Book List
Summer Reading - 2010
In My Father’s House | Corrie ten Boom
Stepping Heavenward | Elizabeth Prentiss
Holiness | J.C. Ryle
.:. .:. .:.
This is an incomplete list of books that have greatly impacted my life:
The Bible
The Elsie Dinsmore Series | Martha Finley
Hidden Art | Edith Schaeffer
So Much More | Anna Sofia and Elizabeth Botkin
For the Family’s Sake | Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
Passionate Housewives Desperate for God | Jenny Chancey & Stacey MacDonald
The Courtship Series | Mr. & Mrs. Newcastle
The Chronicles of Narnia | C. S. Lewis
Art for God’s Sake | Philip Graham Ryken
Talks to Girls | Elanor A. Hunter
Daughters of Destiny | Noelle Wheeler, editor
Charlotte Mason Companion | Karen Andreola
I Kissed Dating Goodbye | Joshua Harris
Boy Meets Girl | Joshua Harris
.:. .:. .:.
Art books: (Many art books contain inappropriate images. Books to be wary of are marked with an asterisk*)
Drawing People* | Barbara Bradley
Probably the best book out there on drawing people. For practice, I just copied a lot of her work to help me loosen up and see things a little differently.
Facial Expressions* | Gary Fagin
This has loads of info on the muscles in the face.
The Art of Portrait Drawing: Learn the Essential Techniques of the Masters* | Joy Thomas
One of my favorites on strictly portraits. There’s also a neat drawing of a skull that I copied. Very helpful.
The Book of a Hundred Hands | George B. Bridgman
Copied several pictures from this book as well. Lots of little bones, muscles and tendons!
Keys to Drawing with Imagination: Strategies and Exercises for Gaining Confidence and Enhancing Your Creativity* | Bert Dodson
Had fun with this one, learning how to freely doodle without being concerned about the outcome.
Keturah on 22 June, 2010, said,
So which of your finished summer books do you love? Any disappoint you?
I’m always up for a good book discussion :-)
Keturah
Alanna on 24 June, 2010, said,
I am new to your blog, and I was looking at some of your stuff when I fell upon a reading list. I have really enjoyed reading the Elsie Dinsmore series as well! I still take them out the odd time to re-read them. They really impacted my life. As well as “I Kissed Dating Goodbye”. Thanks for sharing with me!
Blessings,
Alanna
Breezy on 6 July, 2010, said,
@Keturah: I need to update that summer reading list! I haven’t read anything disappointing yet, having not had as much time to read lately. But “Stepping Heavenward” is being reread for the fourth time and is as good as ever. :) “For the Family’s Sake” and “The Family” are also favorites.
@Alanna: The Elsie Dinsmore series was also a blessing in my young life. I listened to the first three books on tape over and over. :)