I love that you showed us different art books as so often artists I follow recommend the same books over and over, so it was refreshing to get different books to discover, thank you!
I’m so glad! One of the things that no one ever talks about is that when everyone gets inspired by the same things, the art sometimes can get a little similar. Going a little further off the beaten track is a great way to cultivate a more unique point of view. Thanks for watching!
I loved this video, Margot. Petals, The Secret Life of Color and Spectrum, were particularly appealing. I like the idea of using design and children's books as inspiration for color palettes, mark making, and composition. A big thank you.😊
How delightful!!!! I was mesmerized by all those books. Thank you for your passion and love for color, uniqueness, and diversity on those books!! And also a very beautiful woman!!!
I'm already addicted to books, but Margot, you've inspired me to expand my view when looking for books. I'm really interested in looking at different pattern books to use for inspiration.
My wonderful late son’s friends flooded me with books of Asian paintings & design when I first got back into painting..but was required to do several years of calligraphy first (in traditional paintings, the strokes all start with calligraphy strokes). You’ve motivated me to pull some of my books back out. My favorite Chinese painter, Wu Guanzhong, inter-mixed traditional and western art…and I could stare at some of his paintings for hours. One thing in traditional painting is directly copying the Master’s works whilst adding your own “energy”. I started doing 2, but on western paper using Chinese ink and mostly western paints. I finished the backgrounds and..the ink is the “host” with color being the “guest”. I became blocked for some reason about 80% through. I’d practiced doing spring willow trees in one…and feel like mine looked like a 3yr old had painted them. (No offense to 3yr old budding artists 😁) I think part of it is I have no formal training in art. In fact, something myself and a dear friend fought at a nearby medical school, was they redid their curriculum, basically removing the humanities and arts requirements..and certainly advising AGAINST taking these classes. (We got them back in along with courses on financial responsibility…long story) My “tutors”, have mainly been just in the past 10yrs, all long distance. Although I’ve done many small art projects over the years..they have all been self-taught and either for myself or relatives. Luckily, my eldest is the true artist in the family; songwriter, singer, guitarist, piano, sculpture, painting..and she’s now a graphic artist. I remember her fighting me trying to get her to use my old Mac in the early 90’s..but, she WAS a teenager and was more focused on her music than anything else. Now? When she visits she spends most of her time on my iPad or her laptop..creating. 😂. Although, she’s now into watercolor and she and my best friend, a retired art professor, have joined me in honoring my late son’s legacy of bringing people..and cultures together, mixing eastern & western techniques and materials. I just lack self-confidence…🤷🏼♀️
Beautiful array of art books. I have the book Petal and love paging through for inspiration as I am a botanical artist. My only reservation about the book is that it is digital art and I prefer to look at hand painted art. For myself I love interacting with the actual raw materials.
Natures Pallete by Patrick Baty is absolutely gorgeous. It shares colors from nature and inspiration tons of vintage artwork, pictures. It makes me think of you when you’re explaining certain colors and you give lovely examples, this book does that as well. It’s just a fantastic book of abundance for artists! ❤ I hope you check it out!
As a book addict myself, I think you did a exquisite job putting this list together. As I see it, you managed to cover up all the essentials for an artist. I honestly believe that making art is studying and referencing all the time, so the books on the colors themselves, for me, are mandatory. You simply must know where your colors come from, because only then you’ll know how to use them to achieve exactly the effect you want to express with your paintings. I also LOVE those “sketch” (or concept) books. More than learning about the process of various artists, it helps us to be more creative, allowing us to experiment with concepts and ideas, without taking the result as our main goal. Also, patterns and composition are something that you also benefit from studying and observing, once our brain sees patterns in everything. The one I was most surprised was the one about ballerinas. What a wonderful study about figure drawing! thank you for this list, honestly! There are a few of those I’m definitely ordering, yours included, because honestly, who can resist to those amazing designs? 😉
Excellent Book Reviews, thank you! Im an art lover and really appreciate your comprehensive look at these great books- checking for several online through resellers… I put a mix of book reviews on TH-cam for the past 2 hours and yours was the last one to play/ and by far my favorite for all the ideas. Im so glad I kept it going! Bravo
My apologies for facilitating a shopping spree lol I think I got mine off of thriftbooks. Sometimes they (or eBay) have gently used books on discount :))
I love this and wasn't expecting much because inspiration is such a personal thing but this is an excellent list. Did someone make a list of the books with or without links?
I own Petals as well. It is incredible what digitizing can do. What talent! I too have collected many books on art. The book by Peggy Neel seems a feast for the eyes. Thank you.
