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[@willmendoza8498]

Always love it when you bridge the gap between the art world and mini painting world

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

In the first episode of this miniseries we looked at the pretty pictures. This round, books have also... WORDS 😅😂😅A lot of words!!! There's a game changing book for every level of painter in here (even non miniature painters!), just grab what fits best your level of experience!

[@arturohernandez8095]

Marco, by what means can I contact you to consult you about a class?

[@frenchabortion]

You should get into voice acting. You have a naturally charismatic tone.

[@br7693t]

Love it! I'm an academic, so I need textbooks hahaha

[@uruk_bye1232]

The Dinotopia books captivated me as a child. I'm glad that other people find them as beautiful as I always did! Also, thank you for being another pair of shoulders for us to stand on, friend.

[@SLICK-GLN]

The color mixing books inmo are worth there weight in gold there for beginners and experienced alike .Whether you know the color mixes or not you will find yourself going back to these.

[@dougsundseth6904]

Good selection of books. I'd add Blue & Yellow Don't Make Green for details about how to think about color mixing. I would also commend Bill Horan's Military Modeling Masterclass, and How to Build Dioramas by Sheperd Paine especially if you're thinking about putting models into an environment. I'd further recommend James Gurney's KZbin channel, so you can watch the virtually magical transformation from a few splotches of color to amazingly detailed art.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

A treasure of titles!!! I have to check them out! Thanks a million man 😊

[@Ghilliedude3]

I have been looking for books to expand my painting, but had no idea where to start. This is exactly the video have been waiting for.

[@jwitham30]

I found Art Fundamentals to be much more useful than Color & Light. It had everything in Gurney's book, explained better, and much more. If I had to re-buy and only had money to buy one, Art Fundamentals is the one.

[@Valandar2]

I actually found Color and Light worked better for me. So it's a good thing both books were reccommended.

[@timberknuckle8281]

Ive learnt and progressed so much over the last year listening and watching your amazing fun and educational videos. Experimenting with what ive absorbed from you made a very rough year a bit better to cope with. Thank you so much for time and wisdom and the boost in mental health. Absolute legend!

[@ForgottenStreams]

I will rewatch this video with pen and paper to write a shopping list. Thanks for sharing!

[@joel6376]

Have miniature painted on and off for close to 30 years but took up water color less than five ago. The learning and study I have done there for watercolor has done more for my miniature painting than any white dwarf article, mini specific book and almost all youtube content (this channel excluded) aimed at tabletop gaming painting. With a cheap airbrush and underpainting I achieved units that look amazing, vibrant and very different to what you would expect. Also marco, explore using watercolor on minis as an alternative to oils. It is.. interesting. Might be good as a more kid friendly alternative to achieve similar results. Reminds me of one of those new speedpaints that is reactivated by water (seems to be a bug) but the mini painting community is trying to pass this off as a feature.. yet none of these people have made the connection. Yet.

[@CatastrophicNickName]

Thank you, i have found myself struggling on what to start reading. No clue where to start :) - so Thank for resolving my dillemmas i wanted to start understanding drawing and art in general to support my hobby more.

[@SparkSovereign]

"you have to actually read them, not just buy them" first of all how dare you 😂 I've already got a few of these, but that anatomy book looks very interesting. Thanks for sharing these, I'm definitely saving this list!

[@DrJay-xn7ug]

Hey Marco, I ordered Figopedia from the author and he emailed me asking why he just had a crazy surge or orders. 😅 You might be getting a email from him. That was a hard book to find. The only way to get it is from the author’s website and I think it ships from France.

[@greq20]

Shipping cost is a bit prohibitive but I think Ill get it nonetheless :)

[@IIItiberius]

Excellent video - very helpful for opening our perspectives!

[@FelipeBudinich]

When you described Josef Alber's book I felt seen hahaha "Cold, calculated, commercial" It is my favourite book on color, back in university I did all the exercises laid out in the there, the knowledge there has helped me thorough my career and now in the miniature painting, great recommendation, will certainly look at the others.

[@cspo]

Love it. Thank you for the knowledge!

[@EugenAnanin]

Great recommendations! Thanks a million for making a video about art theory

[@khanoclast]

+1 for James Gurney's books -- he also has a YT channel where he works through paintings and gives you some insights into his thought process. They're short and used to drive traffic to his more lucrative ventures, but useful and fun to watch IMO, and I learn as much from him as I do from mini-painters.

