These are great title for hand's on practice. I also included a title as an overall guide for artists learning about materials and best practices of art materials: - Color Theory - General Acrylic painting technique https://www.amazon.com/Color-2nd-Workshop-Artists-Designers/dp/1856698785/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533234293&sr=1-1&keywords=david+hornung+color https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Artists-Manual-Definitive-Painting-ebook/dp/B00GOJT8HM/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533234330&sr=1-1&keywords=the+complete+artist%27s+manual https://www.amazon.com/Learn-Paint-Acrylics-Small-Paintings/dp/1631590561/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533234364&sr=1-1&keywords=learn+to+paint+in+acrylics+with+50+small+paintings ------------------------------ [image: UNLV Logo] <http://unlv.edu/> Richard J.W. Zwiercan, MSIS, MA, GAC, PPSC Resource Sharing & Access Manager University Libraries - Continuing Resources & Collections University of Nevada, Las Vegas [log in to unmask] Office: 702-895-2148 <17028952148> unlv.edu • Twitter <http://twitter.com/unlv> • Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/OfficialUNLV> • Instagram <http://instagram.com/unlv> • YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/unlvofficial> *Now, the idea is to get everything right—it’s not just color or form or space or line—it’s everything all at once.* *Richard Diebenkorn* On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 9:27 AM, Virginia <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello community, > > > As a small public library with a rather outstanding, but seriously > outdated, art technique / art history book collection I am asking for > advice on books / printed materials in the following areas: > > > > - Color Theory > - General Acrylic painting technique > - Airbrushing > - General Oils painting technique > - Glass Etching > - General drawing technique > - Reverse Glass Painting > - embroidery > - Weaving > - Trapunto > - Loom construction > - Macrame > - Surrealism > > > The current gaps in the collection have been caused by a deaccession of > books from the 1950s through the 1980s. I am aware of better materials, > and now am searching out expert opinion. > > Thank you so very much, > > Virginia > Virginia Roberts > Director > Rhinelander District Library > [log in to unmask] > 715-365-1082 (work) > "Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will > get you through times of no libraries." > --*Anne Herbert* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send > administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~