Absolutely loved your book recommendations and even saved a few to purchase❤ Your book looks so beautiful too! How does an artist go about publishing their on book? Is it self published or is there certain process to get it through a publisher ? Asking ad a fellow artist❤
I was so interested in this video, I would have loved to listen to you until the end. But I’m watching in bed beside a sleeping husband and this in headphones-and couldn’t stand the monotony of the music in the background. It sounded like the same chords over and over and over. Please either change the songs or leave it out altogether. Your voice is lovely and delivery is very entertaining. The music isn’t necessary.
The Secret Lives of Color is a great book for any reader. That said, the Flower Color Guide by Phaidon is as much a studio staple as my Princeton rounds ❤😻
Nothing is wrong with it at all! Its a great book! It’s just that everyone, their mother and their aunt has it and recommends so I wanted to give you something different 😉
My artbook collection is up to 40+ books but you just made me add 6 to my cart 😅!!! And moved some up in my reading list that have been sitting unread. Your gonna be a very dangerous channel to follow for my wallet😂.
It is socially acceptable to bury yourself in books 😄. Actually, if you were to travel 100-120 years into the past, you’ll find that that was about the only socially acceptable occupation for a women in the western world 😂
This list is intriguing. I'm definitely gonna check some of these books out. If you don't mind, I'd like to suggest two more titles to add for your list. The first is _The Interaction of Color,_ by the artist Josef Albers. The text may sometimes be dense and jargon-heavy, but the image plates alone, are indispensable for exploring the magic of color. The second might not seem to fit onto the list, but hear me out... _How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way,_ by Stan Lee & John Buscema. Yes, it was written mostly for youngsters, and the '70s-era style might seem slightly outdated, but in terms of learning figure drawing, composition, linear perspective, and all-around draftsmanship, it's still probably the best handbook for an aspiring artist I've ever had (and that includes almost all of the art instruction textbooks I've wasted money on, back in college, hahaha.) My old, dog-eared copy is practically falling apart, but I still reach for it, every so often, when I get stuck on a problem I can't solve. There's a reason why it's never been out-of-print, even though there are many more current, flashy, slick competitors for sale. Sometimes, I'll meet parents who will ask me, because I work as a commercial graphic-designer/illustrator, what to recommend to encourage their child's budding artistic talent. My simplest answer is this, easy to use (and clean up) art-supplies, and a copy of _How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way._ Every kid, boys and girls alike, who gets that book loves it and cherishes it, even into adulthood. Anyway, that's all I got, for now. All the best, my friend.
Thank you so much for this! This is my first time connecting with you and I love how you look at things. I went through my inspiration books, and here are some of my more esoteric inspirations, but also my personal go-to artist. I love historical compilations and in this group there are 2 books. One: The Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute FASHION, A History from the 18th to the 20th Century. A panoply of patterns, textures, colors, and forms. Designers, when known, are listed. The second book is OWEN JONES, Design, Ornament, Architecture, and Theory in an Age in Transition by Carol A. Hrvol Flores. It's both a written history and an amazing collection of images. The next series of books ranges from the whimsical to the heat forged, to the sort of trees you won't find in nature. FAIRIE-ALITY STYLE, A Sourcebook of Inspirations from Nature by David Ellwand. Not just a pretty picture book, the range of images, colors, and designs really is inspirational. A number of pages include the color breakdown and he also includes a reference of color swatches. I happen to love wrought iron, and for me, ALBERT PALEY, PORTALS & GATES is simply sublime. The scope of his work takes metal to a level that is just incredible. THE BOOK OF TREES, Visualizing Branches of Knowledge, by Manuel Lima is not your usual design book. With that said, it is colorful and visually appealing on many levels from the historical to the mind boggling with awesome graphics including an X-MEN Family Tree! What inspires me about this book is that it makes me think about presentation . . . what I'm trying to say in a piece, . . . and how that relates to the composition of a piece. It also has some cool ideas for mark making too! Okay, last, but certainly not least is my personal go-to artist, and he is the late, but certainly great in his imagination, scope, graphic design, learning, knowledge, experience and longevity, Milton Glaser. I have many of his books, but the two that I keep close to me are: DRAWING IS THINKING (how he visually perceives things), and ART IS WORK, a huge retrospective of his work. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your videos!! Thank you!
When I want to do figure studies my favorite is to look up dancers and sketch their anatomy, it's really helpful to understanding how to draw muscles espacially. The disney books look so inspiring espacially with the earlier designs and sketches 🥰 It's really eye opening to understand why the creatives behind these animated movies chose different approaches to either story, design and colors.