[@ViktorBrech]

Marco I cannot tell you how happy I am to to see you crack open the Figopedia! I was actually going to bring a spare copy of it (that I picked up at a local Berlin store) to your Dublin workshop to give away and share my love for this book but sadly forgot to pack it. It's such a conceptual and thoughtful book, in stark contrast to so many paint-by-the-numbers miniature painting books out there. Amazing (PS: I bought most of your book recommendations so far and have especially benefitted from the "Art of MTG" ones, so thanks for that!)

[@samcurran1093]

YES! Thanks Marco!

[@peterfiser]

This morning I was holding Urban Watercolour Sketching in my hand as I was buying mixing white W&N acrylic at the art store, thinking 'why am I looking at this, this has nothing to do with what I do'. Bruh moment to see it in your video.

[@ishmaelpolopski1494]

Love the accessory videos. Keep it up!

[@carolinabado7974]

Il cameo alla fine è la ciliegina sulla torta.....fantastico! Grande video come al solito! 😎

[@GuacciHobbyTable]

Love your content! I'm not a big fan of reading but will definitely give cromorama a try to start. Thanks for the video

[@grombatmole]

Another great video! I received color and light (and Treasured Artworks of Ashley Wood) for Christmas and it’s a trove of information. I greatly appreciate your work pulling miniature painters into the wide world of Art!

[@1AngelAlita]

I recently bought Color and Light from James Gurney. Great book. Looking at Figopedia now...

[@atkbovine]

I want them all! I am painting mostly with oils so I’d be excited to find a book to meet me at my basic level.

[@handlesrstupid123]

had to go to my library and check these books out thanks

[@Rhaenday]

I've said it before and I'll keep saying it: Martin Grip! Look up the "Art of Symbaroum" (name of the book of art he made for the role playing game)!

[@Valandar2]

I already had most of these - but Figopedia looks amazing, and takes approaches I might not have thought of. Definitely ordering that book, for the gorgeous photography in it if nothing else.

[@kylemulholland]

Wondrous video as always!

[@Jose-ur7jz]

Just what a I need, Gracias Marco you are the best!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😊😁😊😘

[@markgnepper5636]

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

[@HallBr3gg]

Marco is the only person left that can keep me focused more than 5m!

[@monkeyanimefan]

I was just recommending the color and light book to one of the miniature discords I'm in, you got some super cool books

[@lifestylemagick]

Hi there, I very much enjoy your videos. Especially that you take the Miniature painting out of this strange bubble and put it into the much bigger context of Art. Many of the books you show I already have, thank you for this review. I wanted to point you to a man you might not have heard of and who I find very inspiring: Sanzō Wada. He left a work of color combinations, I think the first of this kind. I find these combinations most inspiring and usefull, not only for miniatures but also for different things like Powerpoint presentations or Posters. There is a book " A Dictionary of Color Combinations" but also a very useful website!

[@johnaitken7430]

Marco, chromorama arrived ..and am half way through and absolutely loving it..the translation was very very well done- my Italian is kinda rusty…ha ha..thank you ever so much for the reference…I have all the others in my library already..

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😁😁😁 So happy to hear you like it! It's always the first one I suggest because it's a fun read for any kind or level of artist or even for "non painters"!

[@durpdrup3916]

Woop woop! Pumped!

[@kmachattietattoo6608]

“Blue and Yellow Don’t Make Green “ Michael Wilcox and “Dynamic Light and Shade” author of which is eluding me at the moment.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Thanks a million for the titles man!!! They are now officially in my shopping list 😁😊😁

[@corytokay9787]

Cool list, I'll definitely have to check some of them out. Can you reccomend a title for someone wanting to expand their knowledge of colour theory?

[@marcoherreras6536]

Amazing video, I had your channel recommended by someone who was totally estranged inside a bunch of eavy metal fanatics, and boy, I feel I got from pre-cavemen paintings (eavy metal) to Renaissance (your teachings and the Grimdark school). Really happy to see this channel, so tired of channels filled of people who can't even speak correctly and only show painting with no background and explanations ever... THANK YOU.

[@chrisstabile3243]

AK Interactive's FAQ Kirill Kanaev is pretty amazing and helpful.

