ART RESOURCES
Great Books

• The Art of Color, Johannes Itten, Translated by Ernst Van Haagen. New York: Reinhold Publ., 1961.
• The Book of Art of Cennino Cennini, 1899, 14th century painting techniques.http://www.archive.org/stream/bookartcenninoc01herrgoog#page/n9/mode/1up
• The Chemistry of Paints and Painting, Arthur H. Church, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1915.http://chestofbooks.com/science/chemistry/Paints/index.html
• Color and Meaning, Practice and Theory in Renaissance Painting, Marcia Hall, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
• Formulas for Painters, Robert Massey. Watson-Gupthill. 1980. Preview:  http://books.google.ca/books?id=3cSl0wqolqMC&
• GIOTTO, Complete Works, The Library of Great Masters, Scala / Riverside, 1989.
• Lives of the most excellent painters, sculptors and architects,Giorgio Vasari, 1550 pub. Preview:  http://books.google.ca/books?id=6nDwlRJ24FwC&
• Luminous Brush: Painting with Egg Tempera by Altoon Sultan 1999 http://books.google.com/books?id=CU56YgWzIM8C
• Methods and Materials of the Painting of the Great Schools and their Masters, Sir Charles Lock Eastlake. Preview: http://books.google.ca/books?id=ZzVkYiXzR1QC&
• The Natural Way to Draw, Kimon Nicolaides, Houghton Miffli, 1990.
• The New Artist's Handbook, Ralph Mayer. DK Publishing Inc., 2003.
• Paint Making And Color Grinding, Charles L. Uebele, 1913 http://chestofbooks.com/home-improvement/repairs/painting/Paint-Making-Color-Grinding/index.html
• The Sistine Chapel, A Glorious Restoration, Michael Hirst, Abradale / Abrams, 1994.
• Watercolor Bright and Beautiful by Richard C. Karwoski, 1988.

Great Videos

• TED TALKs: Denis Dutton: A Darwinian theory of beauty ~ Ursus Wehrli tidies up art  ~ Anne Lamott 12 truths I learned from life and writing
• Michelangelo's fresco painting technique demonstration, NOVA episode. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cej4Ggq5nQI&feature=related
• Raphael's Fresco of the Disputa of the Vatican's Stanza della Segnatura http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK4DBIMyHsE&feature=channel
• Raphael's Fresco of the School of Athens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOrG6jfBzEU

Artist Materials

• Kama Pigments, 7442 Rue Saint-hubert, Montreal, Quebec Canada, H2R 2W8 Ph: 514 272 2173  www.kamapigment.com    Pigments and other Fresco Materials
• Papier japonais, 24 av. Fairmount, Ouest, Montreal, Quebec Canada, H2T 2M1 Ph: 514 276 6863  www.aupapierjaponais.com    More than 800 beautiful Japanese papers

Need some inspiration?

• Song in a Seashell ~  Africa  ~  You've Got a Friend ~  Ilus, ilus, ilus on maa (my grandmother sang in a choir here many times) ~  Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel ~  www.cjpx.ca