Giambattista Tiepolo, 1696-1770
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Tiepolo/Cat. Venise
Published 1996
398 pages
Free drawing & painting books
These books teach you to draw and paint. Pencil, ink, watercolor, oils, acrylics and digital illustration are all covered, with step-by-step lessons on technique, color, perspective and the figure. Beginners are welcome, and experienced artists will find ways to stretch their skills. This list shows the ones you can read in full for free.
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European drawings
J. Paul Getty Museum
1992 · 1998 edition
317 pages
The Graphic Art of the Eskimos
Walter James Hoffman
Published 1897
514 pages
Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica
Edward Lear
Published 1870
382 pages
British paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Published 2009
308 pages
Modern paints uncovered
Modern paints uncovered symposium
Published 2008
317 pages
Art in reproduction
Robert Verhoogt
Published 2007
718 pages
European drawings
J. Paul Getty Museum
Published 2001
307 pages
History of the portrait collection, Independence National Historical Park
Doris Devine Fanelli
Published 2001
360 pages
Jan Steen
John Walsh
Published 1996
88 pages
Italian paintings
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Published 1973
114 pages
SECURE CONTAIN PROTECT (SCP)
Yusuf Passarella
Published 2020
72 pages
The Amasis Painter and his world
Dietrich Von Bothmer
Published 1985
246 pages
A Critical and Historical Corpus of Florentine Painting
Richard Offner, Mina Gregori, Miklós Boskovits, Martina Ingendaay Rodio, Klara Steinweg
1984 · 2001 edition
646 pages
Original Treatises
Mary Philadelphia Merrifield
Published 1849
646 pages
Handbook of Foliage and Foreground Drawing ...
George Barnard
Published 1870
300 pages
Spiritual Development of St. Paul
George Matheson
Published 1897
342 pages
Raphael of Urbino and His Father Giovanni Santi
Johann David Passavant
Published 1872
412 pages
A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, from the Revival of the Art Under Cimabue ...
George Stanley, Michael Bryan
Published 1849
1002 pages
Zurbarán
Jeannine Baticle
Published 1987
334 pages
Materials for a History of Oil Painting
Charles Lock Eastlake
Published 1847
586 pages
Italian Masters in German Galleries
Giovanni Morelli
Published 1883
474 pages
The Drawings of Filippino Lippi and His Circle
George R. Goldner
Published 1997
406 pages
An Italian journey
Linda Wolk-Simon
Published 2010
256 pages