[@jontyhugh1080]

I'd absolutely love to see what you would do with Be'lakor, I just got one but I'd like to get inspired before I shoot my shot at him :)

[@Eviscerator03]

I got a copy of imaginative realism a week ago- thus far I Agree with everything you've said. You need to struggle a little bit to apply the content to miniature painting. I'm looking forward to the sequel though!

[@durelljfg5217]

1:26 "... like me, not artistically inclined by nature..." Come on man! you can't be serious XDDD

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

I'm super serious! I have a scientific mind and a scientist formation: I learned how to think in a more artistic way along the way 😁

[@durelljfg5217]

@@MarcoFrisoniNJM Wow, I'm scientist too!. I consider you the most "artistic" minipainting youtuber among all that I follow. That gives me hope to begin acquaring some artistic sensibility beyond repeating recipes to paint figurines. Keep up the good work and congrats for your chanel

[@alino61]

thnx ...:)

[@Floorhocking]

The next time someone asks me what I'd like for Christmas or my birthday, I'm sending them this video 😅

[@lunarcareface]

Hello Marco. Great video with good recommendations, many of which i already own. I would really recommend color & light , artist master series by 3d total publishing. It is by far the most in depth book on color and light I've found. It has helped me tremendous Best regards

[@DingoPaints]

This is an excellent video. Im going to go looking for these books. Do you have a video on the same idea as this one but more for people with no art talent at all? Please...

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

If you feel that way, start with something more visual like these titles to activate that part of your brain 😉 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIO4no2AmpJkZ7s

[@DingoPaints]

@@MarcoFrisoniNJM Thank you

[@Syaharcher]

Really glad to see Interaction of Colour on your list!

[@davep9242]

Have you ever thought about writing your own book about the art of miniature painting? You definitely should! :D

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

🤫 No spoilers 😉

[@jwitham30]

'Exploring Color' by Nita Leland is a really great first book for starting to understand color theory.

[@jjfelber]

Ordered Figopedia and Art Fundamentals 🤘🏼

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😁😊😁

[@johnaitken7430]

I have dinotopia..excellent..and Figone book..all far better than paint by numbers style “Vallejo whatever, then Vallejo etc etc etc..nice piece

[@WarLore]

yesssssssssssssssss

[@MrMarczyslaw]

Hi, I can't find a list of books anywhere. Is it on somewhere or not yet ?

[@rnp497]

Quick question alcohol inks be mixed in with oil paints?

[@peanusbenis5631]

I wonder if you're going to recommend Figopedia.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😉😉😉

[@socko47]

Marco, would it be possible to paint skin tones on a miniature like Oskar Kokoschka paints faces? He uses so many colors and faces still look like a face.

[@Tarq242]

of course, but zoomed out, like with his works it'll look like a "proper" face. just stipple and use a lot more hues :D

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Absolutely! And non human characters are perfect to test that kind of styles!

[@gabrielegaggini6860]

Figopedia non si trova da nessuna parte 😭😭. Lì da te lo trovi ancora?. Grazie per il corso è stato bellissimo

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Hahaha ciao Gabriele! Grazie mille 😊 onestamente è stato il più divertente di sempre! Eccolo 😉😁😉 Direttamente dal sito dell'autore/editore: www.figone.fr/en/figopedia-version-anglaise/

[@gabrielegaggini6860]

@@MarcoFrisoniNJM grazie già ordinato. Sì è stato molto divertente e stimolante il corso. Pochi giorni ci vorrebbe una settimana ahaha

[@dv_xl]

Buy one book at a time folks!!!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😅😂😅 Good point!

[@JimCArt]

What is the name of the very first book he is flipping through during the opening talk?

[@nikolehikoinen3738]

The Art of Magic: The Gathering - Ixalan

[@JimCArt]

@@nikolehikoinen3738 thank you my friend, you’re the Real mvp.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Check this video for all the details 😉kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIO4no2AmpJkZ7s

[@Mightypi]

Is that true big man? Would you say your not artisticly inclined by nature ? Honest question.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Oh yeah! I have a scientific mind and a scientific background and I learned to see things as an artist going deeper into the rabbit hole of this hobby 😊

[@patryk9354]

I'm 100 percent sure you're gonna recommend James Gurney's Color and Light in this video, considering how previous two vids were all about light

[@GMSpada]

I hate when art books are in black and white.. why even bother :P

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

It doesn't make any sense!!!!!!!!!