BIBLIOGRAPHY

There are so many great books out there, I can’t list them all.

Here is a selection of books I’ve enjoyed.

NYC History

  • The East River by Greater Astoria Historical Society

  • Long Island City by the Greater Astoria Historical Society

  • Hidden Waters of New York City by Serge Kadinsky

  • The Other Islands of New York by Sharon Seitz

  • The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto

  • The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell by Mark Kurlansky

  • Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 by Edwin G. Burns

Biographies and Monographs

  • The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World by Andrea Wulf

  • At Sea in the City by William Kornblum

  • My Wild Garden: Notes from a Writer’s Eden by Meir Shalev

  • Art Forms in Nature by Ernst Haeckel

  • Sunlight and Shadows by Lucy Willis (some instruction)

  • An Illustrated Life: Private Sketchbooks of Artists by Danny Gregory

  • Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis by Kim Todd

Environmental Science and Biology

  • Salt Marshes by Judith Weis and Carol Butler

  • Heartbeats in the Muck: The History, Sea Life and the Environment of New York Harbor by John Waldman

  • Biology (college textbook by Prentice Hall - any recent edition)

  • Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method Plant Identification by Thomas J. Elpel

  • A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife by Proctor and Lynch

  • Entangled Life: How Fungi Make our Worlds, Change our Minds and Shape our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

Art Instruction

  • Water Paper Paint: Exploring Creativity with Watercolor and Mixed Media by Heather Smith Jones

  • No Excuses Watercolor: Techniques for Sketching and Journaling by Gina Rossi Armfield

  • Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter by James Gurney

  • The Art of Botanical Drawing by Agathe Ravet-Haevermans (watercolor and colored pencil)

  • The Joy of Bontanical Drawing by Wendy Hollender (watercolor pencils)

  • Colored Pencil Painting Bible by Alyona Nickelssen

  • Perspective! for Comic Book Artists by David Chelsea

  • Understanding Perspective: Urban Sketching Handbook by Stephanie Bower

  • Architecture and Cityscapes: Urban Sketching Handbook by Gabriel Campnario

  • The Watercolorist Essential Notebook by Gordon MacKenzie

  • Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling by John Muir Laws