I do have one of Kelly Wearstler's books because I love her interiors. Children's picture books are great, I have a ton of them obviously. Th Hermes Scarf book is awesome, I put it in my cart, just in case I want to buy it for myself for Christmas. I have different books about painters and a book about fashion through the ages.
I was paying very close attention and appreciated your list, but when you mentioned your favorite artist of all time Rothko and Kooning, I thought, wow, there is no accunting for taste,,,they both leave me cold and uninterested....it is almost like they are laughing at people and saying how far can we go with this fake semblance of art??? Reminds me of an art exhibit I once attended,,,,people were standing around a large black rectangle with a tiny red rectangle in the corner...oohing and ahhing,,,,as a young teen at the time, I could not resist laughing out loud and saying "this so-called artist pulled a fast one on all of you." Yes, that was rude of me. But, thank you for your list,,,I really appreciate it.
Thank you Margot for such a lovely, diverse and unique selection of books that you find inspiring. Honestly, I had to laugh when you came to the Schumacher Library of Prints. Many years ago my former husband and I purchased a beautiful colonial in NH. As we proceeded to renovate and restore it to it's former grandeur, I so vividly remember going through book after book of different wallpaper prints. And it never failed, I always found myself drawn to to anything Schumacher. To this day, if I close my eyes, I can still see how elegant and welcoming the gorgeous entryway looked with the most beautiful chinese red paper with it's luscious oriental print. I would just love to get my hands on one of their books chock full of their prints! I absolutely understand why and how you would find inspiration from that book. Thank you for sharing and bringing back such a wonderful memory of mine.😉
The Secret Lives of Colours… well, there’s a surprise! If I had a penny every time I saw that book, I’d retire in the Swiss Alps, or at least sip something or other on a yacht in Monte Negro 🤣
Side note, if you're interested ; Winsor and Newton has a has a fabulous color spotlight article on their blog which features the history of various colors and pigments. It's fascinating and educational 😊😊😊
I didn't know that! Jackson's Art Supplies has several that I reference all the time on their blog but I didn't know W&N had one too. Will check it out!
@@Pointebrush yes, I get the Jackson's newsletter or blog too! They still do their color spotlight and I love to read it. I got it mixed up with the W&N series, which goes by a different name, but is on their blog. This month they chose Tyrian Purple, and their articles are every bit as fascinating as Jackson's! Please let me know if you have any trouble finding it.
Woww! It's my birthday month and I've been thinking to get some art books for inspiration instead of adding more watercolors & brushes 😅 Your recommendations are so refreshing! You are a lifesaver! Love always 🥰💖❤️
My favorite find ,at my library , they sell used books.I found Tarkay book, wonderful,it was $4. Checked on line, it would be $100. Inspired me a great deal.And I never knew of this artist, so was loving the find.
I totally feel your pain! I have sooooo many art books. We are building a new home and I am trying to cleanse my collection……so far very little success!
Wow, what an amazing selection of books! 😍 ❤ I only have "The Secret Lives of Colour" out of these, but I shall be looking at the others and put some of them on my wish list! I recently saw some amazing wallpaper and fabric catalogues when I visited my sister in the interior design shop she works at. As she herself said, it takes a lot of restraint to not want to own and use a lot of those beautiful materials. However, even the catalogues are very expensive. So your wallet will help with that restraint! 😅 It's a great idea to go to the manufacturers' websites but it is definitely nicer to have the images all compiled in a beautiful book! For colour inspiration I also use "Palette Perfect" by Sara Caldas, a book geared to graphic designers and the beautifully photographed "Paper to Petal" by Rebecca Thuss and Patrick Farrell, a book on how to make (modern) paper flowers.
Book video? Yes please!!!! BTW Margot do you have Daniel Smith’s ‘inspiration’ 12 half pan palette? I recently discovered it online and it’s playing on my mind 😅. I cannot justify a new palette of colors where I own many of the pigments, but a palette of colors where I don’t own most of them is a different story! I don’t own a Hermes scarf but I do dream of getting one. I should stop buying watercolor palettes! ❤
@@Pointebrush 👋 hello, another bootleg video…. I can’t wait! The palette has many beautiful colors and the fact that I don’t already own many of the colors makes it very appealing to me. 🥳
❤feeling your passion for these books! I love your selection and really enjoy hearing what you find within these pages. Excellent recommendations for anyone. I am not an artist. I have recently been inspired to paint and I have been using both acrylic and watercolor and basically been enjoying and experimenting. It’s a whole new world I’ve dropped into and I’m certainly enjoying the new experiences. I appreciate people and videos like yours that help show me this new world 😊 thanks
Your book is beautiful .! Thank you for showing us the others .. I love Maura Kalman’s principles of uncertainty .. and almost any of her insightful poignant whimsical drawings and reflections on being a human .. thanks again ..❤❤❤
Just having a re look at this video while I compile my Christmas and birthday list. I had to laugh when I got to the degas sculpture. She looks like she’s doing yoga.❤
What lovely books representing such a wide range of topics and aesthetic styles...thank you for sharing. I didn’t know you’d written a book! I just hopped over to your website and saw you have a lot of things you’ve designed. You are very talented.
