to present an effective arts education program.
Perspective Made Easy (Dover Art Instruction) (1999)
Perspective, the author tells us, is easy; yet surprisingly few artists are aware of the simple rules that make it so. This easy-to-follow book — the first devoted entirely to clarifying the laws of perspective — remedies the situation.
How to Draw Nearly Everything (Dover Art Instruction) (2012)
Beginners seeking a comprehensive book on drawing, rejoice! Suitable for all ages, this guide by a noted expert covers all of the basics as well as the most common subjects. Learn how to draw figures, faces, landscapes, trees, flowers, and animals of all kinds, including horses, dogs, and cats.
Portrait Drawing: A Step-By-Step Art Instruction Book (Artist’s Painting Library) (2006)
A classic of simplicity! Portrait Drawing has guided and inspired a generation of artists to create beautiful, realistic portraits. In just eighty pages, author Wendon Blake covers all the basics, from papers and pencils to drawing eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and head from every angle.
Drawing for the Absolute Beginner: A Clear & Easy Guide to Successful Drawing (Art for the Absolute Beginner) (2006)
This inspiring book makes drawing in a realistic style easier than you may think and more fun than you ever imagined!Authors Mark and Mary Willenbrink (Watercolor for the Absolute Beginner) cover it all—from choosing materials and the correct way to hold your pencil, to expert advice on the tricky stuff, like getting proportions and perspective right, drawing reflections, and designing strong compositions.
How to Teach Art to Children, Grades 1-6 (2001)
Keep young students excited about art in the classroom with the Evan-Moor How to Teach Art to Children book for Grades 1-6. Our well-organized art book includes 96 different art projects that are appropriate for elementary-aged children. As an added benefit, each project includes examples of fine art in the world that demonstrates the art elements highlighted in the project.
Light, Shade and Shadow (Dover Art Instruction) (2008)
During the first half of the twentieth century, E. L. Koller wrote a series of art instruction books for home study, designed to simplify various techniques for beginning artists — and help established artists polish their craft. The books are as relevant — and the information as essential — to artists today as it was then.
The Art of Instruction: Your Complete Guide to Instructional Excellence (2009)
Whether you are currently an instructor or want to be one, this is your guide! Mike Seeklander has been instructing professionally for more than fifteen years and has taken his success and blueprinted a set of processes that will help anyone who teaches anything become better at it. This book will teach you those processes. While Mike’s primary experience is in firearms, tactics, and defensive tactics instruction, the system he uses and teaches is applicable in any instructional environment.
Draw 50 Animals: The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Elephants, Tigers, Dogs, Fish, Birds, and Many More… (2012)
Fifty furry, scaly and feathered friends are here for aspiring young artists to learn how to draw, including a lion, a giraffe, a dinosaur, a penguin, a bunny, a shark, and much more. It’s easy to bring these animals to life the Draw 50 way.Over the past thirty years, celebrated author Lee J.
Creative Thinking and Arts-Based Learning: Preschool Through Fourth Grade (7th Edition) (2017)
With an emphasis on thinking creatively and being resourceful as keys to surviving and thriving in today’s society, this evidence-based book provides practical ways for teachers to promote creativity, play, art, music/movement/dance, and drama for all children. It contains many authentic activities and examples to support children’s learning in the arts and content areas.
Best Art Instruction Books Worth Your Attention
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Educating for Peace Through Theatrical Arts: International Perspectives on Peacebuilding Instruction
Author(s): Candice Carter (editor), Rodrigo Benza Guerra (editor)
ID: 3261371, Publisher: Routledge, Year: 2022, Size: 11 Mb, Format: pdf
Bonsai for Beginners Book: A Comprehensive Guide on the Art of Growing and Caring for Your Bonsai Tree. A Bonsai Instruction Book from Basic to the Most Advanced Techniques to Make Your Bonsai Healthy and Live Long
Author(s): Kieran A. Barret
ID: 3385917, Publisher: MaryPrice, Year: 2022, Size: 3 Mb, Format: epub
Learn Excel 2022 A Beginners to Pro Guide to Master Excel in Just 7 Days with Step-By-Step Instructions
Author(s): Bland, Arthur
ID: 3476470, Publisher: , Year: 2022, Size: 721 Kb, Format: epub
Please note that this booklist is not errorless. Some books are absolutely chart-busters according to Los Angeles Times, others are written by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant links you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.