Design

http://www.nitaleland.com/books/designbooks.htm Nita Leland's Design & Composition Book List Abbey & Fiero.  Art & Geology: Expressive Aspects of the Desert.  Gibbs Smith, 1986. Abstract design in nature shown in photographs and paintings. Arnheim, Rudolph.  The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts. University of California, 1988. An intelligent approach to problems of design. Arnheim, Rudolph.  Visual Thinking.  University of California, 1989. Relationship between perception and abstraction. Bang, Molly.  Picture This: How Pictures Work.  Little Brown, 1991. Evokes design awareness in a clever, simple way. Barratt, Krome.  Logic & Design in Art, Science & Mathematics.  Lyons, 1994. Interesting technical approach to design. Becker, David.  Watercolor Composition Made Easy.  North Light, 1999. Composition ideas that work in all media. Bevlin, Marjorie.  Design Thro...

Wong, Wucius.  The Principles of Form & Design.  John Wiley, 1997. Wong's books are always worth a read. Wong, Wucius.  The Principles of Two-Dimensional Design.  John Wiley, 1997. An excellent book on design.