The Top 25 painting and printmaking books of 2020
At Jackson’s we have hundreds of useful and inspiring books for artists to help you get the most out of your painting time and materials. Since many in-person courses and workshops have been cancelled, a book or DVD might be a good alternative. They also make great gifts, by themselves or with some art materials.
Our bestseller list of 2020 is headed by an especially popular book about cold wax painting, which is the book in the image above. The other bestsellers are practical art books mostly about the mediums of watercolour and printmaking, with the most popular subjects being painting flowers, the figure, and colour. But there are some books about oil and acrylics as well, and some favourite titles from last year are still going strong! To browse our Book Department, filter your results using the tick boxes on the left side of the screen or the finder tool at the top of the list, and add a book to your materials order. Learn something new!
Top 25 Art Instruction Books of 2020
- Cold Wax Medium: Techniques, Concepts & Conversations
Rebecca Crowell And Jerry Mclaughlin - Linocut for Artists and Designers
Nick Morley - The Modern Flower Painter: Creating Vibrant Botanical Portraits in Watercolour
Anna Mason - Chinese Brush Painting: Traditional and contemporary techniques using ink and water soluble media
Cheng Yan - Watercolour Workshop: Projects and Interpretations
Ann Blockley - Painting Water in Watercolour: 30 Minute Artist
Terry Harrison - Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Art of Mokuhanga
April Vollmer - Billy Showell’s Botanical Painting In Watercolour
Billy Showell - Making Collagraphs Prints Suzie Mackenzie
- Jean Haines’ Colour & Light in Watercolour: new extended edition
Jean Haines - Colour Mixing Guide: Watercolour
Julie Collins - Colour Mixing Guide: Acrylics
Julie Collins - A-Z of Flower Portraits
Billy Showell - Paint Yourself Calm: Colourful, Creative Mindfulness Through Watercolour
Jean Haines - Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Colour
David Coles - Colour Mixing Guide: Oils
Julie Collins - Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter
James Gurney - The Oil Painter’s Bible: An Essential Reference for the Practising Artist New Edition
Marilyn Scott - Making Woodblock Prints
Merlyn Chesterman and Rod Nelson - Portrait Painting Atelier: Old Master Techniques and Contemporary Applications
Suzanne Brooker - Kremer Pigmente Recipe Book
- David Bellamy’s Skies, Light and Atmosphere in Watercolour
David Bellamy - Drawing and Painting People: A Fresh Approach
Emily Ball - Art of Sumi-E: Beautiful ink painting using Japanese brushwork
Naomi Okamoto
- Charles Bargue and Jean-Leon Gerome: Drawing Course
Gerald M. Ackerman
Did your favourite painting books make the list?
Click on the underlined link to go to the current offers in the Art Instruction Books Department and see the Top 25 Books on the Jackson’s Art Supplies website.
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I love the new series of granulated pigments! All of them. However,
I would like to have a yellow included. I’ve only been painting
(watercolors) for barely three years. I’m still getting to know the
different types of paint and am not sure if this possible. But would
love one if you could. Love the colors and paint so far!
Hi Sherry
I asked a watercolourist what she thought and she said she thinks that the concept of the super granulating colours is that they are a mixture of 2 or more granulating pigments, and there aren’t many granulating yellow pigments, so they haven’t been able to include a yellow. There are a couple of granulating yellow pigments (Nickel Titanate and maybe some Yellow Ochres), but they aren’t heavily granulating so they probably don’t fit into Schmincke’s super granulating range.
Sorry for the disappointment.