Your videos and presentations are so inspiring and joyful, Margot. This one is not exception and full of ideas that I could feel loosening me up and sensing the adventure and experiment in art making. Such a newbie here, but your wisdom and encouragement gives my imagination confidence and energy. 🙏❤
Patty- Margot, this was an extremely inspiring video. I am chomping at the bit to do my first water color piece. I want to start small but have an interesting color pallette. This video has given me many ideas. 😂 ❤
I have never heard of " Kimba the White Lion" or "Jungle Emporer Leo" but I have heard of William Shakespeare, a lot of "his" stories are retelling of Roman or Greek myths.
@@margueritemitchell1829 "Kimba," and "Jungle Emperor Leo" were created by Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989), may be two different English titles, and/or two different cuts of the same thing. "Kimba" used to be in syndication in the U.S. in the 1970s. Shakepeare's Hamlet was ultimately based on a story from Scandinavia or Germany by somdbody called "Saxo Grammaticus" ("The Saxon who Can Write").
I love that you showed us different art books as so often artists I follow recommend the same books over and over, so it was refreshing to get different books to discover, thank you!
I’m so glad! One of the things that no one ever talks about is that when everyone gets inspired by the same things, the art sometimes can get a little similar. Going a little further off the beaten track is a great way to cultivate a more unique point of view. Thanks for watching!
I loved this video, Margot. Petals, The Secret Life of Color and Spectrum, were particularly appealing. I like the idea of using design and children's books as inspiration for color palettes, mark making, and composition. A big thank you.😊
I love that your excitement really comes through and is infectious
That's so kind of you ti say. Thank you!!
How delightful!!!! I was mesmerized by all those books. Thank you for your passion and love for color, uniqueness, and diversity on those books!! And also a very beautiful woman!!!
Oh my God, Margot 😮; the cover of your book is so, so beautiful and chic! It reminds me of Degas’s ballerina paintings.
Awww shucks.. Thank you!
I'm already addicted to books, but Margot, you've inspired me to expand my view when looking for books. I'm really interested in looking at different pattern books to use for inspiration.
My wonderful late son’s friends flooded me with books of Asian paintings & design when I first got back into painting..but was required to do several years of calligraphy first (in traditional paintings, the strokes all start with calligraphy strokes). You’ve motivated me to pull some of my books back out. My favorite Chinese painter, Wu Guanzhong, inter-mixed traditional and western art…and I could stare at some of his paintings for hours. One thing in traditional painting is directly copying the Master’s works whilst adding your own “energy”. I started doing 2, but on western paper using Chinese ink and mostly western paints. I finished the backgrounds and..the ink is the “host” with color being the “guest”. I became blocked for some reason about 80% through. I’d practiced doing spring willow trees in one…and feel like mine looked like a 3yr old had painted them. (No offense to 3yr old budding artists 😁)
I think part of it is I have no formal training in art. In fact, something myself and a dear friend fought at a nearby medical school, was they redid their curriculum, basically removing the humanities and arts requirements..and certainly advising AGAINST taking these classes. (We got them back in along with courses on financial responsibility…long story)
My “tutors”, have mainly been just in the past 10yrs, all long distance. Although I’ve done many small art projects over the years..they have all been self-taught and either for myself or relatives. Luckily, my eldest is the true artist in the family; songwriter, singer, guitarist, piano, sculpture, painting..and she’s now a graphic artist. I remember her fighting me trying to get her to use my old Mac in the early 90’s..but, she WAS a teenager and was more focused on her music than anything else. Now? When she visits she spends most of her time on my iPad or her laptop..creating. 😂. Although, she’s now into watercolor and she and my best friend, a retired art professor, have joined me in honoring my late son’s legacy of bringing people..and cultures together, mixing eastern & western techniques and materials.
