Painting Bibliography
 

Gottsegen, Mark. A Manual of Painting Materials and Techniques. New York: Harper & Row, 1987.

Good basic text with emphasis on studio practices.

Kay, Reed. The Painter's Guide to Studio Methods and Materials. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1983.

Another hands-on text. Good section on taking slides.

Massey, Robert. Formulas for Painters. New York, Watson-Guptill, 1967.

Formulas for mediums, varnishes, paints, adhesives and more. Good for those interested in the craft and for those who wish to make their own materials.

Mayer, Ralph. The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques. New York: Viking, 1982.

Very in-depth reference manual, everything you wanted to know about painting but were afraid to ask.

Mayer, Ralph. The Painter's Craft. New York: Penguin Books, 1976.

Another more practical studio guide.

 Wehlte, Kurt. The Materials and Techniques of Painting, trans. Ursus Dix. New York:Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982.

More in-depth than Mayer's tome, if possible. Very thorough with scientific analyses and practical knowledge.

Birren, Faber. Creative Color. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp., 1961.

The Sixties were a crazy time. Good book with nutty palettes in the back.

Itten, Johannes. The Elements of Color. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1970.

A classic in the field. Quite in depth.

Kueppers, Harald. The Basic Law of Color Theory. Woodbury, New York: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1982.

Contains many practical exercises.

Libby, William Charles. Color and the Structural Sense. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1974.

In depth with a consideration of the structure of the eye.

Richmond, Leonard. The Technique of Colour Mixing. New York: Pitman Publishing Co., 1949.

Colour before the experts got at it, from across the pond. Good on palette organization and has basic paint mixing exercises.

Sidelinger, Stephen J. Color Manual. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1985.

Has many exercises.

Wehlte, Kurt. The Materials and Techniques of Painting, trans. Ursus Dix. New York:Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982.

Once again.  Has a very clear description of colour theory and colour mixing in the back of the book.

Wilcox, Michael. Blue and Yellow don't make Green. Cincinnati: North Light Books, 1994.

Good book on mixing actual colours from paint, best colour wheels I have seen. They actually have a practical application. Well worth the trouble.