/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>7168085
Yes there are.

Drawing, as others have said, Bargue is a decent introduction to the academic 19th century French style.

Anything too theoretical like the Boime book - stay the fuck away. That's a circlejerk, won't teach you.

Anatomy and whatnot - you've got Bridgman, and his teacher Vanderpoel. You've got plenty of landscape composition people like Carlson's Guide. Invaluable. Carlson calls out the untalented hack from even bothering to try if they don't have their balls in it. You've been warned.

Solomon J. Solomon's book on Oil Painting is in-fucking-valuable. First class, and picks up from where Bargue more or less leaves off.

SJS is English, but he was trained by the french academic system. You have a handful of books on painting by the members of the, at the time, Royal Academy. If you want portraiture, for example,Philip de Laszlo's book is just beyond superb.

Joshua Reynolds destroyed Rembrandts trying to find out what colors/procedures they used. Their explanations were wrong, modern-day layered scans show a much different, simpler process compared to what JR and friends did. Old masters kept it mostly simple.

Pic rel is SJSs work. These people did not fuck around.

Can answer more if needed if you want to know any further technical details but it's more about practicing and getting comfortable. Painting isn't easy, getting to a good level is a hard filter for most people. People who draw well with elegance can usually paint well - it's in the sensitivities developed, but it's not guaranteed.

>>5124265
Its a very imposing painting in real life.

>>5005781
make it anyway