I just lack self-confidence…🤷🏼♀️
Beautiful array of art books. I have the book Petal and love paging through for inspiration as I am a botanical artist. My only reservation about the book is that it is digital art and I prefer to look at hand painted art. For myself I love interacting with the actual raw materials.
Fantastic selection of inspiring books!!! I totally agree, children’s books are the best!!!
Wow, these books are gorgeous!
The secret story of Color is a great book to have in the bathroom… quick short reads…
Thanks, for the great ideas to put color together. I'm not good at thinking outside the box.
Loved this video.💕🖌x
Natures Pallete by Patrick Baty is absolutely gorgeous. It shares colors from nature and inspiration tons of vintage artwork, pictures. It makes me think of you when you’re explaining certain colors and you give lovely examples, this book does that as well. It’s just a fantastic book of abundance for artists! ❤ I hope you check it out!
So fun! Thanks for the info and I love your excitement as you showcased each book!
Glad you enjoyed it and hope it inspired you!
Love the spectrum book! Amazing for a beginner watercolor artist!
As a book addict myself, I think you did a exquisite job putting this list together. As I see it, you managed to cover up all the essentials for an artist. I honestly believe that making art is studying and referencing all the time, so the books on the colors themselves, for me, are mandatory. You simply must know where your colors come from, because only then you’ll know how to use them to achieve exactly the effect you want to express with your paintings. I also LOVE those “sketch” (or concept) books. More than learning about the process of various artists, it helps us to be more creative, allowing us to experiment with concepts and ideas, without taking the result as our main goal. Also, patterns and composition are something that you also benefit from studying and observing, once our brain sees patterns in everything. The one I was most surprised was the one about ballerinas. What a wonderful study about figure drawing! thank you for this list, honestly! There are a few of those I’m definitely ordering, yours included, because honestly, who can resist to those amazing designs? 😉
Excellent Book Reviews, thank you! Im an art lover and really appreciate your comprehensive look at these great books- checking for several online through resellers… I put a mix of book reviews on TH-cam for the past 2 hours and yours was the last one to play/ and by far my favorite for all the ideas. Im so glad I kept it going! Bravo
Loved this, how interesting how artist collect such a variety of art books, I myself have a nice collection of my favorites….
I've seen Petal at the book store but never dared to splurge on it (coz its really pricey!) But I think you've convinced me.
My apologies for facilitating a shopping spree lol I think I got mine off of thriftbooks. Sometimes they (or eBay) have gently used books on discount :))
That Disney book looks fantastic 😍
I love this and wasn't expecting much because inspiration is such a personal thing but this is an excellent list. Did someone make a list of the books with or without links?
What a treasure trove! Great resorces. Thank you, Margot.
These are beautiful! My favorite part, though, was when you called out Picasso, that cocky git. LOL!
I own the Secret Life of Color! So fun to read when I’m thinking of a color palette.
I own Petals as well. It is incredible what digitizing can do. What talent! I too have collected many books on art. The book by Peggy Neel seems a feast for the eyes. Thank you.
wow you really inspired me to the library of great inspiration...thanks so much
This was just wonderful, thank you so much for sharing!
I absolutely LOVE this list! Thank you for sharing. I’m picking up a few of these titles.
Thank for such inspirational video!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾☺️
You’re most welcome Mirta!
Stunning books and inspiration ✨️
Young Poland - The History of the arts and crafts movement 1890 - 1980 thank you know I will look through this wonderful book with fresh eyes 😊
Absolutely loved your book recommendations and even saved a few to purchase❤ Your book looks so beautiful too! How does an artist go about publishing their on book? Is it self published or is there certain process to get it through a publisher ? Asking ad a fellow artist❤
Terrific!
I was so interested in this video, I would have loved to listen to you until the end. But I’m watching in bed beside a sleeping husband and this in headphones-and couldn’t stand the monotony of the music in the background. It sounded like the same chords over and over and over. Please either change the songs or leave it out altogether. Your voice is lovely and delivery is very entertaining. The music isn’t necessary.
Thank you so much for joining and for watching! I appreciate your feedback too! I’ll talk to my editor about it 👍 Welcome to my channel ❤️
I go nuts looking through books showing fabrics and interiors by Tricia Guild. It makes one wonder how anyone could accept beige.
The Secret Lives of Color is a great book for any reader. That said, the Flower Color Guide by Phaidon is as much a studio staple as my Princeton rounds ❤😻
What’s wrong with the Flower Colour Guide? It seems to be a lovely book. Speaking of flowers, where’s Redouté? 😮
Nothing is wrong with it at all! Its a great book! It’s just that everyone, their mother and their aunt has it and recommends so I wanted to give you something different 😉
Everyone, their mother and their aunt 😂😂
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My artbook collection is up to 40+ books but you just made me add 6 to my cart 😅!!! And moved some up in my reading list that have been sitting unread. Your gonna be a very dangerous channel to follow for my wallet😂.
You would love my Amazon book, ‘The History of Art Materials’ by me A.W.J. Pilgrim.
I love your selections! I love inspirational art books. I have found one called The SKETCHBOOK challenge by Sue Bleiweiss. Soooo good.
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WOW! ★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
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It is socially acceptable to bury yourself in books 😄. Actually, if you were to travel 100-120 years into the past, you’ll find that that was about the only socially acceptable occupation for a women in the western world 😂
… I thought that was laundry… but I digress 😝
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This list is intriguing. I'm definitely gonna check some of these books out.
If you don't mind, I'd like to suggest two more titles to add for your list. The first is _The Interaction of Color,_ by the artist Josef Albers. The text may sometimes be dense and jargon-heavy, but the image plates alone, are indispensable for exploring the magic of color.
The second might not seem to fit onto the list, but hear me out... _How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way,_ by Stan Lee & John Buscema. Yes, it was written mostly for youngsters, and the '70s-era style might seem slightly outdated, but in terms of learning figure drawing, composition, linear perspective, and all-around draftsmanship, it's still probably the best handbook for an aspiring artist I've ever had (and that includes almost all of the art instruction textbooks I've wasted money on, back in college, hahaha.) My old, dog-eared copy is practically falling apart, but I still reach for it, every so often, when I get stuck on a problem I can't solve. There's a reason why it's never been out-of-print, even though there are many more current, flashy, slick competitors for sale. Sometimes, I'll meet parents who will ask me, because I work as a commercial graphic-designer/illustrator, what to recommend to encourage their child's budding artistic talent. My simplest answer is this, easy to use (and clean up) art-supplies, and a copy of _How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way._ Every kid, boys and girls alike, who gets that book loves it and cherishes it, even into adulthood.
Anyway, that's all I got, for now. All the best, my friend.
Loved the Petal book and the secret lives of colour.. Awesome
Thank you so much for this! This is my first time connecting with you and I love how you look at things. I went through my inspiration books, and here are some of my more esoteric inspirations, but also my personal go-to artist. I love historical compilations and in this group there are 2 books.
One: The Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute FASHION, A History from the 18th to the 20th Century. A panoply of patterns, textures, colors, and forms. Designers, when known, are listed.
The second book is OWEN JONES, Design, Ornament, Architecture, and Theory in an Age in Transition by Carol A. Hrvol Flores. It's both a written history and an amazing collection of images.
The next series of books ranges from the whimsical to the heat forged, to the sort of trees you won't find in nature.
FAIRIE-ALITY STYLE, A Sourcebook of Inspirations from Nature by David Ellwand. Not just a pretty picture book, the range of images, colors, and designs really is inspirational. A number of pages include the color breakdown and he also includes a reference of color swatches.
I happen to love wrought iron, and for me, ALBERT PALEY, PORTALS & GATES is simply sublime. The scope of his work takes metal to a level that is just incredible.
THE BOOK OF TREES, Visualizing Branches of Knowledge, by Manuel Lima is not your usual design book. With that said, it is colorful and visually appealing on many levels from the historical to the mind boggling with awesome graphics including an X-MEN Family Tree! What inspires me about this book is that it makes me think about presentation . . . what I'm trying to say in a piece, . . . and how that relates to the composition of a piece. It also has some cool ideas for mark making too!
Okay, last, but certainly not least is my personal go-to artist, and he is the late, but certainly great in his imagination, scope, graphic design, learning, knowledge, experience and longevity, Milton Glaser. I have many of his books, but the two that I keep close to me are: DRAWING IS THINKING (how he visually perceives things), and ART IS WORK, a huge retrospective of his work.
I'm looking forward to seeing more of your videos!! Thank you!
When I want to do figure studies my favorite is to look up dancers and sketch their anatomy, it's really helpful to understanding how to draw muscles espacially. The disney books look so inspiring espacially with the earlier designs and sketches 🥰 It's really eye opening to understand why the creatives behind these animated movies chose different approaches to either story, design and colors.
Very interesting picks! I'm tired of the same old recommendations, and these are wonderful! I've already ordered four from your list. Thank you!
I do have one of Kelly Wearstler's books because I love her interiors. Children's picture books are great, I have a ton of them obviously. Th Hermes Scarf book is awesome, I put it in my cart, just in case I want to buy it for myself for Christmas. I have different books about painters and a book about fashion through the ages.
LOVE YOUR CHANNEL..ALWAYS AN ADVENTURE... VERY VERY INTERESTED IN YOUR TOPICS.. THANKS!
I was paying very close attention and appreciated your list, but when you mentioned your favorite artist of all time Rothko and Kooning, I thought, wow, there is no accunting for taste,,,they both leave me cold and uninterested....it is almost like they are laughing at people and saying how far can we go with this fake semblance of art??? Reminds me of an art exhibit I once attended,,,,people were standing around a large black rectangle with a tiny red rectangle in the corner...oohing and ahhing,,,,as a young teen at the time, I could not resist laughing out loud and saying "this so-called artist pulled a fast one on all of you." Yes, that was rude of me. But, thank you for your list,,,I really appreciate it.
Well worth watching! I feel refreshed and inspired. Thanks!
Thank you Margot for such a lovely, diverse and unique selection of books that you find inspiring. Honestly, I had to laugh when you came to the Schumacher Library of Prints. Many years ago my former husband and I purchased a beautiful colonial in NH. As we proceeded to renovate and restore it to it's former grandeur, I so vividly remember going through book after book of different wallpaper prints. And it never failed, I always found myself drawn to to anything Schumacher. To this day, if I close my eyes, I can still see how elegant and welcoming the gorgeous entryway looked with the most beautiful chinese red paper with it's luscious oriental print.
I would just love to get my hands on one of their books chock full of their prints! I absolutely understand why and how you would find inspiration from that book. Thank you for sharing and bringing back such a wonderful memory of mine.😉
I find "The Secret Lives of Color" intriguing. Put it on my wish list. And the Disney books. Fascinating.
I so want to love the secret lives of color; it was lent to me. But I find it such dry reading. It’s like color/pigment trivia for me. Lol
The Secret Lives of Colours… well, there’s a surprise! If I had a penny every time I saw that book, I’d retire in the Swiss Alps, or at least sip something or other on a yacht in Monte Negro 🤣
Bahahahah touché!!
Side note, if you're interested ; Winsor and Newton has a has a fabulous color spotlight article on their blog which features the history of various colors and pigments. It's fascinating and educational 😊😊😊
I didn't know that! Jackson's Art Supplies has several that I reference all the time on their blog but I didn't know W&N had one too. Will check it out!
@@Pointebrush yes, I get the Jackson's newsletter or blog too! They still do their color spotlight and I love to read it. I got it mixed up with the W&N series, which goes by a different name, but is on their blog. This month they chose Tyrian Purple, and their articles are every bit as fascinating as Jackson's! Please let me know if you have any trouble finding it.
Never heard of the Artist’s Way.
Woww! It's my birthday month and I've been thinking to get some art books for inspiration instead of adding more watercolors & brushes 😅 Your recommendations are so refreshing! You are a lifesaver! Love always 🥰💖❤️
An early happy birthday to you! 🎉🎂🎈
Thanks for the tips! Love the Disney book. This explains how those movies are so artistic. Of course the animators are artists too.
Gorgeous colour eyegasm😍thank you for sharing, putting petals, spectrum and the Hermes book on my wish list
Enjoy!!
Nice video Margot, I love your choice of books, I'm especially in love with "Petals"! By the way, your french accent is perfect... :)
I think it's more that her English accent is perfect, she's French
Petals is such a gem of a book! I think I’ll add it to my book wishlist.
You won’t be disappointed!
@@Pointebrush It’s just beautifully gorgeous and so inspiring. My mind is just waxing poetic about it.
Wow amazing books, this video is so inspiring 😮 I was looking for some books about abstract painting, but these books are much better 😍 thank you!!!
My favorite find ,at my library , they sell used books.I found Tarkay book, wonderful,it was $4. Checked on line, it would be $100. Inspired me a great deal.And I never knew of this artist, so was loving the find.
I totally feel your pain! I have sooooo many art books. We are building a new home and I am trying to cleanse my collection……so far very little success!
AMAZING INSPRING BOOKs- This was such a yummy watch of creative book-porn! Thank you for all your hard work Margot x
Wonderful inspiration, Margot. Is your book still available. I didn't see it on your website. Thank you. ❤
okay, i've watched 4 of your videos... im subscribing and there's nothing you can do about it....
Wonderful video, Margot. I love books! Also have always wondered how to pronounce balletomane, so thank you for that!
Hello from Beautiful British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦
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Interesting. I just found your channel, but there is so much info. Thank you
Lovely, inspiring, thank you.
Great video. Thank you very much!
Zalipe Poland “ the painted village”
Yes, I believe it was Skull Island.
🙋♀️ another book addict! I LOVE your selection of books!!!!!
Book addicts unite! 😝👯♀️
You have expanded my artistic perspective! Thank you!!!
My pleasure!
What a wonderful video. I really loved discovering all these different books :)
Glad you liked it! Xo
Loved it
Wow, what an amazing selection of books! 😍 ❤ I only have "The Secret Lives of Colour" out of these, but I shall be looking at the others and put some of them on my wish list!
I recently saw some amazing wallpaper and fabric catalogues when I visited my sister in the interior design shop she works at. As she herself said, it takes a lot of restraint to not want to own and use a lot of those beautiful materials. However, even the catalogues are very expensive. So your wallet will help with that restraint! 😅 It's a great idea to go to the manufacturers' websites but it is definitely nicer to have the images all compiled in a beautiful book!
For colour inspiration I also use "Palette Perfect" by Sara Caldas, a book geared to graphic designers and the beautifully photographed "Paper to Petal" by Rebecca Thuss and Patrick Farrell, a book on how to make (modern) paper flowers.
Book video? Yes please!!!! BTW Margot do you have Daniel Smith’s ‘inspiration’ 12 half pan palette? I recently discovered it online and it’s playing on my mind 😅. I cannot justify a new palette of colors where I own many of the pigments, but a palette of colors where I don’t own most of them is a different story! I don’t own a Hermes scarf but I do dream of getting one. I should stop buying watercolor palettes! ❤
Hi Shadow Guard! What a pretty palette! I don’t have it but I have several paints that are in it…. I sense another bootleg coming soon 🤣
@@Pointebrush 👋 hello, another bootleg video…. I can’t wait! The palette has many beautiful colors and the fact that I don’t already own many of the colors makes it very appealing to me. 🥳
❤feeling your passion for these books! I love your selection and really enjoy hearing what you find within these pages. Excellent recommendations for anyone. I am not an artist. I have recently been inspired to paint and I have been using both acrylic and watercolor and basically been enjoying and experimenting. It’s a whole new world I’ve dropped into and I’m certainly enjoying the new experiences. I appreciate people and videos like yours that help show me this new world 😊 thanks
Your book is beautiful .!
Thank you for showing us the others ..
I love Maura Kalman’s principles of uncertainty .. and almost any of her insightful poignant whimsical drawings and reflections on being a human ..
thanks again ..❤❤❤
Just having a re look at this video while I compile my Christmas and birthday list. I had to laugh when I got to the degas sculpture. She looks like she’s doing yoga.❤
What lovely books representing such a wide range of topics and aesthetic styles...thank you for sharing. I didn’t know you’d written a book! I just hopped over to your website and saw you have a lot of things you’ve designed. You are very talented.
Your videos and presentations are so inspiring and joyful, Margot. This one is not exception and full of ideas that I could feel loosening me up and sensing the adventure and experiment in art making. Such a newbie here, but your wisdom and encouragement gives my imagination confidence and energy. 🙏❤
Patty- Margot, this was an extremely inspiring video. I am chomping at the bit to do my first water color piece. I want to start small but have an interesting color pallette. This video has given me many ideas. 😂 ❤
Very Nice video, thank you
You’re most welcome!
Just found you through Jenna Rainey’s video. Love the books! So nice to see a stack that isn’t the same as everyone else’s.
Ooooh! I love art book reviews/discussions/inspiration. 😊
WOW, G R E A T VIDEO AND SUPERB SELECTION OF BOOKS !!! WOW
The Lion King is copied more from"Kimba the White Lion" or "Jungle Emeperor Leo" than Hamlet
I didn't know that! I'll have to read more about it but it sounds very disappointing 😔
I have never heard of " Kimba the White Lion" or "Jungle Emporer Leo" but I have heard of William Shakespeare, a lot of "his" stories are retelling of Roman or Greek myths.
@@margueritemitchell1829 "Kimba," and "Jungle Emperor Leo" were created by Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989), may be two different English titles, and/or two different cuts of the same thing. "Kimba" used to be in syndication in the U.S. in the 1970s. Shakepeare's Hamlet was ultimately based on a story from Scandinavia or Germany by somdbody called "Saxo Grammaticus" ("The Saxon who Can Write").
Great selection. One of my favorites is the Marimekko book with all the fabrics and bright colors.
Oooh! I didn’t know they had a book! I’m adding it to my wishlist! Thanks for the recommendation 👌
I’m a Libra, I love beautiful books…great inspiration ❤